The media recently reported that the federal government will be eliminating two programs that promote Canadian arts and artists abroad: the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade’s PromArt and the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Trade Routes. For an overview of these programs and the recently announced cuts, take a look at the following articles: [...]
Posts Tagged ‘advocacy’
Federal Government Cuts Arts Funding
Posted in government censorship, tagged advocacy on August 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
other people think Bill C-10 sucks too
Posted in government censorship, tagged advocacy on March 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve been watching the numbers of the Facebook group Keep your censoring hands off Canadian film and TV! No to Bill C-10! grow exponentially over the weekend. Friday afternoon there were just over 1000 people, and now on Monday afternoon there are nearly 17,000. It’s really encouraging that other people are offended by the content [...]
