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According to New Realm, widely disseminated news of Mr. Bannon’s association with the docudrama prompted discussions between the federal government and the CMF, whose officials subsequently notified the producers of the suspension on Aug. 28. The federal government did not directly address questions about whether Ottawa had interfered in the funding for the docudrama.Instead, Simon Ross, press secretary to Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, said the CMF is an independent organization responsible for making its own funding decisions. “We will continue to respect its independence,” Mr. Ross said, referring further questions to the fund.In conversations with Mr. Butler, Ms. Sun said, he apparently voiced concerns about Mr.
According to Ms. Sun, Mr. Butler also raised Mr. Bannon’s character as an issue. “If there’s a murderer, and you put him on the show as executive producer, what would the funder think?” she recalled him saying. “Mr. Bannon is involved on the U.S. side for the purpose of distribution, which is very common in this business,” said Joel Etienne, an executive producer of the teleplay. “They should know that. We did all the production here.
GlobeArts Justin's political interference in the arts and the criminal prosecution of SNC is disgusting. Now Justin is blocking RCMP investigation into his criminal interference in Justice System to protect SNC from prosecution for its crimes!
GlobeArts While the Globe's parent company is no neutral party, it disturbs me to hear the 'federal government' or 'Ottawa' might be having conversations about specific films. A media fund is 'arms length' for a reason. We don't need the state approving films for political reasons.
GlobeArts only far left documentaries get funded...