For further reading on the controversy of the new government of Canada abscondingwith Nationally mandated institutions, dismissing millions of dollars spent on projects as if our tax dollars didn't matter and decreeing that a region's private money is more important than Canada's Parliament, read the following :
PORTRAIT GALLERY MOVE TO COST $2.5M/YEAR; OPERATING EXPENSES WILL GO UP BY MILLIONS IF FACILITY RELOCATED OUTSIDE OTTAWA: MEMO
The fate of the Portrait Gallery of Canada is now a state secret. The final decision on the future of the $44.6-million project -- with an expected $5 million annual operating cost -- is now in the hands of Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
