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Canadian Culture
Conservatives Express Disdain for Arts and Literature
According to a poll by Innovative Research Group, only 40 percent of Canadians agreed in January 2008 that Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s Conservative government is committed to defending the institutions and values that make us special as Canadians. A year earlier, 74 percent of Canadians said they thought “government investments in arts and culture are needed so we do not forget our past and national history.” Read more…