Canada’s artists contribute to our national identity

Arts programs aren’t frivolous, but an important part of promoting Canadian culture abroad.
Singer Alan Doyle's band Great Big Sea has performed some iconic music that resonates in us, as Canadians, writes Andrew Caddell.
OTTAWA—“Mon pays, ce n’est pas un pays, c’est l’hiver.” Gilles Vigneault’s lyrics (“My country is not a country, it's winter”) describe what many of us feel about our country, especially this winter, for good or bad. Like Gordon Lightfoot’s “Song for a Winter’s Nig...

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