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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><small>Dear Dr. Kirkley</small></b><o:p></o:p><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Since, without wanting to impose your political
perspective
on us, you have shared your views with the list, I feel compelled to
ask you a
few questions. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><o:p> </o:p><span
style=""><span style="">1)<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="">Why do you think that
spending
money earned by your fellow citizens is better employed according to
your
choices rather than to their own? <span style=""><br>
</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><span
style=""><span style="">2)<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size-adjust: none;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr">Have you thought
that those citizens
might spend those extra dollars to go to the theatre that became more
and more
expensive in spite of subsidies? (Remember, the original purpose of
subsidies
was to allow for more, less wealthy people to attend. Nowadays, a
normal ticket
price in any legitimate theatre in the country is almost a day’s salary
at
minimum wage.)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style=""><span style="">3)<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr">Has it occurred to
you that today’s
children will become tomorrow’s “individuals making very poor consumer
choices”?
</span></p>
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style=""><span style="">4)<span
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</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span dir="ltr">Finally, don’t you
think that the
vast majority of parents do care for their children and are quite
capable of making
responsible choices regarding their future?</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yours truly,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tibor Egervari<br>
Professor emeritus<br>
Theatre<br>
<st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of <st1:PlaceName>Ottawa</st1:PlaceName></st1:place></p>
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<br>
<br>
Bruce Kirkley wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap="">Dear Friends:
Following up on the recent CCA Bulletin, I would just like to encourage
you to respond to the government's economic update by using the ministry
of finance's online consultations link (copied below) to make sure your
voice is heard. I've copied my own response below, just as a suggestion
(I'm certainly not wanting to impose my political perspective on
anyone).
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.fin.gc.ca/activty/consult/advant_e.html">http://www.fin.gc.ca/activty/consult/advant_e.html</a>
Take care all,
Bruce
To the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance:
Our country needs to invest in the future by increasing funding to
valuable educational, health and cultural programs. The debt and deficit
are clearly well under control, and have been for several years now.
Surpluses should be distributed in a balanced way, with some money going
to debt reduction, and some to new program spending. Tax breaks have an
easy appeal to voters. But this money is not reinvested in bettering the
future of our country. To the contrary, it is pilfered away by myriads
of individuals making very poor consumer choices that waste the planet's
resources and undermine the future of our children.
Respectfully,
Dr. Richard Bruce Kirkley
Dr. Bruce Kirkley
Theatre Department
University College of the Fraser Valley
45635 Yale Road
Chilliwack BC V2P 6T4
(604)702-2613 office
(604)792-2615 fax
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