Government grants are now available to cultural groups "Eligible events will include festivals celebrating heritage, arts and culture through dance, music and drama and re-enactments of local historical events." but I don't see how new grandstands, wheelchair access ramps and offices fall into this description. The suditor general should put this funding at the top of the list to ensure that it doesn't come back to bite the Tories in the butt.....liberals tend to spend a lot of time picking flyshit out of pepper so even the most well meaning grant can become an issue.
Tories say new sponsorship program different
Updated Thu. Mar. 22 2007 5:57 PM ET
Canadian Press
OTTAWA -- The Conservative government is set to create a new federal sponsorship program for cultural events, but says it will be nothing like its infamous predecessor marred by corruption and cash-stuffed envelopes.
The Tories say that unlike the scandal-plagued program scrapped by the Liberals in 2003, this one won't have a political mission. There will be no national unity goal and no requirement to fly Canadian flags at cultural events.
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