Minister tells CBC to rein in spending
Friday, November 21st, 2008Executive’s ‘excesses’ don’t sit well, Moore warns David Akin, Canwest News Service Published: Thursday, November 20, 2008 Heritage Minister James Moore has warned CBC executives that excessive spending on hotels, theatre tickets and charity dinners “does not sit well” with Canadians, and has asked the Crown corporation’s board of directors to rein in the spending. Moore, [...]
Federal candidates debate arts cuts before Wrecking Ball arrives
Tuesday, October 7th, 2008By Colin Thomas Publish Date: October 7, 2008, Georgia Straight The 650-seat Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage was packed last night for an event that combined an all-candidates meeting on the arts and a political cabaret called Wrecking Ball. Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s $45 million in cuts to arts funding provoked the meeting, which was organized [...]
Stursberg and Boyce: an agenda of destruction?
Thursday, July 17th, 2008July 7th, 2008 Prime Minister Stephen Harper Hubert.T.Lacroix, President and CEO, CBC Tim Casgrain, Chair, Board of Directors, CBC Richard Stursberg, English Radio and television Chris Boyce, Programming Director, CBC English Radio Bill Stunt, Production Manager, Radio Music, CBC Re: Destructive Changes to CBC2 We are so upset, angered and sad over your destruction of [...]