Valery Phillip - Green Party

Thank you for your message and your question. Canadian art and culture is important to me, and the Green Party values the diversity of Canadian art and communication broadcasting.

Our party platform is available on our website www.greenparty.ca and you can find information there regarding our policies on Canadian art and culture. I can also send you a copy of the 2006 platform if you wish. Below are a few points concerning our stand on culture, art and communication broadcasting in Canada:

Green Party MPs will work to:

• Increase support for community arts programs and facilities across Canada by establishing stable base-funding
• Establish stable base-funding for young artists.
• Protect Canada’s cultural identity during trade negotiations.
• Expand support for regional arts festivals that bring new Canadian art to a wider audience.
• Share Canadian history by supporting more educational programming.
• Provide stable base-funding for the CBC to provide quality television and radio programming in both official languages.
• Direct the CRTC to reserve more bandwidth for independent and non-profit stations.
• Introduce a law mandating cinemas and video chains to have 20% Canadian content.

I hope these items help to answer your questions.

Please feel free to contact me directly at 416-824-3642 or via email.

Kind regards,

Valery Philip

Scarborough Southwest Candidate

Green Party of Canada

416-824-3642