Statement by the Honourable James Moore, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages, on the Occasion of the 2009 Word on the Street National Book and Magazine Festival
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Sept. 27, 2009) – Books and magazines can open the doorway to an shun in to fiction, or yield the gateway to a universe of information. All Canadians need celebration of the mass in their lives: to learn, to flourish, and to dream. From childhood on, celebration of the mass is executive not usually to the preparation and the work, but additionally to the enjoyment. In further to being consumers of the created word, most Canadians have been additionally concerned in the prolongation process. Writers, publishers, illustrators, striking designers, and distributors assistance spin the wheels of Canada’s edition industry.
Our Government believes in the significance of a full of health edition industry. That is because we suggest a accumulation of programs which assistance have this attention even some-more dynamic. These embody the Canada Book Fund (formerly the Book Publishing Industry Development Program), which aims to enlarge entrance to functions by Canadian authors. The Canada Magazine Fund’s Support for Industry Development is created to inspire common expansion and potency in the Canadian only at certain time of year edition attention by investing in projects which minister to the long-term viability of the Canadian repository and only at certain time of year industry. These programs concede us to await activities such as Word on the Street.
Every year in communities opposite Canada, the Word on the Street legal holiday celebrates education and the created word. What a smashing event for Canadians to encounter authors, attend workshops, and crop for brand new books and magazines.
On interest of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Government of Canada, I would similar to to appreciate all those Canadians who have this book and repository legal holiday a success. You assistance move books and magazines in to Canadian homes, and you fool around a key purpose as advocates for education in this country.
