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| Sati User Info... | I know a lot of you don't think this has any impact on you, but please note the shifty means by which the government is controlling OUR tax dollars. Its an easy read (& I've highlighted some of it). Cut & Pasted from http://www.stopbcartscuts.ca : Stop the BC Government's Cuts to Arts Funding UPDATE 1: In recent news (and see Globe article) the "new" $10 million earmarked for arts in the 2010 Legacy Fund is to be used for the GOVERNMENT'S OWN FESTIVAL INVENTION: "BC Spirit Days." Meanwhile the BC Liberals have largely stopped funding existing , well-loved festivals and centres in communities. Eg. the massively popular Victoria Fringe Festival, produced by Intrepid Theatre, has lost its gaming grants. IT IS NOT ACCEPTABLE for governments to fund only the art that they approve of - in this case, the festivals they actually produce themselves. The BC Liberals' $10m arts fund - formed and distributed without consultation - is in danger of being viewed as a political slush fund. THIS IS WHY in other provinces arts funding is truly arms-length; it's our one guarantee that arts money is not used to seduce powerful groups and vulnerable ridings under the cloak of art. BC culture must remain free and independent, in the hands of the BC Arts Council and communities. UPDATE 2: The BC government is removing funds from Gaming explicitly intended for community arts charities and using them instead as regular operating revenue. This is not just poor policy, it's a BREACH OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT in which gambling was legalized only if it supported community charities. And it may turn out to be illegal. BC's corporate tax rate is among the lowest in the western world, yet community charities are being asked to pay the price of deficit. Now, with what remaining small funds the Gaming ministry still gives to the arts, it is cherry-picking some organizations while arbitrarily denying others without clear criteria or convincing reasons. This leaves Gaming dangerously open to charges of political interference in BC arts and culture See here for an example of the arbitrary manner in which this is being done and for background, see here. Then take 10 seconds to write a web letter. 2010 BC BUDGET: over 50% cuts to arts funding in BC. Note: even before these cuts, BC's arts funding was the lowest in Canada and a negligible fraction of the budget. *** Please repost the link http://www.stopbcartscuts.ca - Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:54am Edited: Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:01pm | ||
| canon.docre User Info... | Its even more effective if you write a pen and paper letter, but not many people do this nowadays. I am mostly hands-off when it comes to influencing mainstream politics; it seems moderate, peaceful protest and due-process is always thwarted or ignored (or intimidated into obscurity), and mass-violence and destruction of property largely cement the position of the right for the existence of a police state. - Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:05pm | ||
| Mike S User Info... | Not sure if BC is still offering govt. funded touring grants.. but I remember when they were, they had in the small print 'primarily for folk and world beat style bands' which I found odd, that they could actually pick and choose whats styles they would give a grant to. - Wed, 14 Jul 2010 7:09am | ||
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