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Film Tax Credits: McGuinty v Tories

06/12/2008 by Debra

Interesting story over at CTV on the proposed bill to end tax credits for creative endeavors the (Not your fathers) Conservative Religion Party disapprove of. Can you trust a party with your tax dollars when they don’t even know, nor do they care to find out, what they are disapproving of and defunding?

“I don’t know what the contents of the movie are, but certainly the title would suggest that it’s something that generally taxpayers would not be too damned enthused about having their money put into its production,” said Opposition Leader Bob Runciman.

I don’t know anything about it but feel perfectly entitled cast judgment anyway. How typically right wing.

Further to that, not only do they not know, they will fire anyone who gives the impression they are trying to inform themselves.

A special screening in Ottawa was well-attended by opposition MPs, although no Conservative members showed up. A staffer for Cambridge Conservative MP Gary Goodyear was fired for reserving a ticket in his name without permission.

McGuinty while also unfamiliar with the film recognizes the dangers in government interference in artistic endeavor.

“I just think there’s trouble down that path if we start making those calls as elected officials when it comes to what has and does not have artistic merit.”

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“I just don’t think we politicians should be getting into lending a shape to building designs, what poetry is acceptable and not, and what movies are acceptable and not,” he added.

Great write up on this movie over at cinematical.com

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Filed Under: Politics Tagged With: bob runciman, conservative members, CTV, Dalton McGuinty, Film, government interference

An Open Letter to Dalton McGuinty

11/09/2007 by Devon S.

Dear Mr. McGuinty,

My name is Devon. I am a 12 year old girl attending elementary school in Ontario.

In the past election you said your government would be best for education.

I recently watched this video, Writing on the Wall, by the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation.

I don’t think that schools should have to be in a draw to get books for kids.
School libraries should never get like this, the classrooms should never have only four textbooks for everyone in the class.

According to the video 38% of Ontario’s grade 3 children fail the standard reading exam.
The school library is the most important way to learn how to read, get up-to-date info for assignments and research and to get books to read for fun.

Four textbooks per class is not acceptable, it’s not a very good way to learn and get an Education.

Sometimes schools in rich areas can get books by donations from parents and bake sales, but poorer areas can’t do this. And bake sales are a bad way to budget for books anyway.

I hope you will take this seriously and that you and your government will do what you said about being best for Education. You can start by giving enough money to schools for libraries and textbooks.

Sincerely

Devon S.

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child readingI would also like to let everyone else know more about the video

you can find it on this page

Also there is a pdf with a letter to send to the Minister of Education in your province.

Please take this seriously. We are too young to vote. But our lives will be much poorer if we don’t get books and textbooks. Without them our education will suffer, and we won’t have much hope for the future.

We need adults to stand up to government and demand that they put our education first.

Filed Under: Liberals, Politics Tagged With: aid, books, children, Dalton McGuinty, education, giving, libraries, literacy, Ontario, reading, schools, textbooks

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