1/ This is completely out of line.
Minister Miller says, "It isn't up to me to speak to, or insert myself in, the curation of any particular exhibit.” And then he does exactly that.
His comments are a direct attack on the independence of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights – exactly what the Museums Act is meant to prevent.
The story of the Nakba needs to be told. It’s a hard history to confront: Israel’s independence was achieved with massacres, ethnic cleansing, and the forcible displacement of over 750,000 Palestinians.
And it’s a story that’s not over: all of those assaults on human dignity and fundamental human rights continue to this day.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/marc-miller-palestinian-exhibit-9.7253020
CBCPalestinian exhibit at human rights museum 'should be rectified': federal heritage minister | CBC NewsHeritage Minister Marc Miller said Monday the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg has erred in how it curated an exhibit about displaced Palestinians.