Statement made on 29 April 2010 by Senator Francis Fox (retired)
Hon. Francis Fox:
My question is for the Leader of the Government in the Senate.
As the minister knows, festival season is fast approaching. In conversation this week, Alain Simard, president and founder of the Montreal Jazz Festival and head of the Festival de la francophonie, said that the major festivals in Montreal, in Quebec and perhaps in other big cities across the country have not yet received any response from the minister about the funding they could usually expect.
Can the minister ask her colleague about this, so that these people get a response as quickly as possible before the various festivals are due to open?
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