The Ontario government says that a planned investment of $ 50 million in the Canadian art collection McMichael is an investment in patriotism and Canadian culture.
The Minister of Tourism and Culture of Ontario, Stan Cho, says that it is important to support the Canadian institutions that preserve and promote our common history and our collective identity, “more than ever”.
He says that the three -year -old financing plan will help the museum’s 70 -year -old installations and that the land is modernizing and developing, and will protect his $ 750 million collection in Canadian and Aboriginal art.
Considered the house of the group of seven, the McMichael Canadian art collection includes more than 7,000 works of art from Tom Thomson, the group of seven and their contemporaries, as well as the First Nations, the Métis, les Inuit and contemporary artists.
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The province claims that capital investment depends on the federal government’s counterpart funds and private donations.
On March 3, the federal government announced 25 million dollars for the redevelopment of the gallery. A museum spokesperson indicates that a fundraising thrust is underway for additional fundamental funds for private donors.
Stephen Lecce, the local deputy of the provincial parliament for King-Vaughan, praised a new chapter in the museum intended to inspire “learning, creativity and patriotism”.
He cited the climbing of cross -border tensions that included US President Donald Trump suggesting that Canada becomes the 51st state.
“With growing attacks on President Trump’s Canadian sovereignty, it’s exactly the right time to double investments that promote Canadian symbols, values and our main identity,” said a statement on Tuesday.
The feeling was taken up by the Minister of Finance Peter Bethlenfalvy, who said that “the defense of Canada’s cultural heritage may never have been as important as today”.
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