It is a win-win situation, as a Montreal artist also says in the same article. Museums are happy to get things for free. That raises another question.
I was brought up to believe that a gift is a gift and a gift given is free. How do we get into a tax deduction situation for giving a free gift? Why do we call it a gift? Only in Liberal language would this ever be allowed. I do not know, maybe I have to look up what a gift means but it sure has changed from the time I went to school.
Back to museums which are happy to get things for free. Artists are happy because they have a bit of money in their pockets. Everybody is happy. What is not, in the words of the writer, kosher, is that a client is buying a work at below its value and getting the write off for a different amount. Still, the artist added, "I find the whole thing a little bit fishy but everybody is doing it". Doing it the Liberal way.
What is the difference between this government's taxation policy and the previous government? Nothing. It is business as usual.
The Liberals hold up the red book as a great work of art. We found out how good that work of art was in western B.C. It was in every outhouse. We found out it was only half-ply strength and you all know what happens when you use only half-ply strength.