Organizers of the Divers/Cité festival in Montréal are having hissy fits because the Conservative federal government refused to approve funding for the event. The directors said bureaucrats told them their funding request "met all the criteria", but that final approval was up to Industry Minister Tony Clement. Reports that Clement said "I may be a geek, but I'm not queer!" are undoubtedly untrue.
According to CBC News (which knows a thing or two about the gay community) Suzanne Girard, director of Divers/Cité, said Wednesday the event's organizers are "reeling" from the news.
"They have millions of dollars but they chose not to give to Divers/Cité. The reasons we don't know. Is it we're gay? Is it we're Montéalais? We're Québecois?"
Walt says maybe it's "all of the above"!
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