No medals for you! Minister takes away pat on the back for 60,000 Canadians

Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has decided that there will be no medal struck to celebrate our 150th year as a nation. But it’s not too late for the minister to reverse course.

Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, pictured in this file photograph in Ottawa. Sen. Colin Kenny says there should be a medal given to Canadians to celebrate our 150th year as a nation.The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY SENATOR COLIN KENNY

January 23, 2017

PARLIAMENT HILL—It’s not every day that you see a politician make a policy decision that snubs thousands of community leaders in favour of a program that honours a handful of celebrities and elites. But it seems that’s exactly what Minister of Canadian Heritage Mélanie Joly has done. Since ...

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