Rebecca Alty, minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, speaks at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Annual General Assembly in Winnipeg on Sept. 3, 2025. The Canadian Press/John Woods
The Indigenous Art Centre will no longer lend out its $14.4 million art collection after an audit found that more than 100 pieces of art have gone missing, Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Rebecca Alty says.
“The practice of lending out pieces to offices was discontinued,” Alty said while testifying before the House of Commons indigenous and northern affairs committee on Nov. 17, which was first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter. She said her department has taken “a number of steps” to ensure the artwork is now “protected.”
