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Jesse Kline: Carney’s $4B cultural subsidies will overproduce trash no one wants

Given the extent to which former prime minister Justin Trudeau denigrated our history and tried to snuff out any sense of national pride, it makes some sense that his successor would attempt to rekindle Canadian patriotism by putting money into Canada’s 160th anniversary celebrations and museums that tell our history. But last week’s budget earmarks an eye-watering $4 billion, largely to subsidize cultural industries, at a time when Canadians’ sense of self is more robust than ever before.

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