They thought it worked with universities, so...

It's not about cultural policy any more, it seems. Canadian Heritage is not functioning like a cultural body. The policy is bums in seats. How do you grow a culture that way?

Malahat Review editor John Barton skewers the new Canadian Periodical Fund policy on support for magazines. Full story in the Globe & Mail begins, "Canadian literary, arts and scholarly magazines are likely going to die."