Heritage Minister James Moore: NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair

Walter Kleinschmit Dept: NDP Leader Thomas Mulcair tabled the petition in the House of Commons Wednesday. It calls on Moore to correct a new formula for the Canadian Periodical Fund, which inadvertently reduces the subsidy La Liberte receives by $50,000 to $60,000 a year, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "We're asking him to maintain the contribution as it is," said Walter Kleinschmit, president of the association and oTTAWA -- More than 3,000 Canadians have signed a petition asking Heritage Minister James Moore to restore a subsidy for Manitoba's only French-language newspaper. The Old St. Boniface Residents' Association collected the signatures over the last two weeks. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.