Thursday, August 14, 2008
CULTURAL FUNDING
'Left-winger' stands up for arts funding
Avi Lewis. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. AA.8
Full Text
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/477989
Abstract (Summary)
Having worked outside Canada for almost two years, I wassurprised that the Prime Minister's Office was still following my career. But there I was, singled out in a leaked memo, as a "general radical" undeserving of public funding, an "ideological activist" who should never have received money from the government to promote a Canadian documentary at foreign film festivals.
Last week, the Stephen Harper government axed two programs - PromArt and Trade Routes - that helped promote Canadian culture abroad. Also targeted, as grant recipients who would "raise the eyebrows of any typical Canadian," were "left-wing columnist" Gwynne Dyer, and "wealthy rock star" Tal Bachman, son of Randy.
Stoking taxpayer outrage may be politically expedient, but it's cheap. This is not about who can afford airfare for foreign jaunts - and I was hardly on a vacation - it's about whether or not we can afford to support our artists abroad. I am among many Canadians who believe we can. And that's exactly the point of drowning out the policy conversation with a water cooler's worth of bubbling resentment.
The politics of culture
Anonymous. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. AA.6
Full Text
http://www.thestar.com/article/477994
Abstract (Summary)
The cause of the government's sudden dyspepsia appears to be a handful of grants doled out by the foreign affairs department. In a leaked internal document, Gwynne Dyer, who received $3,000 to give lectures on Canadian foreign policy in Cuba, is characterized "a left-wing columnist and author who has plenty of money to travel on his own." (In fact, Dyer says, he travelled to Cuba at the invitation of the Canadian foreign affairs department, which offered to pay his travel costs.)
Avi Lewis. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. AA.8
Full Text
http://www.thestar.com/comment/article/477989
Abstract (Summary)
Having worked outside Canada for almost two years, I wassurprised that the Prime Minister's Office was still following my career. But there I was, singled out in a leaked memo, as a "general radical" undeserving of public funding, an "ideological activist" who should never have received money from the government to promote a Canadian documentary at foreign film festivals.
Last week, the Stephen Harper government axed two programs - PromArt and Trade Routes - that helped promote Canadian culture abroad. Also targeted, as grant recipients who would "raise the eyebrows of any typical Canadian," were "left-wing columnist" Gwynne Dyer, and "wealthy rock star" Tal Bachman, son of Randy.
Stoking taxpayer outrage may be politically expedient, but it's cheap. This is not about who can afford airfare for foreign jaunts - and I was hardly on a vacation - it's about whether or not we can afford to support our artists abroad. I am among many Canadians who believe we can. And that's exactly the point of drowning out the policy conversation with a water cooler's worth of bubbling resentment.
The politics of culture
Anonymous. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. AA.6
Full Text
http://www.thestar.com/article/477994
Abstract (Summary)
The cause of the government's sudden dyspepsia appears to be a handful of grants doled out by the foreign affairs department. In a leaked internal document, Gwynne Dyer, who received $3,000 to give lectures on Canadian foreign policy in Cuba, is characterized "a left-wing columnist and author who has plenty of money to travel on his own." (In fact, Dyer says, he travelled to Cuba at the invitation of the Canadian foreign affairs department, which offered to pay his travel costs.)
POLLS
Tories may face trouble in fall election: poll; Survey shows Conservatives, Liberals in dead heat nationally, but Grits pull ahead in Ontario, Quebec
Anonymous. The Times - Transcript. Moncton, N.B.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. C.9
Full Text
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/newstoday/article/article/384249
Abstract (Summary)
For the Liberals, who seem increasingly bullish about forcing an election this fall, Walker said the poll suggests the time is ripe to pull the plug on Harper's minority government.
New poll puts federal Liberals ahead in Ontario, Quebec
Joan Bryden. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.18
Full Text
http://www.thestar.com/Comment/article/478140
Abstract (Summary)
In Quebec, the Liberals appeared to be benefiting most from a collapse in support for the Bloc Quebecois. Liberals were at 30 per cent, virtually tied with the Bloc at 29 per cent, followed by the Tories at 24 per cent, the Greens at 8 per cent and the NDP at 6 per cent.
