These cuts to the arts, community services, health, education and so on are not a matter of government paying for the financial crisis. What they are really paying for is tax cuts, just like the cuts in 2001-02. The BC Liberals cripple the ability of government to collect revenue, then degrade basic services, then sting [...]
Michael Geist warns about the copyright legislation due to be introduced soon by the Tories. 30 things you can do about it.
The restrictions placed on discourse in order to win rights for giant multinational media companies make this legislation a very bad idea indeed.
Two public meetings, two days apart, on the same subject, and very different: first, on Thursday, June 22, the Vancouver East Cultural Centre hosted an all-candidates forum on arts and culture; then on Thursday, June 24, the Butchershop (one of the newer artist-run spaces in Vancouver) hosted a meeting specifically with Ian Waddell, but invited [...]