Ford government withdraws La Nouvelle Scène's $2.9-million grant

Ottawa-Vanier MPP Nathalie Des Rosiers, who championed a $2.9-million provincial grant to keep a debt-strapped French-language theatre in Lowertown alive, said Wednesday that she will fight to offset the critical damage of that grant suddenly being withdrawn by the Ford government.
Des Rosiers said she learned on Wednesday through media reports that the grant, which she announced in May, had been rescinded. Now, the possibility of La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins closing is “cert