This Globe and Mail article quotes Canadian Heritage Minister Josée Verner:
“Culture is an essential element of the identity of a nation and in that sense, will always have its unfailing support,”
And yet…
“The Stabilization Projects, to be shut down in April, were established in seven cities from Victoria to Charlottetown to provide financial and administrative support to arts organizations….”
“The department also plans to end its annual contributions of $300,000 to the A-V Presentation Trust, $1.5-million to the Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund and $2.5-million to the National Training Program in the Film and Video Sector…”
Yes, it’s all good, Mr. Harper. Image: conservativehome.blogs.com
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Sigh. What more can be said? All we can hope for is that this anti-intellectual government gets voted out of office sooner rather than later.
And here we though that Canadian movies couldn’t possibly suck anymore than they already do…
I find it disgusting that the Canadian Film Industry does not receive more support, considering we host a very important film festival that receives so much attention …