Methinks CBC the LIEbrano Propaganda Machine had quite a few backfires this weekend and had to a lot of editits before Monday morning N'esy Pas?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/power-rates-increase-august-nb-power-1.4764640

Power rates increase Aug. 1, but they won't go as high as NB Power hoped

Residential and industrial rates will go up 0.96 per cent

Robert Jones · CBC News · Posted: Jul 27, 2018 4:29 PM AT

83 Comments left after edits

  

Colin Seeley

I would rather have free Energy than Medicare.

At the very least I would have insurance choices.

Bernard Cormier

@Colin Seeley Free electricity will never happen and Medicare is not free either. No free ride in life.

Rosco holt

@Colin Seeley
You get free electricity depending on your family name and bank account.

David Amos

@Rosco holt YUP

David Amos

@Bernard Cormier Methinks that whereas the Crown won't give me a Medicare card I am allowed to die for free with the government's assistance or rather the lack thereof N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Colin Seeley "At the very least I would have insurance choices"

Methinks you talk just like the true blue Harperite you are N'esy Pas?

Bernard Cormier

@Rosco holt Tell me again why people who pay taxes should pay for the poor.

Bernard Cormier

@David Amos And why don't you have a medicare card?

David Amos

@Bernard Cormier "why don't you have a medicare card?"

Methinks if you truly cared you should go to Federal Court in Fredericton and pull my docket N'esy Pas?

Bernard Cormier

@David Amos Listen I have a life and you are not in it. Come on tell us all.

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David Amos

@Bernard Cormier Methinks many people know I have done so many times. In fact I was likely on your ballot at least once N'esy Pas?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE

David Amos

@Bernard Cormier "Come on tell us all."

Methinks many people know I have done so many times. In fact I was likely on your ballot at least once Perhaps your lawyer should read this old comment section published before the last federal election N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276

Bernard Cormier

@David Amos Methinks I don't care N'esy Pas?

Bernard Cormier

@Bernard Cormier by the way if you are going to write in french do it right. It is not "N'esy Pas" it is "n'est-ce pas"

David Amos

@Bernard Cormier Methinks you do not have the first clue about Blogger Boys from Beausejour and Chiac N'esy Pas?

http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/aeoplan-pc-optimum-points-theft-1.4764484

Aeroplan, PC Optimum grapple with points theft as thieves drain accounts, book flights

PC Optimum has announced new security measures including stronger password requirements

Sophia Harris · CBC News · Posted: Jul 29, 2018 4:00 AM ET



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David Amos
Methinks CBC should review all the documents I sent Ms Harris byway of a courier "signature required" in July of 2002 N'esy Pas?

Bernard Cormier

@David Amos You are off the subject.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/gifts-diplomacy-g7-trudeau-1.4764637

The Trudeaus received posh gifts at the G7 summit. Can they keep any of them?

Ethics commissioner signals he'll be taking a harder line than his predecessor on official gifts

Kathleen Harris · CBC News · Posted: Jul 29, 2018 4:00 AM ET 

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and France's President Emmanuel Macron chat during a family photo at the G7 Summit in the Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec, June 8, 2018. (Yves Herman/Reuters)

3501 Comments But there were many more

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David Amos
"POOF"  
 @Neil Austen Methinks it would be wise for Canada's latest Ethics Commissioner and his new buddy Prime Minister Trudeau the Younger to finally check the dockets of Federal Court before my next lawsuits are filed N'esy Pas?



David Amos
"POOF"  
 @Carl Street Methinks I am already way ahead of most folks by about 10 years or so N'esy Pas?



David Amos
"POOF"  
 @Fred Rogers "I really don't care if Trudeau kept a bicycle"

Methinks Trudeau The Younger and Mr Dion should care about my old Harley and the Yankee wiretap tapes that they helped the corrupt cops to cover up stealing from me years ago Its all in my lawsuit file in Federal Court in 2015 long before polling day N'esy Pas? 


    
David Amos
"POOF"  
 @Danny Tanker Methinks you have no idea what lawyers Maxime and I know N'esy Pas?


