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COMMENTARY: Still no answers from Minister Joly, and it’s getting late

Q HOST TOM POWER is a good interviewer. But even he can’t penetrate Heritage Minster Mélanie Joly’s ability to avoid giving a direct answer to a direct question.The Minister appeared on CBC’s Q last week (screen-capped at right) to talk about the #MeToo movement (she was in Toronto to meet with a number of groups on that topic) as well as discuss Canadian content in the new, digital era. We’ll pick up the chat at the 6:40 mark.After mentioning Netflix’s planned $500 million investment in making content in Canada, which was the centrepiece of Minister Joly’s Creative Canada announcement (and...