Anonymous. The Times - Transcript. Moncton, N.B.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. C.9
Full Text
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/newstoday/article/article/384249
Abstract (Summary)
For the Liberals, who seem increasingly bullish about forcing an election this fall, Walker said the poll suggests the time is ripe to pull the plug on Harper's minority government.
New poll puts federal Liberals ahead in Ontario, Quebec
Joan Bryden. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.18
Full Text
http://www.thestar.com/Comment/article/478140
Abstract (Summary)
In Quebec, the Liberals appeared to be benefiting most from a collapse in support for the Bloc Quebecois. Liberals were at 30 per cent, virtually tied with the Bloc at 29 per cent, followed by the Tories at 24 per cent, the Greens at 8 per cent and the NDP at 6 per cent.
THE IN-AND-OUT SCANDAL
Ex-Tory candidate yells at ethics committee
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/08/14/tory-inout.html
Ad execs say they worried about the legality of Tory campaign ad system
Tim Naumetz. Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, N.B.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.5
Full Text
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/384100
A step back
The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.14
Full Text
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080814.EJUDGE14//TPStory/Editorials
Abstract (Summary)
As an opposition politician, Mr. [Stephen Harper] argued that the nation's judiciary had been tainted by politically motivated appointments. As Prime Minister, he initially made good on his promise to introduce transparency into the Supreme Court appointment process by holding a public hearing in February, 2006, after selecting Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein as his nominee. This was a vast improvement over the previous government's charade of a hearing.
Tories trigger outcry for jilting Commons hearing
Campbell Clark. The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.1
Full Text
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080814.ADS14/TPStory/National
Abstract (Summary)
"I don't know the reasons. ... What if somebody's on vacation? What if somebody had a heart attack? What if somebody needs a kidney replacement? Or dialysis?" said Tory MP Gary Goodyear, the party's apparent point man on the committee.
Tories ignored subpoenas, MPs told; Campaign agent says he was instructed by party not to testify at ad hearings
Anonymous. The Times - Transcript. Moncton, N.B.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. C.9
Full Text
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/newstoday/article/384248
Abstract (Summary)
The chair of the Commons ethics committee also identified a fourth former Conservative campaign agent who informed a House official that he and others who worked on the 2006 election campaign were instructed by the party not to testify.
'Hold tight,' ad buyer urged; Conservative party discouraged executive from checking rules with government agency
Richard Brennan. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.18
Full Text
http://www.thestar.com/Comment/article/478141
Abstract (Summary)
"Hold tight ... we may not want anyone talking to them," Andrew Kumpf, an executive with Retail Media, was told in a Dec. 6, 2005, email from Perry Miele, one of the architects of the Tories' advertising campaign.
"A business transaction is really what it was," said [Steve Halicki], who ran in York South-Weston, adding that just having the so-called advertising money sit in the account meant his campaign could apply for a 60 per cent rebate after the election. His was one of the ridings Elections Canada refused to reimburse.
Sean Kilpatrick the canadian press Steve Halicki, who lost for the Conservatives in York South-Weston in 2006, said his party's ad money transfer was a "business transaction."
EDITORIAL - Tories in contempt
Anonymous. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Man.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.10
Full Text
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4212487p-4805260c.html
Abstract (Summary)
A recent report by the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen's University has recommended boosting the powers of parliamentary committees. Among other things, strong committees would give MPs meaningful roles, the report said, noting the committees also need more resources so they can do their jobs effectively.
'It was a boycott of our committee': MP
Tim Naumetz. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Man.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.7
Full Text
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/story/4212621p-4805301c.html
Abstract (Summary)
Three Conservative campaign agents ignored summonses they received more than a week ago to appear at a Commons inquiry into the Tory "in and out" advertising affair, MPs were told Wednesday.
[Paul Szabo] also read from a report prepared by the committee's chief clerk that quoted another official agent, Marc Duval, saying he and others had been told to stay away. "He informed me that the party has told them to decline all invitations," the report quoted Duval as saying. Duval, who was the campaign agent for Tory MP Luc Harvey, could not be reached by summons-bearing bailiffs after that because he left for vacation, said Szabo.
