Arts and culture: making the case for federal cash
Monday, July 4th, 2011By Dan Leger The Swiss honour artists in a manner most Swiss: they put them on money. The 10-franc note portrays the architect Le Corbusier and the 100 has sculptor Alberto Giacometti. Earlier this year, Hungary’s government renamed the main airport in Budapest after the composer Franz Liszt. In Hungary and Switzerland, art is an [...]
CBC Television: from arts champion to glorified karaoke club
Monday, June 13th, 2011John Doyle From Monday’s Globe and Mail Published Monday, Jun. 13, 2011 12:00AM EDT Last updated Monday, Jun. 13, 2011 7:34AM EDT It’s all very well for people to come to the defence of dancer Margie Gillis when she’s being mocked and verbally abused by the ludicrous Krista Erickson on Sun News, but where’s the [...]
Increase arts funding, NDP says
Monday, May 23rd, 2011The arts in Canada are an economic driver that need more support and shouldn’t be ignored by the Conservative government, the NDP said Tuesday as it introduced its new “arts caucus.” A trio of newly elected New Democrats joined re-elected MP Charlie Angus at a news conference in Ottawa, where they pledged to hold Prime [...]
NDP urges Tory government to support multi-billion dollar arts industry
Tuesday, May 17th, 2011OTTAWA – The NDP wants the Conservative government to boost support for the country’s multi-billion dollar arts industry. A group of four New Democrat MPs with a background in the arts said they are forming a new culture caucus and asking the Tories to consider increased funding for the Canada Council for the Arts. They [...]
Canada culture anxiety
Monday, May 9th, 2011Conservatives could cut film, TV fundng By Brendan Kelly The election of the first majority Conservative government in Canada in more than 20 years has some industryites concerned it will cut funding for TV, film and the arts. Before the election the Conservatives, then a minority in the government, said that they intended to institute [...]
Harper government, enemy of the arts?
Tuesday, April 26th, 2011By Jamie Portman, Postmedia News OTTAWA — Liberal, NDP and Green Party representatives were there. Even Communist and Marijuana candidates made it to Ottawa’s Cube Gallery last week for an all-party debate on arts policy. But there was no Conservative representation — and should we be surprised? A couple of nights later, the Canadian Conference [...]
Ordinary people need to stand up for the arts
Thursday, October 9th, 2008TheRecord.com – arts – (Kitchener) [source] MARTIN DeGROOT The Harper government’s arts funding cuts began raising hackles back in August, a few weeks before the current federal election was called. Surprisingly, the issue still appears to have sticking power as we head into the final stretch of the campaign. The situation was exacerbated by a [...]
The NDP’s arts platform
Thursday, October 9th, 2008It sounds great, but I’m still voting strategically. – Miriam [Editor's note: visit this web page to learn more.]TheStar.com – entertainment – The NDP’s arts platform October 09, 2008, The Star [source] The New Democratic Party says it would: Restore the $45 million Stephen Harper’s government cut from arts programs. Ensure Canadian television and telecommunications [...]
NDP and Greens focus on arts
Thursday, October 9th, 2008“Every dollar the federal government invests in arts and culture brings back between $11 and $17. These returns justify commensurate investments in other industries. Why not culture?
Trudeau says Harper doesn’t understand Canadians
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008[original] Updated Tue. Sep. 23 2008 7:13 PM ET CTV.ca News Liberal candidate Justin Trudeau says the $45 million in cuts from the federal arts budget shows Conservative Leader Stephen Harper doesn’t “get” Canadians. “Canadian identity is built around its creativity, its imagination, its vision. Our artists drive us forward,” Trudeau told CTV’s Mike Duffy [...]
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