James Moore

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3,438 appearances 16 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 15 Sep

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The Bridge with Peter Mansbridge · Moore Butts Conversation Encore - Is Ottawa Ready For A Possible Two Front Referendum Battle? · 12 Aug 2026 podcast

Yeah.

Minister of Heritage and official languages for about five years from the Harper era.

I was appointed in 2008.

We remember that

Stephen Harper was on.

We won a minority government in January 2006, going to 2008 against Stephane Dion.

Stephen Harper, we looked like we were on the march to get to earn a majority government, to go from 124 to cross the line to get a majority government.

And about halfway through the campaign, two things happened in 2008 that arrested that.

One was a fraction between the fracture between the Stephen Harper campaign and Quebec over culture at one point.

We were looked at could get 20 to 30 seats in a 75 seats of the 75 seats in Quebec.

And we lost that over our arts and culture.

And again, the sensitivity and the language about being seen to be not just a protector, but a celebrator and a champion for Quebec.

within the North American context and Quebec language arts and cultural communities.

So we lost that.

Then the second, of course, was the falling out of the global economy about halfway through the campaign in 08.

So after that campaign, I was elevated to be the full minister of Canadian heritage and had a lot of conversations with then Prime Minister Harper about what he learned in the campaign, what we learned from our first two years in government and where to go from there.

As you say, the portfolio was created.

and Copse was the first minister, going back to 1995.

Before the 1995 referendum in Quebec on sovereignty, there was the 1995 federal budget, which created a lot of cuts to culture, including a 40% cut to CBC, the public broadcaster, which, again, if you're, frankly...

We're really blunt about it.

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