Mr. Speaker, things are going from the ridiculous to the absurd today.
As time goes by, the Conservatives are having a harder and harder time finding friends in the arts community. First, the Minister of Canadian Heritage made the chairman of the CBC pledge allegiance, and now he is asking the next board chairman of the National Gallery to maintain a relationship with him. Facebook friends are not necessarily the best people to run museums.
What is more important: a thorough understanding of our shared heritage or being buddies with the minister?