Last Wednesday, hundreds of people from Ottawa's arts community heard how the federal government will support arts and culture — but only if the Conservatives are NOT elected during the federal election on Oct. 14. Following noisy rallies in Montreal and Toronto, artists in Ottawa held the bilingual "Vote Culture Town Hall" at the University of Ottawa campus, inviting candidates from all five major parties.
Not one Tory candidate showed up to field questions and hear concerns about arts, culture and heritage policies and funding.
Cheryl Binning (Canadian arts reporter) just wrote a great blog post on the National Screen Institute website (we're one of the four national training schools whose funding has been slashed by Harper). She does a great job of showing how the funding cuts impact the economy.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.nsi-canada.ca/mr_harper_you_re_wrong_cheryl_binning.aspx