An ongoing multi-million-dollar federal program meant to engage in cultural diplomacy—bringing Canada’s arts abroad—has included an exhibit of giant sex toys. Since 2010 and up to this day, it also includes a production that has elderly Canadians get up on stage in front of audiences abroad and describe the sexual experiences of their past.
“I’d like to meet the person who thought paying for seniors to relive their sex lives in front of a live audience in another country is a good use of Canadian tax dollars,” said Franco Terrazzano, Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) director, in a May 10 release. “How do sex stories from seniors in other countries promote Canada?”
