Concerned about the low viewing rate of Quebec content by young people, the Parti Quebecois (PQ) pledged, to remedy the problem, to repatriate all powers in telecommunications and to create a Quebec regulatory body “à la CRTC” (the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission).
Young Quebecers no longer listen to content produced at home, notes the political training led by Paul St-Pierre Plamondon. It is based on a Léger survey obtained by The duty that 31% of “18-34 year olds” do not consume even a minute of Quebec content online. About 27% of them are satisfied with less than two hours of Quebec content per week.
However, still according to the survey carried out on the Web with 1,038 respondents, an equivalent proportion of young Quebecers (30%) listen to between five and ten hours of content from digital platforms each week. “We can say that Quebec television is still fantastically prolific and popular. But this is not the case with all generations, ”says the PQ candidate in Marie-Victorin, Pierre Nantel, in an interview.
The former artistic director is not resigned. The means are there to convince young people, he argues.
A PQ government would therefore take all the steps to repatriate to Quebec the powers of regulation of telecommunications, which currently belong to Ottawa. The application of laws and regulations in this area would amount to a Quebec version of the CRTC. “Our own ‘CRTQ’”, exemplifies Mr. Nantel. In particular, it could play a role in promoting content produced on Quebec soil.
“The quota approach [n’a jamais été appliquée] to digital platforms. What is clear is that the inaction of the last few years, whether it was filthy and willful or linked to all sorts of pitfalls, has resulted in a 19-year-old not watching his local productions “, he adds.
Pierre Nantel agrees that “it’s a debate similar to that on immigration”, a debate during which Quebec has suffered setbacks in recent weeks. In April, Prime Minister François Legault made his desire to repatriate all powers in immigration heard. First and foremost, those who oversee family reunification. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau quickly answered no: “It is certain that a country must continue to have a say in its immigration”.
In the eyes of Mr. Nantel, the government of the Coalition avenir Québec paid too little attention to the issue of telecommunications during its four years in office. “There is no interest at the CAQ on this subject, supports Mr. Nantel. If the Parti Québécois were elected to the government of Quebec, could it establish a much stronger balance of power? Well, certainly. »
The “CRTQ” will find itself in the electoral platform of the PQ