Archive for September, 2008
« Previous EntriesFinnish Radio Symphony Orchestra: closing CBC Radio Orchestra an international scandal
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008Dear Sirs
destroying the CBC Radio Orchestra would be a major international scandal.
Tuula Sarotie
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Tuula Sarotie
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
General Manager, tel +358-9-14804366
Vancouver - All Party Forum October 6
Monday, September 29th, 2008Alliance for Arts and Culture
Advocacy Alert
September 29, 2008
October 6th all-Party forum
On October 6th, at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, we have an opportunity to pose questions to the candidates of the Conservative, Liberal, New Democratic and Green Parties.
WE WANT THE QUESTIONS TO COME FROM YOU.
Please send us your questions by email to peter [at] allianceforarts […]
Radio 2 ads everywhere - the coalition is watching
Sunday, September 28th, 2008The Stand On Guard for CBC Coalition is taking careful note of the millions of dollars that CBC is spending to convince Canadians to listen to “The New 2.” You can see our “tracking” page here.
The first thing we notice is the bombardment of Toronto: entire street cars wrapped in “New 2″ ads; entire subway cars filled only with […]
Provincial, territorial ministers bash culture cuts
Friday, September 26th, 2008From CBC.ca
Provincial and territorial ministers joined together Friday to protest federal government cuts to arts and culture funding.
Eleven of the country’s culture ministers met in Quebec City to form a common front on the cuts, asking they be reversed.
The Conservative government has announced about $45 million worth of cuts over the last several months to […]
The Atwood Offensive - Letters
Friday, September 26th, 2008Letters to the Globe and Mail
ERNA PARIS
September 26, 2008
Toronto — Canada has rarely, if ever, seen the ancient strategy of “divide and rule” applied so cynically as now. From irrational arts cuts, which will deprive the economy of important revenue, to the separate treatment of Quebec at so many levels, Stephen Harper has taken a […]
Sound and Fury - Letters
Friday, September 26th, 2008Letters to the Editors
GLOBE AND MAIL
Sound and fury
KEN WHITELEY
September 26, 2008
Toronto — I have been making my living in the arts for the past 37 years. By outward appearances, I am a successful Canadian musician, composer and record producer. I have won a Genie Award, recordings I have produced have been nominated for 21 Junos […]
Arts as a wedge issue?
Friday, September 26th, 2008Friday, September 26, 2008
Toronto Star, Editorial
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“The public is like a piano. You just have to know what keys to poke.” – Al Capp, cartoonist and author
First, there was warm and fuzzy Stephen Harper, shown in political ads wearing a grandfatherly sweater vest and the uncomfortable grin of a man forced […]
Votes for arts
Friday, September 26th, 2008From a federalist perspective, the Bloc’s resurgence is a highly disappointing turn of events. But it perhaps serves Mr. Harper right. His low-brow attempts to appeal to rural and suburban Canadians, whom he underestimates, overlooks the fact that many members of his own party are among this country’s strongest and most generous patrons of the arts. Had he consulted with them, they might have told him that thumbing his nose at cultural investment is equally ill-advised as public policy and as political strategy.
‘Ordinary People’ Care About the Arts
Thursday, September 25th, 2008[original]
September 25, 2008, Toronto Star
Re:Arts uproar? Ordinary folks just don’t care, Harper says, Sept. 24
Since the Conservatives seem to underrate the role of the arts in a civil society, perhaps they should read the words of Gabrielle Roy (1909-1983), who wrote, “Could we ever know each other in the slightest without the arts?” And […]
New Democrats Support the CBC
Thursday, September 25th, 2008From: “New Democrats”
To: “New Democrats”
Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 11:27 AM
Subject: New Democrats support the CBC
Thank you for contacting Jack Layton and Canada’s New Democrats concerning
the recent changes to CBC Radio Two.
We heard from many Canadians like you who care about quality CBC
programming. We share the desire of the Canadian public to strengthen […]