Alliance Arts Policy

Fri Oct 27 14:25:27 EDT 2000

Actually, Guillermo,

        This isn't so much a "no policy" position as a poorly executed
begging of the question, a rhetorical practice designed to hide the fact
the policy is really one of saying "No."  Day's constituency,
provincially, is one of many in Alberta where "community standards" were
and are regularly dragged out as an excuse for censorship or
fright-mongering, and as a club against "inappropriate" public spending on
the arts.
        But, then, Day was part of a provincial government and is leader
of a federal party both of which believe that public money is too valuable
to risk on the public.

Don

On Thu, 26 Oct 2000, Guillermo
L. Verdecchia wrote:

> Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2000 17:43:18 -0300
> From: Guillermo L. Verdecchia <glv at INTERLOG.COM>
> To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
> Subject: Alliance Arts Policy
>
> This came through on the PUC-list. I'm not sure know what I expected, but
> the paucity, the dullness, the transparency of the reply surprised me all
> the same. Perhaps it will surprise you too.
>
> GLV
>
> >
> >This e-mail from from the Kelowna Community Theatre appeared on our website
> >this morning, so I thought I'd share it with the membership.
> >
>
>
> >
> >>> >From: Sunshine Theatre <suntheatr at silk.net>
> >>> >Subject: [Fwd: Canadian Alliance Party Arts Policy]
> >>> >Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2000 16:14:41 -0700
> >>>
> >>> F.Y.I.
> >>>
> >>> I wrote this to our new MP next door.  His response follows:
> >>>
> >>> Hello Mr. Day,
> >>>
> >>> Congratulations on your successful leadership campaign.  As a
> >>> resident of
> >>> the riding next door, I welcome you and your family to the Okanagan
> >>> and hope
> >>> to see you and Mrs. Day attending some of the many cultural events
> >>> that
> >>> Kelowna has to offer.
> >>>
> >>> As you might have heard, Kelowna has embarked on a very exciting
> >>> initiative
> >>> to develop the north end of downtown into a vibrant cultural district
> >>> that
> >>> will serve as the centrepiece of our cultural tourism program.  This
> >>> program
> >>> recognizes that the traditional tourist who has frequented our valley
> >>> is
> >>> changing and that cultural activities (festivals, performing arts,
> >>> heritage
> >>> sites, first nations exhibits) are the most popular tourist
> >>> activities
> >>> currently, and with an ageing demographic, forecast to grow even more
> >>> in the
> >>> coming years.
> >>>
> >>> To meet this demand we are developing our arts and culture
> >>> infrastructure,
> >>> assisting new arts events to be created and building a facility
> >>> downtown to
> >>> act as the hub for this activity.  We are also actively building
> >>> partnerships with the tourism industry, the business community and
> >>> the
> >>> sports, recreation and parks sector.
> >>>
> >>> In pursuit of these objectives I wanted to enquire as to what the
> >>> Alliance
> >>> Party's policy(s) are in relation to arts and culture and what you
> >>> saw as
> >>> the federal government's role in promoting and supporting Canadian
> >>> culture.
> >>> I could find nothing on the website and so thought I would go
> >>> straight to
> >>> the top.  I would very much appreciate an opportunity to discuss
> >>> cultural
> >>> issues with you and look forward to your response.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you very much.
> >>>
> >>> Ian Forsyth
> >>> Cultural Services Manager
> >>> City of Kelowna
> >>> 1435 Water Street
> >>> Kelowna BC, V1Y 1J4
> >>> Office    250-762-2471
> >>> Voice Mail  250-862-3339-622
> >>> Fax     250-762-3156
> >>> email            iforsyth at city.kelowna.bc.ca
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: Silverwood, Katherine [ mailto:SilveK at parl.gc.ca
> >>> <mailto:SilveK at parl.gc.ca> ]
> >>> Sent: October 25, 2000 12:17 PM
> >>> To: 'iforsyth at city.kelowna.bc.ca'
> >>> Subject:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> October 25, 2000
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Ian Forsyth
> >>> iforsyth at city.kelowna.bc.ca < mailto:iforsyth at city.kelowna.bc.ca
> >>> <mailto:iforsyth at city.kelowna.bc.ca> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Dear Mr. Forsyth:
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for your e-mail message.
> >>>
> >>> I agree that the arts are vital to our culture and to the spirit of
> >>> being a
> >>> Canadian.  The question is what role the government should play in
> >>> promoting
> >>> culture and the arts, and whether such efforts should be publicly or
> >>> privately funded.  The Canadian Alliance will continue to examine the
> >>> effectiveness of a federal cultural policy.
> >>>
> >>> In the meantime, you may wish to share your ideas with the Canadian
> >>> Alliance
> >>> Critic for Canadian Heritage, Deborah Grey.  You may write to Miss.
> >>> Grey in
> >>> care of the House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario  K1A 0A6.
> >>>
> >>> Thank you for your interest and for taking the time to write.  I
> >>> encourage
> >>> you to become involved with the Alliance at the grassroots level in
> >>> your
> >>> local constituency to advance your ideas through our bottom-up policy
> >>> development process.
> >>>
> >>> Respectfully yours,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Stockwell Day, M.P.
> >>> Leader of the Opposition
> >>>
> >>> /kjs
> >>>
> >>> In other words, no policy.
> >>>
> >>> IF
> >>
> >>=====
> >>************************************************************
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> >>604-872-1145 phone/fax          7 BLOWJOBS 09-17 Sept 00
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> >
> >
> >
> >Angela Rebeiro
> >Playwrights Union of Canada
> >54 Wolseley St.
> >Toronto, Ontario
> >M4L 3T5
> >
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