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These sites report on a wide range of topics related to the arts, including the effect of public policy on the arts.
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Our reading list features books written by past presidents of the CBC and other famous CBC employees and critics.
April 2005 CBC internal report on which these changes are based.
Judge for yourself what the CBC is doing. Read their report, which they commissioned to be the basis upon which the changes will be implemented. Of particular interest is to read how they interpret the “data” in their Implications paragraphs. Also read Janet Danielson’s critique of the report.
SPIN 101
CBC managers have all been given the same “position paper” to coach them to give stock answers to questions and criticisms of their programming changes. We obtained a copy of this and analyzed a recent Vancouver Sun article penned by Chris Boyce to find that almost the entire “authored” piece of writing by this CBC middle manager is simple regurgitation of the position paper. Read it here.
Background on CBC management
The unelected CBC managers who are transforming our culture have virtually no background in non-pop culture.
CBC Senior Management Team (from the CBC web site)
CBC Middle management
To explore their background, visit our Profiles Page.
Richard Bradshaw December 2005 analysis still pertinent
from Martin Knelmann article on the Canadian Arts Coalition Web Site.
“When Winston Churchill was told he might have to cut Britain’s budget for the arts during World War II, he replied, “Then what are we fighting for?’” - Richard Bradshaw
Bill C-10
The Canadian government introduced a bill that passed in the house that would allow bureaucrats to withhold funding to Telefilm projects that they deemed to be “too offensive.” Interestingly, this censorship would only apply to films made in Canada with Telefilm funding. Any USA films would not be subject to the same restrictions. Read this article to get started.
Integrate This
The Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America proposes to “integrate” North American resources. The INTEGRATE THIS web site details how the Canadian government is acting in private and not listening to citizens. There is speculation that public funding of cultural institutions is “on the table” for discussion. From their home page:
“On the eve of the fourth annual Security and Prosperity Partnership summit in New Orleans, a groundbreaking Council of Canadians poll shows conclusively that an overwhelming majority of Canadians disagree with the main policy objectives of the secretive trilateral agreement: regulatory harmonization, energy integration, closer security links with the United States, and bulk water exports. The widespread discontent with the SPP agenda sends a powerful message to Prime Minister Harper that he has no democratic mandate for pursuing continental integration with his Mexican and American counterparts. The Council of Canadians will be taking that information to a People’s Summit in New Orleans next week, timed to coincide with the official SPP meeting April 21-22. The People’s Summit was organized by grassroots groups in New Orleans who have invited international civil society organizations to discuss the SPP, its corporate goals for North America, and its direct impact on the lives of communities.”
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