Heritage Minister Rodriguez should take a stand on change to art tax credits

A Federal Court ruling could end up seriously curtailing a big source of funding for Canada's art museums.

Pablo Rodriguez was made the government's new Heritage minister in the July 18 cabinet shuffle, and is the government's new point-person for an art scene sent reeling by a recent legal ruling. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY Sheila Copps

August 20, 2018

OTTAWA—Most Canadians know little and care less about the tools that support cultural investment in the country. They do know what they like. Newfoundland artist Mary Pratt, who passed away last week, found beauty and depth in the simplest of objects. A bowl of fruit, a crate of eggs, grapes in a...

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