Canada's new Museum for Human Rights facing site issues

from the Globe and Mail (11/17):


Canada's cultural travellers won't warm to Winnipeg, survey finds
BILL CURRY
From Monday's Globe and Mail
November 17, 2008 at 4:49 AM EST

"OTTAWA — Canadians, particularly francophones, think Winnipeg is too cold, boring and far away, so they will probably view exhibits at the new $265-million Canadian Museum for Human Rights in the city online rather than in person, according to government research.

The negative view of the Manitoba capital surfaced in small focus group discussions conducted for the federal Department of Canadian Heritage.

"These [French-speaking] participants suggested that the city suffers from negative stereotypes such as: cold, nothing to do, far away, and not interesting to visit," according to an internal government report in April. "Very few of these participants would put the museum on their list of things to see given the distance."

Ottawa is giving $100-million for construction and $22-million annually for operating costs of what will be the country's first national museum built outside of the National Capital Region. Last week, the Conservative government in an effort to save money scrapped plans for a national portrait gallery that might have been built outside of Ottawa." ...

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