Get Your Message Out ... Interview with Minister Moore

The Honourable Minister James Moore with Best Friend

Ontario Visited ~ Judi McWilliams with
The Honourable Minister James Moore
Minister of Canadian Heritage & Official Languages

Canada verses United States … Pleasantly surprised …

We mentioned during our interview to Minister Moore that we have read that the New York and Michigan states are spending very little on the War of 1812 Bicentennial Celebrations while the Canadian and Ontario governments are spending a large amount. The US border towns and communities are very angry at their State governments for not spending the monies on these Celebrations.  Since we have a large number of US readers, we asked Minister Moore why are your Government and Ministry spending so much money and the Americans are not?

I was pleasantly surprised by Minister Moore’s response to these statements. Instead of continuing to speak of the negative comments, he chose to speak highly of what the United States are doing! He told us about a recent PBS documentary about the War of 1812. Their focus was on their understanding how continental important the War was. They discussed austerity pressures and much more.

(To Be Continued)

~154 words

Get Your Message Out! …

Minister Moore was able to reply to a question from Mr. Joe Corrigan, General Manager/Curator, Lang Pioneer Village and Museum and Chair, Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture’s Regional Tourism Organization #8 question …“As for the Minister, I’d be interested in what he feels our Canadian Heritage contributes to the growth of tourism in this country and what can museums do to encourage development of this increasingly important aspect of our economic development?”  Minister Moore replied … “more than ever before people are realizing how important tourism is. It is important that you, as an organization, be very pro-active! Make sure that the Government’s know who you are and what you do… stay engaged and stay encouraged. Don’t underestimate what you have to offer of what people will come to. Get your message out!”