"It sets a terrible precedent for the committee, that people can just thumb their noses at us," said NDP MP Pat Martin. "Somebody co-ordinated this, it was a boycott of our committee."
Thursday, August 14, 2008 | 3:02 PM ET, The Canadian Press
Full Texthttp://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/08/14/tory-inout.html
Ad execs say they worried about the legality of Tory campaign ad system
Tim Naumetz. Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, N.B.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.5
Full Text
http://telegraphjournal.canadaeast.com/rss/article/384100
A step back
The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.14
Full Text
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080814.EJUDGE14//TPStory/Editorials
Abstract (Summary)
As an opposition politician, Mr. [Stephen Harper] argued that the nation's judiciary had been tainted by politically motivated appointments. As Prime Minister, he initially made good on his promise to introduce transparency into the Supreme Court appointment process by holding a public hearing in February, 2006, after selecting Mr. Justice Marshall Rothstein as his nominee. This was a vast improvement over the previous government's charade of a hearing.
Tories trigger outcry for jilting Commons hearing
Campbell Clark. The Globe and Mail. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.1
Full Text
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080814.ADS14/TPStory/National
Abstract (Summary)
"I don't know the reasons. ... What if somebody's on vacation? What if somebody had a heart attack? What if somebody needs a kidney replacement? Or dialysis?" said Tory MP Gary Goodyear, the party's apparent point man on the committee.
Tories ignored subpoenas, MPs told; Campaign agent says he was instructed by party not to testify at ad hearings
Anonymous. The Times - Transcript. Moncton, N.B.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. C.9
Full Text
http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/newstoday/article/384248
Abstract (Summary)
The chair of the Commons ethics committee also identified a fourth former Conservative campaign agent who informed a House official that he and others who worked on the 2006 election campaign were instructed by the party not to testify.
'Hold tight,' ad buyer urged; Conservative party discouraged executive from checking rules with government agency
Richard Brennan. Toronto Star. Toronto, Ont.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.18
Full Text
http://www.thestar.com/Comment/article/478141
Abstract (Summary)
"Hold tight ... we may not want anyone talking to them," Andrew Kumpf, an executive with Retail Media, was told in a Dec. 6, 2005, email from Perry Miele, one of the architects of the Tories' advertising campaign.
"A business transaction is really what it was," said [Steve Halicki], who ran in York South-Weston, adding that just having the so-called advertising money sit in the account meant his campaign could apply for a 60 per cent rebate after the election. His was one of the ridings Elections Canada refused to reimburse.
Sean Kilpatrick the canadian press Steve Halicki, who lost for the Conservatives in York South-Weston in 2006, said his party's ad money transfer was a "business transaction."
EDITORIAL - Tories in contempt
Anonymous. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Man.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.10
Full Text
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4212487p-4805260c.html
Abstract (Summary)
A recent report by the Centre for the Study of Democracy at Queen's University has recommended boosting the powers of parliamentary committees. Among other things, strong committees would give MPs meaningful roles, the report said, noting the committees also need more resources so they can do their jobs effectively.
'It was a boycott of our committee': MP
Tim Naumetz. Winnipeg Free Press. Winnipeg, Man.: Aug 14, 2008. pg. A.7
Full Text
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/canada/story/4212621p-4805301c.html
Abstract (Summary)
Three Conservative campaign agents ignored summonses they received more than a week ago to appear at a Commons inquiry into the Tory "in and out" advertising affair, MPs were told Wednesday.
[Paul Szabo] also read from a report prepared by the committee's chief clerk that quoted another official agent, Marc Duval, saying he and others had been told to stay away. "He informed me that the party has told them to decline all invitations," the report quoted Duval as saying. Duval, who was the campaign agent for Tory MP Luc Harvey, could not be reached by summons-bearing bailiffs after that because he left for vacation, said Szabo.
"It sets a terrible precedent for the committee, that people can just thumb their noses at us," said NDP MP Pat Martin. "Somebody co-ordinated this, it was a boycott of our committee."
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