Canada’s popular culture minister has quietly let it be known she might want to leave her job and that has Canadian artists worried. “It’s not that nobody else can do the job. It’s just that it’s a rare combination, somebody who has got a really deep-seated commitment and belief in the cultural product, and political savvy and clout all at once. There are a lot of politicians who say they have both, but actually having it is something else.” – The Globe and Mail (Canada) 12/14/00