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House Hansard - 143

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
December 7, 2022 02:00PM
Context: House Hansard - 143 - Dec/7/22
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Dec/7/22 2:59:34 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, 2023 will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Jean Paul Riopelle, one of Quebec's most outstanding artists. He played an unrivalled role in Quebec's art history, but the National Gallery of Canada will not pay tribute to him because, according to them, he is an old white man artist. According to La Presse, the gallery's CEO did everything in her power to prevent an exhibit in his honour from happening. Can the minister tell us when his government decided to exclude the fine arts from the National Gallery's mandate?
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Context: House Hansard - 143 - Dec/7/22
Mr. Martin Champoux (Drummond, BQ)
  • Dec/7/22 3:00:44 p.m.
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Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to hear that. I assume that a quick telephone call by the Minister of Canadian Heritage would correct the situation. If he were to do nothing about the National Gallery of Canada, it would either mean that he approves or that gallery management is following his orders. What is happening at the gallery is that the Liberals are literally turning it into an ideological propaganda tool rather than a place to preserve and promote the fine arts. That is how low they have stooped and I find it mind-boggling. That is happening not just at the gallery but also at the National Film Board of Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts. Even the CRTC tried its hand at censorship a little earlier this year. When will the minister stop acting like the minister of propaganda and start acting like the Minister of Canadian Heritage?
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