![]() “Ordinary people understand we have to live within a budget,” he said. Harper pointed out that he has increased the overall budget at the Department of Canadian Heritage by 8 per cent, but he said he had to trim some arts funding. “I think when ordinary working people come home, turn on the TV and see a gala of a bunch of people at, you know, a rich gala all subsidized by taxpayers claiming their subsidies aren’t high enough, when they know those subsidies have actually gone up – I’m not sure that’s something that resonates with ordinary people.” I think she hurt her cause among non-arts-community-types by slipping into silly hyperbole at the end. ![]() ![]() Naturally the people pointing it out see as a masterful bit of skewering of the Prime Minister. ![]() Lots of people (just today, for some reason) are pointing me to Margaret Atwood’s essay in the Globe & Maillast week attacking Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s comment on arts funding. ![]()
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