Fw: Petition to support youth in arts

[Leslie Barcza]

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). 
 
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.
 
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.  
 
And it would certainly help put money in the pockets of the teachers
(speaking of poor people).
 
Leslie 
 
 
 
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Canadian Theatre Reserach [mailto:CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA] On Behalf
Of Alan Filewod
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:54 AM
To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
Subject: Re: Fw: Petition to support youth in arts


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.
cheers
Alan

At 10:11 AM -0700 6/1/06, Rebecca Burton wrote:

Hello Candramers

 

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.

 

Cheers,

 

Rebecca

 

 

----- Original Message -----

From:  <mailto:michaelscholar at gmail.com> michael scholar

Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:10 PM

Subject: Petition to support youth in arts




Dear friends,



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.



 

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.



 

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.



 

 <http://www.petitiononline.com/dbs201bl/>
http://www.petitiononline.com/dbs201bl/



 

My apologies if you have received more than one of these. Please sign the
petition only once.





 

 

***************************

Jan Selman

 

 

Principal Investigator,

Are We There Yet? Community-University Research Alliance

 

Chair (on leave, July 2005-June 2006)

Department of Drama

University of Alberta

 

 


-- 
Alan Filewod
Professor
Schoool of English and Theatre Studies
University of Guelph

Guelph ON
Canada N1G 2W1


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