The Harper government will not replace the cultural programs it has abolished, as promised there less than two weeks the new Minister of Canadian Heritage. Upon his arrival at the ministry, James Moore said in an interview with The Canadian Press that it does not restore programs cut but he also said he would study how to replace them. Now his office told Le Devoir that nothing is envisaged that no replacement program is on the drawing board. This information falls while Quebec Premier Jean Charest, back on the case Tuesday by asking, once again, its federal counterpart Stephen Harper to reconsider its decision to remove $ 45 million in aid for culture. These cuts were expensive Quebecois votes for the Conservatives in the election of 14 October. The federal Liberal MP Denis Coderre, says that the decision of the Minister of Heritage to offer no replacement for programs disappeared shows that he does not understand the culture and that is insensible.
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