Fantastic.
That was like when you see U.S. presidential debates and they say “The world is falling apart at the seams, can you please take your 30 seconds to respond?” But here we are.
Kevin Garland, Director General of the National Ballet of Canada, said that he was very glad to see that we had a strong minister and that the budget has dedicated two of its pages to art. As far as he is concerned, this is a first time occurrence.
I am very much in favour of the arts and I understand the needs of artists. Clearly, our investments are unprecedented in the history of our country, and we are more efficient than we were in the past.
My colleague said something about drastic arbitrary cuts. However, the Canadian Memory Fund contained $12.7 million.