‘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 [...]
Rivals tear into Tory Leader over arts cuts
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008THE FEDERAL ELECTION: HARPER APPEALS TO ‘ORDINARY PEOPLE’ Rivals tear into Tory Leader over arts cuts Harper calls culture funding a ‘niche issue for some,’ defends tougher crime legislation against those ‘who work in ivory towers’ TU THANH HA , CAMPBELL CLARK and OMAR EL AKKAD AND STEVEN CHASE With a report from Rhéal Séguin [...]
Ordinary folks don’t care about arts: Harper
Wednesday, September 24th, 2008Sep 24, 2008 04:30 AM Comments on this story (178) Robert Benzie In Montreal Bruce Campion-Smith In Vancouver Les Whittington In Saskatoon [original] Prime Minister Stephen Harper has sparked a culture war in the federal election campaign with a claim that “ordinary people” don’t care about arts funding. Under fire for his government’s $45 million [...]
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 [...]
Harper skewers gala crowd, defends arts cuts
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008By Bruce Cheadle, The Canadian Press OTTAWA – Prime Minister Stephen Harper cast his lot Tuesday with “ordinary, working people” and not with a cultural elite he characterized as government-subsidized whiners. On a day when Conservative cuts to certain arts and culture programs took centre stage on the campaign trail, Harper made an unapologetic appeal [...]
Thousands go faceless on Facebook over arts cuts
Wednesday, September 17th, 2008[original] Updated Mon. Sep. 15 2008 10:34 PM ET Jered Stuffco, CTV.ca News While pooping puffins and sweater vests have made headlines during this year’s election campaign, Canada’s arts community says one important issue has been conspicuously absent: arts funding. So, frustrated with a lack of accountability over $45 million in recent arts cuts and [...]