Trudeau government re-hangs classic paintings removed by Conservatives [View all]

Source: CBC News

The Queen Elizabeth portrait is out and twin paintings by Quebec modern master Alfred Pellan are back in.

Today, the paintings Canada West and Canada East are back on display on the wall in the front reception area at the Foreign Affairs building in Ottawa, four years after they were taken down and replaced by a giant portrait of the Queen.

... Former Liberal foreign affairs minister John Manley called the move entirely appropriate and said displaying such a large portrait in such a prominent location sent "the wrong message."

"The Queen plays a constitutional role in Canada, but Canada should be recognized by all the people who come in to the department of foreign affairs or global affairs, building for the modern, independent country that it is," he told CBC News.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-foreign-affairs-art-queen-1.3310633

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