Geof Glass: Art and culture create the spaces we live in
The B.C. government is cutting funding for libraries and the arts. Libraries suffered a 22 percent cut, while community arts, culture, and sports groups are facing cuts of close to 90 percent over the next couple of years. For the government, this is not a lot of money. For the groups and communities it affects, it is devastating. Meanwhile, in the face of intense controversy, the federal government is preparing new copyright legislation. It claims that this is economically necessary—and that it will be good for artists.
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