NDP MP says gov’t must clarify if Netflix deal had any French-language funds

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Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly announces the $500-million Netflix deal on Sept. 28, 2017./ Hill Times photo by Andrew Meade.

OTTAWA — Quebec NDP MP François Choquette has filed a judicial review application with the Federal Court to contest the alleged premature closing of an investigation by the Official Languages commissioner into the 2017 Netflix deal that the MP claims underserves francophone Canadians.

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