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<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>
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<div>At 10:11 AM -0700 6/1/06, Rebecca Burton wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Hello
Candramers</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" 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 type="cite" cite>Cheers,</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>Rebecca</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#000000">-----
Original Message -----</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" 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 type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:10
PM</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"><b>Subject:</b> Petition to support youth in
arts</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" color="#0000FF">Dear
friends,</font><br>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000"></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" 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 type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"> </font><br>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000"></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" 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 type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"> </font><br>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000"></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" 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 type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"> </font><br>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000"></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" 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 type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"> </font><br>
<font face="Arial" color="#000000"></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" 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 type="cite" cite><font face="Arial"
color="#000000"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
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<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000000">***************************</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"
color="#000000">Jan Selman</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Principal
Investigator,</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1"><i>Are We
There Yet?</i> Community-University Research
Alliance</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite> </blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Chair (on
leave, July 2005-June 2006)</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">Department
of Drama</font></blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Arial" size="-1">University
of Alberta</font></blockquote>
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<div><br></div>
<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>
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