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Oil-huile 24" x 36"

2006

Further reading on the controversy of the new government of Canada absconding

with 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.

GALLERY PLAN A POTENTIAL DISASTER: EXPERTS FEAR WORKS WILL BE DAMAGED IN TRANSIT IF PORTRAIT GALLERY IS LOCATED IN CALGARY
The Ottawa Citizen
December 9, 2006
Queen Victoria was simply too fragile to make the move. The year was 1997, not 1887. The National Archives, as it used to be called, was transporting its art and artifacts a few kilometres from its Wellington Street headquarters in Ottawa to a new, $60-million storage facility in Gatineau.
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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY: IT'S PORK BARREL POLITICS
The Globe and Mail
December 6, 2006
Documents and leaks to an Ottawa MP point to the gallery being built in Calgary, home to the Prime Minister's riding, and partly funded by EnCana
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ENERGRY GIANT'S GALLERY DEAL APPEARS PICTURE PERFECT: MIXED REACTION GREETS RUMOUR OF PORTRAIT GALLERY MOVE TO CALGARY
The Ottawa Citizen
December 6, 2006
A deal between the federal government and energy giant EnCana to move the Portrait Gallery of Canada to Calgary from Ottawa is expected to be announced within a few weeks.
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MOVING PICTURE? PORTRAIT GALLERY MAY GO TO CALGARY
The Ottawa Sun
December 5, 2006
Calgary will be the new home of the Portrait Gallery of Canada, according to a mysterious e-mail received by Ottawa Centre NDP MP Paul Dewar.
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PM PORTRAITS BECOMING A NATIONAL SECRET?
The Ottawa Sun
December 3, 2006
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.
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(Portrait Gallery of Canada)

(Musée du portrait du Canada)

04/12/2006

For further information:

Pour de plus ample renseignements:

Portrait gallery not moving

to Calgary, MP confirms

The Calgary Herald and the Ottawa Citizen

Keep museums here

The Ottawa Citizen

Portrait of a country

Bernard Poulin,

Citizen Special