 
 David Amos
"POOF" 
 @Scott Stephens Now thats funny





 
Steve Duncan

I think it is safe to say .....there will be no second term for the Liberals .

mo bennett

@Steve Duncan not with invisible (aka steve ll) andy steering the reformacons, there won't!!

Richard Sharp

@Steve Duncan

The Libs are still leading in the polls and seat projections so, if an election were held today, it would be a Lib minority. Scheer and other Harper retreads will NEVER form a federal government again. Their true base maxes out around 30%.

Steve Duncan

@Richard Sharp

A month ago they were last place....lol. Next month they will be back there again. I read a poll 2 weeks ago the Conservatives were leading.

David Amos

@Steve Duncan Methinks that many folks would agree with me in that Trudeau The Younger has a chance at overseeing a liberal minority mandate N'esy Pas?

Richard Sharp

@Marc R Henry

Look at the Nanos seat projections and then let's talk. A Lib minority is the worst case right now.

Marc R Henry

@Richard Sharp

What's to talk about? A projection is just a projection. Your claim that the Liberals are "leading in the polls" right now is false. And from the point of view of many Canadians another Liberal majority would be the worst case scenario. I'd be delighted to see them reduced to minority status.

Steve Duncan

@Marc R Henry

Or better yet 3rd party status.

David Amos

@Richard Sharp "Look at the Nanos seat projections and then let's talk. A Lib minority is the worst case right now."

Methinks that depends on your perspective N'esy Pas?

David Amos

@Marc R Henry "I'd be delighted to see them reduced to minority status."

Methinks even you should agree if that were true then its rather strange that you use their party leader photo to present yourself to the rest of us N'esy Pas?

 
bill mcmullen

600 million for a conference that produced........NOTHING. Are we awake yet people?

bill mcmullen

@Marie Price I stand corrected. Just not ready did manage to piss off our biggest trading partner. Quite an accomplishment for 600 million i would say. Well done.

bill mcmullen

@bill mcmullen my mistake....peoplekind

Francis Culligan

@bill mcmullen Wasn't the security bill for Harper's ill-fated G20 meeting in Toronto over ONE BILLION dollars?

Jason Dean

@Francis Culligan

No

bill mcmullen

@Francis Culligan 2 or 3 billion for sure...

Francis Culligan

@bill mcmullen No, just a billion. I would put in a link if I felt you were worth the bother.

bill mcmullen

@Francis Culligan dont bother. the issue here is this government, not the last. They were thrown out. These will be thrown out as well.

Troy Mann

@bill mcmullen

Harper spent 2 billion in the same conference that produced nothing. What is your point that Canada should leave the g7?

Andrew Stat

@Troy Mann Really? Of course it's ok for a right wing government to do it , but not JT!

John Oaktree

@bill mcmullen

Under Harper, it cost us $1.7 BILLION...

David Amos 

 @bill mcmullen "my mistake....peoplekind"

Methinks you made no mistake "peoplekind" have always been pursuit of a nap. This weekend is no different after being bored by banter about bicycles, BBQs and beer what else is there to do but have another nap? I will wager most folks don't remember that Harper and Clements spent even more taxpayer funds for a G 20 meeting years ago and how hard the new liberal cabinet minister Bill Blair and his boys in blue came down on the G 20 protesters for the benefit of Harper and his boys in blue N'esy Pas?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-bill-blair-defend-record-over-handling-of-g20-protest-1.3044577

Justin Trudeau, Bill Blair defend record over handling of G20 protest




 
Paul Louis

His time is getting real short~!

David Amos

@Paul Louis Methinks I should not bet against you with what is left of my old age pension that Trudeau The Younger just had cut in half for political reasons N'esy Pas?

Robert Lee

@Paul Louis

All he needs to do to produce goodwill is do a selfie tour like he did in2014, and he'll win another landslide.

David Amos

@Paul Louis Methinks many agree that it will be a liberal minority next time N'esy Pas?

 
Mario Doucet

Another Trudeau fluff story to get him in the news piece while Canada burns literally.

