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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078202915-01062006>I want
to make sure I understand before I call you out on this Alan (and make a fool of
myself in front of the entire listserv). </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078202915-01062006>I
think what you say would be true if one could ever imagine dance or piano
lessons being part of the school curriculum...but it was always peripheral
(as far back as school curricula in the 60s and 70s). Yes the
principle you speak of is true; the direction of this petition is something
else, as far as I can tell.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078202915-01062006>Yes
it's true that arts education --drama in high school for instance--seems to
be the first thing cut when times are tough; but that's not relevant in this
case. The money from such a credit might help the rich but it could just
as easily help a poor single mother who can't afford the "luxury" of sending a
child to dance or singing or trumpet or guitar lessons: a normal part of life in
the rich communities of this country. </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078202915-01062006>And it
would certainly help put money in the pockets of the teachers (speaking of poor
people).</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2><SPAN class=078202915-01062006>Leslie
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader lang=en-us dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> Canadian Theatre
Reserach [mailto:CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Alan
Filewod<BR><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:54 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
CANDRAMA@LISTSERV.UNB.CA<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: Fw: Petition to support youth
in arts<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Perhaps the saddest thing about this is the way in which arts supporters
endorse the conservative platform of tax credits. For my part I will not sign
this petitiion because it is fundamentally bad public policy. Reaganomics
doesn't work. As we saw in the Tory childcare plan, tax credits are an
integral part of the systematic defunding of essential services.</DIV>
<DIV>cheers</DIV>
<DIV>Alan</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>At 10:11 AM -0700 6/1/06, Rebecca Burton wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Hello
Candramers</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>I just received
this email from Jan Selman (please see below) and thought I would pass
it on since the issue came up at one point during the ACTR
conference. Some people were interested in more information
and the petition about the new tax credit for kid's sports (but not
artistic) activities.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Cheers,</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Rebecca</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>-----
Original Message -----</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><B>From:</B></FONT> <A
href="mailto:michaelscholar@gmail.com"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000>michael scholar</FONT></A></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><B>Sent:</B>
Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:10 PM</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><B>Subject:</B> Petition to support youth in
arts</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Dear
friends,</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#000000></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff><BR>Some of
you may have received this already, but if not, please sign and pass it
along to others in your address book. It's too important an issue to
ignore.</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#000000></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>If you click
on the link below, you can read and sign an online petition to the federal
government, requesting that it reconsider its budget provision giving a tax
break to parents who put their children in organized sports (hockey,
soccer), but giving nothing to parents who choose to develop their
children's intellectual and artistic talents (art, music, dance,
drama). This is not good public policy.</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>If you agree
with that view and the wording of this petition, please sign it yourself and
copy the link to your like-minded friends.</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><A
href="http://www.petitiononline.com/dbs201bl/"><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff>http://www.petitiononline.com/dbs201bl/</FONT></A><BR><FONT
face=Arial color=#000000></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000></FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000></FONT> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>My apologies
if you have received more than one of these. Please sign the petition only
once.</FONT><BR><FONT face=Arial color=#000000></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000><BR></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000
size=-1>***************************</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-1>Jan
Selman</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Principal
Investigator,</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1><I>Are We There
Yet?</I> Community-University Research Alliance</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Chair (on leave,
July 2005-June 2006)</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Department of
Drama</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>University of
Alberta</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"> </BLOCKQUOTE>
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<DIV>-- <BR>Alan Filewod<BR>Professor<BR>Schoool of English and Theatre
Studies<BR>University of Guelph<BR><BR>Guelph ON<BR>Canada N1G
2W1<BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>