The Westender March 11, 2010

Vancouver's Most Truthworthy Politician

   1. Mayor Gregor Robertson
   2. Spencer Herbert
   3. Libby Davies

Spencer Herbert, Letter to the Editors Vancouver Sun, March 11, 2010

Dear Editor,

It was curious to read in the March 11 Sun story “Arts groups face another tough year” BC Liberal Arts Minister Kevin Krueger’s statement on BC’s Arts Sector, where he said “it’s kind of silly to say that government’s doing cuts when you know that revenues have been drastically cut by forces beyond our control.”

Nathaniel Christopher, Xtra West, Wednesday, March 10, 2010

In last week’s provincial budget, the government introduced a new arts and sports funding program that some critics say could politicize and commercialize the grant process.

In the 2010 B.C. provincial budget introduced today, the estimates for the B.C. Ministry of Tourism, Culture, and the Arts included a 23 percent cut to the B.C. Film Commission.