Seems Yann Martel has still not received an answer from the rt hon. Stephen Harper after he sent him a book and a letter. (see his whatisstephenharperreading website) Yann is vexed that the PM doesn't care for culture and when 50 artists visited the vistor's gallery of the house of commons to commemorate the Canada Council for the Art's 50th anniversary, Steve barley looked up from his desk. (Still huffing and puffing from quesiton period?) Since then, Yann has started his web site outlining his plan to send the PM a book every 2 weeks ("an improving book", as Ms Nanuk might say), written a piece for the Globe, and been interviewed everywhere about his get-the-PM-reading project. And yet still no word from our glorious leader.
You can drag a PM to culture but you can't make 'im read (or fund it).
(mushrooms)
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I'm certain he'd be reading if someone sent him copies of Harveyporn and Worlda Mirth.
JAW fan
NB: perhaps he could start off light, like with a couple of volumes of P. Queen
P Queen might do the trick
Yeah, I heard about that on As it Happens on CBC radio. Too funny. They interviewed Yann Martel and I loved his barely camouflaged comments. hee.
L.P.
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