Emergency meeting TODAY on Parliament Hill re: Arts Cuts
Update: My open letter to the Heritage Committee
Four members of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage have called an emergency meeting of the committee to discuss the recent cuts to arts programs. The meeting is on August 26 at 1:00pm.
This is call to flood inboxes of Heritage Committee members BEFORE their emergency meeting Aug. 26 at 1:00 pm. Remember to keep it calm and rational though passionate. State what riding you’re from, whether you’re an artist, cultural worker or supporter of the arts, and any thoughts you have. Please update yourself with recent developments on Recent News on the page if you haven’t already.
Heritage Committee Members
Denis Coderre Coderre.D@parl.gc.ca
Gary Schellenberger schelg1@parl.gc.ca
Andy Scott Scott.A@parl.gc.ca
Jim Abbott Abbott.J@parl.gc.ca
Ed Fast faste@parl.gc.ca
Luc Malo Malo.L@parl.gc.ca
Bill Siksay Siksay.B@parl.gc.ca
Michael D.Chong Chong.M@parl.gc.ca
Dean Del Mastro delmad@parl.gc.ca
Hedy Fry fry.h@parl.gc.ca
Francis Scarpaleggia scarpf@parl.gc.ca
Jim Prentice Prentice.J@parl.gc.ca
Sample letter: The Documentary Organization of Canada
Other resources:
My original post regarding a letter-writing campaign
Collection of relevant articles & websites
Canadian Conference of the Arts resource page
Against cuts to foreign touring and Trade Routes programs Facebook group
Status of the Artist legislation
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By Julianna Yau
On August 26, 2008
At 5:06 am
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For those who might be interested, the meeting will be webcast live on ParlVu. The URL is http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/parlvuen-ca/
BTW, I don’t believe Jim Prentice sits on the Heritage Committee; he’s a cabinet minister (Industry), and cabinet ministers do not sit on Parliamentary Committees.
Thanks for the tip, Eo!
I have posted my notes from the meeting:
http://blog.juliannayau.com/2008/08/26/aug-26-heritage-committee-meeting-notes/
and my follow-up letter to the Heritage Committee:
http://blog.juliannayau.com/2008/08/26/followup-letter-heritage-committee/
Also, I have updated the post to show that Jim Prentice is not part of the committee.