David Amos

@Mario Doucet YUP

Robert Lee

@Mario Doucet

Harper started the forest fires

 
Richard Sharp

The Trudeaus have been subjected to scrutiny regarding their travel, expenses and gifts like no PM in Canadian history. The family rarely travels with him anymore because of the petty criticism, which is a shame. The ethics commissioner dragged on the Aga Khan investigation for a year, surprisingly ‘declaring he wasn’t a personal friend. Who knew?

Other than that, they have been pretty well squeaky clean.

Neil Gregory

@Richard Sharp

Mo's obsessive attacks on ALL politicians strike me as coming from someone who recognized that he has been burned by them. Canada's needs more people who are willing to criticize ALL of the equally and less people who are blindly partisan in their comments.

Marc R Henry

@Richard Sharp

You really need to stop. I mean, *really*.

The Aga Khan had ZERO contact with ANY the Trudeua's save attending Pierre's funeral as an honourary pallbearer.

Who knew? EVERYONE but him and you, apparently.

Rob Preston

@Richard Sharp why is Trump,s approval rating 17 points higher then Trudeau,s? I would think you would be scared stiff of that Richard.

Rob Preston

@Neil Gregory Good comment Neil. You are right. But as long as you have one partisan group attacking you will always have one retaliating here.

William Ben

@Richard Sharp hardly squeaky clean more partisan cheerleading. When will the left ever have a balanced opinion on any topic - maybe never. Trudeau has been awful in office at every level and on every file.

Bob Lashram

@Neil Gregory ...squeaky clean? 4 ethicsl breaches, the most of any PM in our history, is not squeaky clean...but nice deflection...

Chris Hatherley

@Richard Sharp

Seriously "squeaky clean" ???.........grease & slime don't squeak.

Eric MacNicol

@Richard Sharp He ran a campaign that had transparency as a central issue. He and his ministers deserve every bit of scrutiny they gets. And I would hardly even call what he's getting intensive scrutiny. It seems at every turn there's some scandal or unethical practice happening and no one really had to go out of their way to find these things going on.

 

Richard Sharp

@Marc R Henry

Reposting as I was censored for reasons unknown. Far as I understand, the Pierre Trudeaus vacationed with the Aga Khan several times with kids, Justin and his brothers with the Aga Khan's family.

Several times. That's a family friend and some ethics commissioner who declares otherwise isn't worth much in my books.

Richard Sharp

@Bob Lashram

The most ethics violations in history is a perfect example of a Con smear. Other than Harper, Trudeau was the only PM ever even subject to the ethics legislation and Dawson was scared to death of Harper. Dawson’s findings against Trudeau were technicalities and entirely petty.

Marc R Henry

@Richard Sharp

Irrelevant in the face of thirty years with NO CONTACT. No letters, no phone calls to say "hey how are you doing?" Nothing. The relation you describe clearly stemmed from a friendship between Pierre Trudeau and the Aga Khan. The evidence suggests that then Pierre passed away, the friendship died with him. Justin's memories of "several" visits as a kid is a pretty thin argument.

Neil Turv

@david mccaig

You don't think that because people live longer, work longer, and the senior population is rising that we should raise the retirement age accordingly?

Richard Sharp

@Marc R Henry

What part of FAMILY friend do you fail to understand?

Marc R Henry

@Richard Sharp

I understand it perfectly. I also understand that when two families don't communicate for 30 years, and then one becomes a prime minister and starts getting free vacations on private islands, the FAMILY friend story doesn't hold water. Richard, her findings were appropriate and reasonable. Deal with it. That you're still brooding about it is sad.

Philip Weigel

@Marc R Henry
Honestly, you could care less about the circumstances.You just want any reason even on the thinnest of premises to attack the PM. Even if you tallied up all the minor petty little things they cost less than a single gazebo for a G7 conference, and less than 1/5 a fake lake.

Marc R Henry

@Philip Weigel

I believe the expression you want is "you couldn't care less."

Richard Sharp

@Philip Weigel

Marc stalks me day and night.

David Amos

@Richard Sharp "Other than that, they have been pretty well squeaky clean."

