Advocacy

VIEWPOINT: Letter from David Jordan, Executive Director of the Fringe Fest

Submitted by Alliance on Fri, 03/19/2010 - 15:39
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I have two kids, a two year old and a five year old and every day at dinner we talk about the best and the hardest parts of our days. I'll tell them about falling off my bike or that I felt very tired, but I won't let their tender ears hear the real hard parts of my day, like how, instead of receiving a cheque for $32,500 (our usual amount) from the BC Arts Council, I opened up their envelope to find a cheque for $12,700. My kids may not know what that means, but it indicates the dismantling of the culture of the province of British Columbia. 

Reality Check: Arts Funding Cut By BC Budget

Submitted by Alliance on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 21:25
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"Arts funding was not restored to 2008/2009 levels in yesterday's budget, despite a unanimous recommendation by the government's Standing Committee on Finance", according to Alliance for Arts and Culture executive director Amir Ali Alibhai.

"In fact what we have seen are further cuts to core funding" said Mr. Alibhai, "for a total loss of 32.4 per cent from funding levels in 2008/09."

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Here are the basic facts from the March 2 budget:

Arts Sector Key to Canada’s Economic and Social Prosperity

Submitted by Alliance on Fri, 03/05/2010 - 11:39
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Ottawa, Thursday, March 4th, 2010 – The Canadian Arts Coalition is pleased to see that arts and culture investment has been sustained in Budget 2010 and that the Government will continue to deliver on stimulus measures for the cultural sector identified in the Economic Action Plan.

NEWS: Arts Community Leaders Disappointed by Budget

Submitted by Alliance on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 17:36
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“Premier Ignored MLAs and His Own Finance Committee”

VICTORIA: Emerging from today’s budget lockup at the BC Legislature, Alliance for Arts and Culture executive director Amir Ali Alibhai, Victoria Symphony executive director Mitchell Krieger, and ProArt Alliance of Greater Victoria coordinator Scott Walker expressed disappointment at the budget’s half-hearted support for the arts in British Columbia.

Petition to Reinstate All Charitable Gaming Grants in British Columbia

Submitted by Alliance on Thu, 02/18/2010 - 11:34
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All Residents of British Columbia:

Petition to Reinstate All Charitable Gaming Grants in British Columbia 

  
Petition Summary and Background


Provincial Cuts to Charitable Gaming Grants for 2009-2010   

Views: A Letter to the Premier from the Metro Vancouver Board

Submitted by Alliance on Fri, 01/15/2010 - 15:11
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December 30, 2009

The Honourable Gordon Campbell
Premier of British Columbia
PO Box 9041 Stn Prov Govt
Victoria, BC V8W 9E1

Dear Premier Campbell:

Re: Provincial Cutbacks to Cultural Services (original letter)

Creativity Counts

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CREATIVITY COUNTS

Creativity Counts is the Alliance for Arts and Culture's advocacy campaign for the return of provincial arts funding to
2008 / 2009 levels and the creation of a comprehensive and sustainable arts funding policy for British Columbia.

Our goal is to provide arts organizations, individual artists, and patrons and supporters with ideas and tools to work towards these goals.

Send your ArtsCutsMemo as a reminder to Restore Arts Funding Now

Submitted by Alliance on Wed, 12/02/2009 - 12:58
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We are launching an inventive new campaign to send a clear reminder to the government to RESTORE ARTS FUNDING NOW.  You can find some of the early submissions here on the ArtsCutsMemo flickr site.  Please take a moment to create your own.

Here is the call-to-action:

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