Open this photo in gallery: The Giller Award ceremony was protested last fall in Toronto. The name 'Scotiabank' was removed from the prize before last year’s award.Eduardo Lima/The Canadian Press Utterly predictable, and yet still so sad. This is not a review of a new Canadian novel, but an apt description of the state of the Giller Prize. This week, executive director Elana Rabinovitch asked some high-profile cultural types to support a planned request for $5-million over three years from Ottawa. “If we don’t receive federal funding, the Giller Prize and Giller Foundation will be forced to shut its doors...