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<DIV><SPAN class=296480517-01062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Thanks
for the clarification... sorry to trouble the listserv again, but i believe
Alan's right. (and thanks for the lesson).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=296480517-01062006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Leslie</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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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 12:40 PM<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>Yes, well, this is a contentious issue in whatever sphere it arsises. My
point is simply that tax credits offer no benefit, especially to low income
families. They mask cuts to essential services, and there is no evidence that
tax credit schemes generate economic activity (that's the discredited
"trickle-down" theory of Reaganomics). The low income single mother will find
that any tax credit she receives will cover only a fraction of her actual
cost. This is the problem with the childcare credit scheme as well. The net
result is that lower income families will have to pay more for services.</DIV>
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<DIV>An activist in my community has addressed this issue of the arts credit
petition on his blog. II think it's worth a look: http://philallt.ca/</DIV>
<DIV>cheers</DIV>
<DIV>Alan</DIV>
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<DIV>At 11:38 AM -0400 6/1/06, Leslie Barcza wrote:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=-1>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). </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=-1>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.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=-1>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. </FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=-1>And
it would certainly help put money in the pockets of the teachers (speaking
of poor people).</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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size=-1>Leslie</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Tahoma size=-1>-----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</FONT><BR><FONT face=Tahoma size=-1></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>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.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>cheers</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Alan</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>At 10:11 AM -0700 6/1/06, Rebecca Burton wrote:<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Hello
Candramers</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><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><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Cheers,<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>Rebecca<BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial color=#000000>----- Original Message
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><B>From:</B></FONT> <A
href="mailto:michaelscholar@gmail.com"><FONT face=Arial
color=#000000>michael scholar</FONT></A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, May 30,
2006 3:10 PM</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial color=#000000><B>Subject:</B> Petition to
support youth in arts</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Dear
friends,</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><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></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><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></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><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></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><A href="http://www.petitiononline.com/dbs201bl/"><FONT
face=Arial
color=#0000ff>http://www.petitiononline.com/dbs201bl/</FONT></A><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>My apologies if you have
received more than one of these. Please sign the petition only
once.</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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size=-1>***************************</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=-1>Jan
Selman</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Principal
Investigator,</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial size=-1><I>Are We There Yet?</I>
Community-University Research Alliance</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Chair (on leave, July 2005-June
2006)</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial size=-1>Department of
Drama</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=Arial size=-1>University of
Alberta</FONT><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE>--<BR>Alan Filewod<BR>Professor<BR>Schoool of English and
Theatre Studies<BR>University of Guelph<BR><BR>Guelph ON<BR>Canada N1G
2W1</BLOCKQUOTE></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>