Arts funding cuts

Arts advocates across Canada are continuing to mobilize in the face of the federal government’s recent arts funding cuts. Here are the most recent numbers (data from The Theatre Centre website): • The Prom Art Program – $7,000,000• Trade Routes – $9,000,000• Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund – $1,500,000• National Training Program in the […]

Arts funding cuts

Does anyone have any information or opinions on the federal government’s recent cuts to the Trade Routes and the PromArt programs? Some are saying this is a vicious and sweeping attack on Canada’s culture industries. Here’s a Globe and Mail primer on the cuts: Ottawa axes second arts subsidy in two weeks. What does all […]