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You know all that cut arts funding?

By David Topping

The Globe says at least $40 million of it is going to “2010 Olympic and Paralympic torch relays; the Road to Excellence program, which supports Summer Olympics athletes; and the Action Plan for Official Languages, which promotes bilingualism.” And here we were, thinking that filling holes in one thing by creating holes in another was sort of a bad idea. [via CanCult]

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  • x_the_x

    In other words, the current government’s funding priorities differ than yours. I’ll alert the media.

  • james a

    The media already know.
    They also regularly publish their opinion when they disagree with something the government is doing.

  • spacejack

    Anyone know what was cut exactly?
    Also, I think I read that overall, under the conservatives, arts spending has gone up. For all the billions that are spent every year, $40 million isn’t all that much.
    But whatever. For all the artists I know, I can’t think of any that get any of that funding; they just do their thing. (Excluding, say, myself when I used to work at the CBC… but I’d hardly call anything that comes out of that place art.)

  • mattalexto

    we all know both sides have bee waiting for a war between the art kids and the jocks for a long time. Harper’s just giving it a nudge in the right direction.

  • rek

    Art is culture, so I’m not surprised Harper doesn’t think it’s worth supporting Canadians on that front.

  • torontothegreat

    Art is part of culture, not to be confused with actual culture, which is far deeper than art.