2004 FEDERAL ELECTION:
THE END OF A PERFECT STORM
The federal election race that ends on June 28 will be
our last of three chances in eight months to support candidates
for public office who actually understand the value of Toronto
arts and care about their health.
The Coalition, in partnership with the Toronto members
of Canadian
Conference of the Arts (CCA), will invite Toronto area
candidates to respond to the following arts questions:
1. What role do the arts play in your life?
2. What role do the arts play in keeping people healthy?
3. Why is it important that Toronto have a healthy arts
sector?
4. Does your party believe that Canadian content and
ownership should be protected in our broadcasting industry?
5. Our artists help make our society prosperous, yet
many of them work and live in relative poverty.
- How can the Federal Government assist in returning
some of that prosperity to our artists?
6. Do you support federal investment in Canada’s arts
sector?
- Does investment in the arts produce a health dividend?
An educational dividend? A public safety dividend?
- If elected, would you vote to increase funding to
the arts sector through The Canada Council? Through
Department of Canadian Heritage?
- Do you support provision of stable, adequate, multi-year
arts funding?
We will be posting candidates’ responses on the Coalition
website beginning June 14. We’ll send you a bulletin
as soon as it’s up.
You might also refer to The
CCA's Advocacy Tools for the Federal Election.
The Coalition
website will also direct you to CCA’s coverage
and analysis on the arts policies of the political parties.
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