Comments on: Mayor of Richmond, Malcolm Brodie, Responds to Public Art Debate http://blog.vancouverbiennale.com/?p=1278 A Journey of Discovery in Sculpture, New Media & Performance Art Mon, 02 Aug 2010 02:30:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: About Time http://blog.vancouverbiennale.com/?p=1278&cpage=1#comment-2722 About Time Wed, 20 Jan 2010 00:52:00 +0000 http://blog.vancouverbiennale.com/?p=1278#comment-2722 I wholeheartedly commend the Mayor for supporting such pieces of public art, and reminding people that freedom of expression is a fundamental right that Canadians enjoy, and a right that attracts hundreds of thousands of immigrants to Canada each year. Should the City have caved to pressure from the government of China, it would have represented an impingement on that fundamental right that so many Canadians fought and died for. I only wish that our national leaders would show the same level of courage and fortitude that the Mayor has shown. I wholeheartedly commend the Mayor for supporting such pieces of public art, and reminding people that freedom of expression is a fundamental right that Canadians enjoy, and a right that attracts hundreds of thousands of immigrants to Canada each year.

Should the City have caved to pressure from the government of China, it would have represented an impingement on that fundamental right that so many Canadians fought and died for. I only wish that our national leaders would show the same level of courage and fortitude that the Mayor has shown.

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