Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts
Province takes feds to task on heritage
It might come too late to reimburse Victoria’s big bill to Rogers’ Chocolates, but the province is lobbying to protect municipalities from bearing liability for historic sites. “Offering financial assistance to municipal governments tasked with protecting nationally-recognized gems like Rogers’ Chocolates will ensure ongoing stewardship of heritage resources at the community level,” wrote B.C. Minister [...]
Still no clear word on funding plan for arts in B.C.
Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger proclaimed the annual B.C. Arts and Culture Week at an event in Victoria on April 19, but he did not, as expected, make an announcement about how a new $10-million arts legacy fund will be dispersed. In the provincial budget at the beginning of March, it was [...]
Strings attached to arts funding in B.C.: Most of $10 million in legacy money must go to youth programs: Krueger
Arts groups, still reeling from deep cuts to their funding, should expect $10 million in government legacy money this year to be mostly earmarked for youth programs, says the B.C. arts minister. “We do want an emphasis for a substantial portion of it on mentoring young artists and helping them get their start in their [...]
Arts minister no TV head
He might oversee B.C.’s film and television industry, but Kevin Krueger admits he doesn’t really watch movies or TV. The Tourism, Culture and the Arts minister said he’s seen “not very many” of the shows his government touted in a press release this week about the booming film and TV production industry. The list included [...]
If not for certain projects, B.C. could fund arts and culture
In your March 11 article, “Arts groups face another tough year,” it was curious to read Tourism, Culture and Arts Minister Kevin Krueger saying: “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.” This shows a complete lack of understanding [...]
Arts alliance says B.C. budget cuts arts funding, but Liberals cover it up by including museum funds in total
When Amir Ali Alibhai first saw the new provincial budget figures, he thought that perhaps the B.C. Liberal government had restored arts funding. But upon closer examination, the executive director of the Alliance for Arts and Culture realized that this wasn’t the case. After doing some number crunching in the budget lockup, Alibhai has concluded [...]
B.C. arts community anxiously awaits budget: Already hit by cuts, arts groups are hoping to see some funding restored in tomorrow’s numbers
In 2008, B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell presented Vancouver Moving Theatre’s Terry Hunter and Savannah Walling with an award recognizing their work for the arts in the Downtown Eastside. A year later, the Campbell government eliminated their annual gaming grant, cutting $45,000 from the tiny company, amounting to a 20 per cent budget cut overall. As [...]
NDP’s Spencer Herbert releases a chart that offers clarity on B.C. Liberal arts cuts
Since the last provincial budget was announced on September 1, none of the B.C. Liberal cabinet ministers responsible for arts funding has returned calls from the Georgia Straight to discuss this issue. Finance Minister Colin Hansen, Tourism, Culture and the Arts Minister Kevin Krueger, and Housing and Social Development Minister Rich Coleman have all gone into hiding. Fortunately, the [...]
B.C.’s Arts and Culture division disappears
NDP MLA Spencer Herbert has told the Straight that the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts has eliminated its stand-alone arts and culture division. Herbert, who is the Opposition critic for this ministry, said by phone that ministerial assistant Frank Costa informed him shortly before Christmas that arts and culture now falls within the [...]
Tourism BC to be integrated into the Ministry by April 2010
In August, 2009, the announcement came of the BC Government’s move to dissolve Tourism British Columbia and absorb the organization into the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts (MTCA). In a recent press release, as part of the change in governance, the MTCA announced that they had appointed the Minister’s Council on Tourism that [...]
B.C. government report on socioeconomic impact of the arts removed from arts ministry Web site
The B.C. Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts has removed all links to a report on the socioeconomic impact of arts and cultural organizations from its Web site. The report, Socio-Economic Impacts of Arts and Cultural Organizations in B.C., written in 2006 by G.S. Sandhu & Associates, was commissioned by what was then the [...]
B.C. government report on socio-economic impact of the arts removed from arts ministry website
The B.C. Ministry of Tourism, Culture and the Arts has removed all links to a report on the socio-economic impact of arts and cultural organizations from its website. The report, Socio-Economic Impacts of Arts and Cultural Organizations in B.C., written in 2006 by G.S. Sandhu & Associates, was commissioned by what was then the Ministry [...]
Editorial Decisions now will be felt by tourism next year
The stock markets are up, housing starts and house sales are rebounding and politicians are saying the worst of the recession is over, all of which are good signs for the economy and by extension that is good for the tourism business. But despite the hopeful signs, the deficit positions the federal and provincial governments [...]
Discussing cultural tourism
In March a diverse Prince Rupert group joined Liz Lilly and Bruce Whyte of the Ministry of Tourism, Sport and the Arts to open a discussion about cultural tourism in Prince Rupert. Cultural tourism is about how visitors experience your community and how you present your community to visitors. In a way it’s a relatively [...]
