Letters to the editor
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Friday, October 31st, 2008The Ottawa Citizen
Monday, October 27, 2008
Re: CBC has gone too far by letting reporters go, Oct. 23.
I very much agree with Bernard Sigouin’s letter that the CBC may end up in trouble so that the government decide to cease public funding of the CBC.
I was saddened, but not surprised, to hear that the CBC had […]
Canadians think CBC is a good investment. What does Prime Minister Harper think?
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008Toronto - Nearly two-thirds of Canadian voters (63%) think the government’s investment in CBC is a good use of taxpayers’ dollars, according to a Nanos survey released by Friends of Canadian Broadcasting this morning.
FRIENDS commissioned the research after a Conservative Party funding raising letter received on September 9 asked party supporters: “The CBC costs taxpayers […]
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 […]
‘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 […]
Arts funding crucial to our culture
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Vancouver Courier
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
To the editor:
Re: “Arts community targets federal spending cuts,” Sept. 10.
Even as Canadian electoral “culture” threatens to overwhelm us, many of us are trying to draw attention to another kind of culture–Canadian culture. Since the early 1990s, we think that this second form of culture has been under attack.
Think of the […]
Cam Trowsdale’s CBCR2 National Response Bibliography
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008If you prefer to download a single document that contains much of the information found on our web site, why not download the CBCR2 National Response Bibliography!
Cam Trowsdale, (of CBC Vancouver Orchestra and Vancouver Opera Orchestra fame) has been collecting public commentary on changes at CBC Radio 2 since the announcement of the elimination of […]
CRTC should set 15% classical music content : Letter to the Editor - Ottawa Citizen
Monday, September 15th, 2008Re: Nesrallah helms watered-down Tempo, Sept. 6.
If the devil is gentle, he will find a special niche in purgatory for the executives of CBC Radio 2 who planned and authorized the “de-classicalization” of the network. These people are dumb and inhumane.
As a Citizen reviewer wrote, “they’ve dumped most of the classical music and watered down […]
Letters, commentary on the “New 2″ September 9-11
Friday, September 12th, 2008Blogs, newspapers buzzing with commentary on the New Radio 2
OFF THE BOARD: Radio killed the classical star
By: Thomas Quail, McGill Tribune
Posted: 9/9/08
EXCERPT: Radio 2 has become a confused station, with neither niche nor popular appeal. By worrying so much about alienating the audience they don’t have, the CBC has driven away the audience they started […]
Vancouver Sun readers say CBC has made a big mistake
Saturday, September 6th, 2008On Wednesday September 3, Vancouver Sun writer Nicholas Read wrote a followup piece to his first piece on the New CBC Radio 2 issue. This second installment recounted numerous responses he had received from readers to his first piece. This second article was responded to with even more volumes of responses online. Below is the […]
Toronto Star readers oppose CBC and arts cuts
Saturday, September 6th, 2008[Original article here.]
September 05, 2008
Re:Funding cuts to the arts, and program changes at CBC
We are concerned about the $46 million in arts funding cuts made since the election in 2006.
StatsCan reports that, with $6.8 billion in funding from all levels of government, the arts sector contributes $26 billion to the Canadian economy and employs 740,000 […]