British Columbias arts and culture sector is being decimated by a government that is clearly contemptuous of one of the provinces most productive economic sectors. Arts funding has and is being cut despite recent headlines telling us it has been restored ? This is only for a few and only temporarily. Despite what we are being told, the figures we have at present tell us that our sector will be cut by up to 92% by the end of this governments mandate. This while their own studies show that for every $1 they invest, they receive a return of $1.38 in taxes. We ask you to consider the ways that arts and culture touch your daily lives at home, in the streets, your children in schools, on TV, your music, on the internet, in videogames and in theatres. We ask you to think about culture as part of our individual and community identities, a way to connect with our origins with who we are today, and with what we care about. Our world would be a gray place without our art and culture. Art is not a frill. Culture matters.
Source: http://www.lolsb.com/?p=1379
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