Official Won’t Say How Govt. Chose $44.8M In Arts Cuts

“Deputy Canadian Heritage Minister Judith LaRocque refused yesterday to give a parliamentary committee any details about how the Conservative government chose $44.8-million in arts and culture programs to be cut last fall. Ms. LaRocque was summoned to the witness chair of the committee on Canadian heritage to testify about statements Heritage Minister James Moore made to the committee on Feb. 9 that the programs had been dogged by wastefulness and inefficiency.”