Conservatives may slash 50 million in cultural funding

15 Aug 2008 Conservatives may slash 50 million in cultural funding

Adam McDowell, National Post, August 14, 2008

The country’s arts sector fears the Conservatives are prepared to slash $50-million in cultural funding after discovering new cuts to federal arts programs. It has been revealed that three programs benefiting the film, television and music industries, totalling $4.3-million, will end as of next March. These join PromArt and Trade­Routes ($4.7-million and $9-million respectively), travel subsidy programs whose demise has been reported over the past week. Read more here


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