Methinks you forgot paragraph 83 of my lawsuit in Federal Court again N'esy Pas?

 
Peter Boone

There are no federal government accomplishments to report and besides Justin is on yet another vacation so this is your top headline of the day. WOW.

David Amos

@Peter Boone Methinks CBC should review my blog to see the comments they blocked N'esy Pas?

Aeroplan, PC Optimum grapple with points theft as thieves drain accounts, book flights

PC Optimum has announced new security measures including stronger password requirements

Sophia Harris · CBC News · Posted: Jul 29, 2018 4:00 AM ET 

Christina Rayburn in Hamilton was surprised to learn that a thief had stolen her Aeroplan miles and used them to book a flight. (Submitted by Christina Rayburn)


Points thieves are on the prowl.
Loyalty programs Aeroplan and PC Optimum have each recently been hit with multiple cases of points theft. Flights have even been booked using stolen Aeroplan miles.
"I was blown away," said Christina Rayburn, after discovering that someone had swiped most of the miles from her online Aeroplan account and taken a trip.
"The fact that they were able to do that kind of concerns me."

Cyber thieves are going after Canadians’ stockpiles of lucrative loyalty points. (CBC)

Cyber thieves are increasingly targeting Canadians' stockpiles of lucrative loyalty points — PC Optimum has dealt with points theft since the program launched in February.

Some cybersecurity experts say rewards programs need to beef up security to help protect members.

So perhaps it's no surprise that PC Optimum has just launched stronger password requirements, and plans to soon roll out two-step authentication when members try to access their account.

Toronto-based cybersecurity expert Ritesh Kotak applauds the move.

"Start treating these points cards with the same security that we use for online banking," he said. "Until we do that, we're going to keep seeing these issues popping up."

Flying off with stolen miles

Aeroplan member Rayburn, who lives in Hamilton, noticed something was amiss on July 13.

More than 100,000 points had been hijacked from her account, and a new name, email and contact number had been added — all of which she didn't recognize.

"I was a little freaked out."

She called Aeroplan and discovered her stolen points had been used to book a round-trip flight. The travel rewards program didn't reveal the route.

Rayburn did learn that the outbound flight had already been taken. Aeroplan was able to cancel the return trip, and refunded her points the following day.

"They apologized profusely," she said. "Obviously, they recognized a pattern."

Former Newfoundland and Labrador politician Steve Kent discovered that thieves booked two flights using his Aeroplan miles. (Sherry Vivian/CBC)

Back in May, former provincial Newfoundland and Labrador politician Steve Kent discovered that two separate domestic flights had been booked using close to 100,000 of his Aeroplan miles. The tickets were in names he didn't recognize.

Fortunately, Kent was able to cancel them before takeoff.

"I was obviously surprised that my account had been compromised and concerned that somebody could actually get that far using fraudulent means," he said.

Michael Tayag @MikeTayag

Got my @Aeroplan account hacked and redeemed most of my points for 4 flights used in Asia the next day. Got it back pretty quickly thanks to fraud services. Just a warning to be careful with your accounts

9:23 PM - May 8, 2018

Lori Binder @BinderLori

@Aeroplan woke up to being hacked with 20,000 points redeemed for a flight in China. Emails came in French. How did this get past fraud detection? I am very upset and it’s too early to reach anyone at the call centre. Was anyone else hacked?

5:46 AM - Apr 8, 2018 · Winnipeg, Manitoba

Aeroplan didn't provide any specifics on Rayburn or Kent's cases except to say that it has returned their points.

"A very small percentage" of the program's members have been affected by recent points theft, said spokesperson Christa Poole in an email.

She said the thefts are often the result of a member's account being compromised due a weak password, using unsecured networks, or phishing scams where people are duped into clicking on a link and divulging sensitive information.

• Thieves steal millions of PC Optimum points, go on shopping sprees

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Poole did say that Kent's case was likely the result of him using an unsecured network.

"Blaming a loyal customer for their weak security practices is not a good business strategy," Kent said in response.

Aeroplan defended its security practices.

