He's one of Canada's most prolific writers, but in his new role as parliamentary poet laureate, George Elliott Clarke hasn't written a word. That's because no one's asked him.
Clark said that although writing poems should be his primary duty, no federal politician has requested his "poetic services" in the nine months since he was appointed.The poet receives an annual stipend of $20,000, up to $13,000 in travel expenses annually and a budget for programming, administrative expenses and translation/adaptation of works into Canada’s second official language.
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