Quote, unquote: Impasse-able funding

“This Canada Council policy is going to be problematic for any Canadian publisher who wants to do something meaningful in the way of succession.If I can’t do it with Ken Whyte, I don’t think anyone can do it. Somebody needs to explain that to the Canada Council.”

-- Publisher Tim Inkster commenting in a story in the Globe and Mail about why a deal to sell The Porcupine's Quill t0 Ken Whyte is in jeopardy because of an apparent impasse about core funding from the Canada Council.