"Protection of member information is our highest priority at Aeroplan and we have security measures in place," said Poole.

The program has also posted tips for how members can protect their accounts, including changing their password frequently and avoiding using unprotected Wi-Fi networks.

PC Optimum gets tough

After a string of points thefts, PC Optimum's owner, Loblaw, advised back in March that "strong, unique passwords protect personal information and points."

The thefts continued. Loblaw declined to provide a current tally of victims.

More than 60 PC Optimum members have reported they've experienced points theft, one of the most recent being Suzanne Soto-Davies in Burlington, Ont.

Suzanne Soto-Davies in Burlington, Ont., had 250,000 PC Optimum points stolen from her account, worth $250. (Larissa Soto)

According to her account records, on July 8, a thief spent 250,000 of her points — worth $250 — at two Loblaws grocery stores in Quebec.

"You automatically feel violated," said Soto-Davies, who says she got her points back after reporting her case.

"They had apparently broken into my password."

• Why thieves are stealing rewards points and what you can do to protect yourself

PC Optimum requires all members to adhere to beefed-up password requirements by Aug. 31. Two-step authentication will be added in the coming months.

"We're always looking for ways to help protect our members' accounts," said spokesperson Catherine Thomas in an email. She said the changes are part of "ongoing security enhancements."

Cybersecurity expert Kotak says it's hard to catch a cyber thief who can hide their identity online, so prevention is key to fighting off fraudsters.

"These are your points. You've gone out, you've spent real money," he said. "Several mechanisms need to be put into place to ensure you don't become a victim."

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Sophia Harris has worked as a CBC video journalist across the country, covering everything from the start of the annual lobster fishery in Yarmouth, N.S., to farming in Saskatchewan. She now has found a good home at the business unit in Toronto. Contact: sophia.harris@cbc.ca

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The Trudeaus received posh gifts at the G7 summit. Can they keep any of them?

Ethics commissioner signals he'll be taking a harder line than his predecessor on official gifts

Kathleen Harris · CBC News · Posted: Jul 29, 2018 4:00 AM ET 

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and France's President Emmanuel Macron chat during a family photo at the G7 Summit in the Charlevoix city of La Malbaie, Quebec, June 8, 2018. (Yves Herman/Reuters)


Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was showered with gifts — including fine wine, artwork and a designer silk tie — when he hosted the G7 summit in Quebec last month.

Amid the high tensions over trade and tariffs that dominated the talks, Trudeau and wife Sophie Gré​goire-Trudeau received 15 tokens of diplomatic appreciation for welcoming the world leaders in Charlevoix.

The list of the gifts exchanged is being made public just as Ethics and Conflict of Interest Commissioner Mario Dion is signalling that he's going to take a harder line than his predecessor did on what federal office-holders can — and can't — keep.

Following the long-standing tradition of diplomatic gift exchanges, Trudeau reciprocated, offering the leaders, their spouses and senior officials gifts of sculpture, stained glass artwork and boxes made of Labradorite and forged metals crafted by local artists.

The gifts declared to date, which recently were posted on the federal ethics commissioner's website and first reported by La Presse, include:

• Three bottles of Ökonomierat Rebholz Ganz Horn Im Sonnenschein 2015 wine from German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
• A Hermès scarf given to Sophie by Brigitte Macron, the wife of French President Emmanuel Macron, during a pre-summit visit to Ottawa.
• A photo of G7 leaders in Williamsburg, Virginia taken on May 29, 1983 in a leather folder from U.S. President Donald Trump. (Leaders present at that meeting included then-prime minister Pierre Trudeau, U.S. president Ronald Reagan and U.K. prime minister Margaret Thatcher.)
• A Kumano Fude makeup brush set, including a silk brush holder, given to Gré​goire Trudeau by Akie Abe, spouse of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
• A Delta Capri ballpoint pen set from Italy's Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte.
• A framed engraving of Monarda fistulosa by botanical artist John Miller, given to Gregoire Trudeau by Philip May, husband of U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May.
• A S.T. Dupont black lacquer roller pen from Jean-Claude Juncker, president of the European Union.
• A Sèvres porcelain plate from Macron.
• A silk Hermès tie from Donald Tusk, president of the European Council. 
• Nathan-Baume leather makeup bags given to Sophie by Tusk and his wife Malgorzata Tusk.
• A handmade Vietnamese lacquer jewellery box given to Sophie by Tran Nguyet Thu, spouse of Nguyên Xuân Phúc, prime minister of Vietnam.
• A framed silver artwork of a flower from Nguyên Xuân Phúc.
• A model of a traditional Bangladeshi boat presented in an acrylic box by Sheikh Hasina, prime minister of Bangladesh.
• Three boxes containing an assortment of coffee, nuts and teas from Uhuru Kenyatta, president of the Republic of Kenya.

