![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif?v=92.1){kind=small}
Save the Canadian Music Industry
Earlier this month, the federal government announced a $20-million cut to two significant Music Arts programs: the DFAIT administered program PromArt (Promotional Arts), and the Department of Canadian Heritage administered program Trade Routes. These cuts are currently set to become effective on March 31, 2009.
Without funding, our country's music industry is headed for essential extinction. Talent will continue to leave Canada, and international artists will not come here to record... To add salt to the wound, this is following a terrible pattern of cuts to Canadian Arts that the federal government has made over the past several years.
If you need extra motivation, our own government's statistics show that communities which are devoid of, or weak in, support for artistic expression are often also low in terms of quality of life. Those areas are affected by higher rates of crime, depression, poverty and death... Imagine Canada in general being so bleak.
Whether you are a musician or not, if you care about Canadian music please take the time to read about this issue and to sign the petition below.
"Save the Canadian Music Industry" petition:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2
Remember: Where there is art, there is life!
Without funding, our country's music industry is headed for essential extinction. Talent will continue to leave Canada, and international artists will not come here to record... To add salt to the wound, this is following a terrible pattern of cuts to Canadian Arts that the federal government has made over the past several years.
If you need extra motivation, our own government's statistics show that communities which are devoid of, or weak in, support for artistic expression are often also low in terms of quality of life. Those areas are affected by higher rates of crime, depression, poverty and death... Imagine Canada in general being so bleak.
Whether you are a musician or not, if you care about Canadian music please take the time to read about this issue and to sign the petition below.
"Save the Canadian Music Industry" petition:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2
Remember: Where there is art, there is life!
Harper can try to dodge that ball and divert our attention to an election, but he's not fooling anyone.