Mark Carney’s ditching of a ‘Heritage’ position in cabinet is overdue and bodes well for living Canadian culture

Open this photo in gallery: Steven Guilbeault is sworn in as the the Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada during a swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on March 14.Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press The Minister of Canadian Heritage is dead. Long live the Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada. In revealing a smaller streamlined cabinet on Friday, newly minted Prime Minister Mark Carney introduced that change in terminology in how to refer to Steven Guilbeault, who will oversee the Department of Canadian Heritage anew after previously having done so from 2019 to 2021. The...