According to the Conflict of Interest Act, public officers must declare all gifts worth more than $200. If the value exceeds $1,000, the gift must be forfeited to the Crown unless it is cleared by the ethics commissioner.

Ethics and Conflict of Interest Commissioner Mario Dion, who took the post in December 2017, said his predecessor Mary Dawson allowed prime ministers and other office-holders to, on some occasions, retain expensive gifts and reimburse the value in excess of $1,000.

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"I would not be inclined to do the same thing," he told CBC News. "I am not ruling out the possibility that one day, for instance, if there was a sentimental value attached to the gift or something of this nature, but that would not be my normal course of action.

"There is a lot of discretion given to the commissioner, so what Mary Dawson has done sometimes is different than what I will do, depending on my reading of the act, and the spirit of the act as well."

Trudeau kept a bike from China

Trudeau has kept items worth more than $1,000 twice since taking office in 2015.

In 2016, he kept a LETV smart bicycle given by Li Keqiang, premier of the State Council of China, during the G20 summit. Last year he kept an unframed, limited-edition etching by Inuit artist Annie Pootoogook. The amount that was reimbursed is not public.

G7 and European Union leaders pose for a photograph during the G7 leaders summit in La Malbaie, Que. last month. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau received a number of gifts for hosting the gathering. (Justin Tang/Canadian Press)

Democracy Watch co-founder Duff Conacher said his interpretation of the rules is that a prime minister should not be permitted to keep expensive gifts simply by paying the excess value.

Determinations by the commissioner's office in the past have essentially "gutted" the rules, he said.

"I don't want there even to be a perception that they've made a decision because they've received a valuable gift from a foreign official, and I think a gift of that value creates that perception," he said.

"It says 'forfeited' for a reason. It doesn't say 'keep it for a discount'."

Forfeited gifts of 'national interest'

Those gifts that are forfeited are turned over to the National Capital Commission, which manages the inventory of items. According to its guidelines, they are treated as "items of national interest" for their archival and commemorative value, and can be displayed at federal offices, galleries or museums. Gifts that are forfeited are listed on the registry.

Items with short shelf-lives, or personal items such as scarves, purses, watches or pens, can be put up for government auction. In some cases, items are donated or destroyed.

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Diplomatic gift-giving can sometimes lead to awkward moments.

During the G7 summit, Trudeau gave Trump a framed photograph of the hotel the president's grandfather once operated in Bennett, B.C.

The gift was praised as a "great moment" between the two leaders by Trump's spokeswoman Sarah Sanders, who tweeted a picture of the event. But it quickly led to embarrassment when social media buzzed that the hotel was also operated as a brothel.

 

Sarah Sanders ✔ @PressSec

Great moment between @JustinTrudeau and @POTUS when he gave him picture of the President’s grandfather’s hotel in Canada. #G72018

8:29 PM - Jun 8, 2018

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Penny Collenette, a law professor at University of Ottawa and a former Liberal PMO adviser, said offering charitable donations could be a better alternative to the usual gift exchange at these events.

She said former prime minister Jean Chrétien donated Inuit artwork as a way of promoting Canadian culture.

"It helped to put Inuit art on the world stage," she said. "In that way, if a prime minister is picking something that represents our culture or something we want to have profiled, then it's probably worth it.

"If it's just some kind of an exchange of items, then it's kind of a waste of time."

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