Stephen Harper gets Hintonburg invite
Thursday, October 2nd 2008
Prime Minister Harper has been asked to take his campaign for re-election to Hintonburg’s gallery row courtesy of an invitation from impresario Don Monet of the Cube Gallery.
The invitation arrived in Harper’s inbox a few days after his disparaging remarks about the Canadian arts community made front-page news across the country.
In response to the Prime Minister’s remarks –and the $45 million in federal cuts to arts funding– Monet has announced plans for the “Un-Subsidized Arts Gala” to be held at the Cube this upcoming Monday (October 6.)
In the clip below Monet makes a passionate defense of spending on arts and in the process reveals how much the Cube itself has received from cultural funding since its inception three years ago.
