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21975 TERRACE BAY NEWS PAGE 23 Your cultural heritage is important to Ontario... so important that we have created a new Ministry of Culture and Recreation to help it flourish. theatre to hockey, dance groups to libraries, we will be able to keep alive the spark of individual creativity and human excellence that makes a culture worth preserving. More importantly, we hope to share with others the riches and insights that come from active involvement in community life. A culture must be shared with other people if it is to stay alive. It is by living our culture that we can really share this gift with other peoples and promote greater understanding among Canadians. The Ontario Ministry of Culture and Rec- reation has been established to promote and encourage cultural expression of all kinds and of all peoples in our province. We The Government of Ontario recognizes that the cultural traditions and heritages of its peoples are just as important as skills or education in building a better life. We know that it is people and not things that deter- mine a society's greatness and there is nothing more valuable to people than their culture. That's why Ontario has established a new ministry devoted solely to supporting com- munity and personal betterment--the Min- istry of Culture and Recreation. We hope that through a wide range of programs from know thatkeeping alive our cultural heritage is essential to the future of everyone. In Ontario we're doing something about it, . For more information about the new min- istry, you are invited to write to: Ministry of Culture and Recreation Communications Branch Main Parliament Building, Room 347 Queen's Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1Y7 Ministry of Culture and Recreation Robert Welch, Minister -N air Pe sion | Government of Ontario William Davis, Premier