Cuts ahead for CBC, arts, Moore says
Tuesday, July 12th, 2011CBC/Radio-Canada is expected to face a cut of at least five per cent in its parliamentary allocation in the next budget, Heritage Minister James Moore says In his first major interview since the Conservative majority government was elected, Moore ruled out privatizing the public broadcaster, but said all government spending, except for health care and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Don’t touch our CBC, local supporters say
Wednesday, January 26th, 2011By Greg Mercer, Record staff Thu Jan 20 2011 WATERLOO REGION — Local CBC fans have a message for the federal government: keep your hands off our public broadcaster. They’re circulating a petition they want to send to Ottawa in advance of the upcoming Parliamentary session, where the Canadian Broadcasting Corp.’s budget will be on [...]
Change CBC to static
Friday, December 10th, 2010Here’s a surefire way to save dough: Use state broadcaster’s $1.1B elsewhere By JIM MERRIAM, QMI Agency Treasury Board President Stockwell Day doesn’t seem to have broken much of a sweat in his first year as budget-slayer-in-chief. Appointed to the role last January, Day has been more about ominous utterances than real measures to dig [...]