EQUIFLASH [FEDERAL ELECTION ADVOCACY UPDATE]

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FEDERAL ELECTION ADVOCACY UPDATE
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Equity's online federal election 2008 webpage has been updated.
Visit http://www.caea.com/EquityWeb/default.aspx  and click on the "I
vote arts and culture" icon.

New additions:
- The Liberal Party has announced its arts and culture platform.
- A Globe and Mail study reveals erosion in arts funding. The G&M has
parsed the federal budgets and crunched the numbers to reveal the true
trajectory of Canada's support for the arts. A close look at federal
budget documents suggests that nearly $45 million in recent funding cuts
are symptomatic of a trend under the Conservatives to shift dollars away
from arts and culture, and funnel them into branches of the Department
of Canadian Heritage that focus on the department's social mandate.
- Organizers for the upcoming federal election debates have invited
Canadians to email proposed questions to question at electiondebate08.ca.

Check
http://www.caea.com/Equityweb/NewsAndEvents/News/2008/FederalElection/De
fault.aspx
regularly for continuing election updates, suggested candidate questions
and media coverage on arts and culture issues of importance to Equity
members.
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Canadian Actors' Equity Association
communications at caea.com
http://www.caea.com