BANFF 2018: Minister Joly does more show, less tell

By Bill Roberts

BANFF – Federal Heritage Minister Melanie Joly, as she has done for each of the last three years, delivered the opening keynote address at this year’s Banff World Media Festival and while in large part it was political self-congratulation for having reversed 10 years of cuts by the previous Conservative government, it was also an ample response to those in the industry who persist with the query, “what exactly has Joly done?”Turns out she’s done a fair bit... not so much on substantive policy but quite a bit on the expenditure side.Joly reminded delegates that last year at Banff she...