Now might be a good time to write, or re-write your Member of Parliament http://www2.parl.gc.ca/Parlinfo/Compilations/HouseOfCommons/MemberByPostalCode.aspx?Menu=HOC and Heritage Minister James Moore Hon. James MooreMinister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages15 Eddy StreetGatineau QC K1A 0M5 (819) 997-7788moorej@parl.gc.ca Via Inside the CBC: Ministers are currently debating an opposition motion that would prevent the current round of cuts…
Saving the CBC for the long term:
Another Save the CBC Facebook group has formed. It’s too bad that it had to get to the point where it is for people to take all this seriously. The chances of anything changing now are slim but by all means join the groupSave the CBC. Over the long term though the CBC needs more…
Conservative Party Sets It’s Sights On Student Groups
The Conservative Party is a strange beast. The entire goal of the party seems to be the accumulation of power for the sake of having power. While Harper has hardly been a progressive on any issue he is certainly not a fiscal conservative, and although he has expressed support for social conservative issues he is…
the Juno Awards Have Become a National Embarrassment
Someone really has to do something about the Junos. It is horrifying to think that anyone, anywhere, even for a moment think that they represent the best Canada has to offer musically. They don’t. The Junos are not really Canadian and they are more about marketing and distribution networks than they are about music. Once…
Why Did the CBC’s Allies Wait?
Over a month ago I urged people to write their MPs about the CBC’s money problems and created a petition for the same reason. Of course I was operating without staff or a budget and there was only slight response to these. I wondered aloud a few times where the CBC’s allies were? Where was…
Coming Up in Toronto
Friday, March 27Best of SHORT SCRIPT Readings – Fri. March 27th 7pm at the NFBFacebook Event Page TWM: Skullians, Revolvers, Cursed Arrows, The BooFacebook Event Page MONSTERS OF SCHLOCK – Gladstone Hotel – March 27, 2009!Facebook Event Page picturesound @ annex wreckroomFacebook Event Page Major Maker w/ Craft Economy at The El Mocambo Friday, March…
Avaaz Launches Last Ditch Effort for the CBC
Avaaz has launched a new campaign to Save the CBC. And they have gathered over 14,000 signatures in the last 4 hours. The Petition Page reads: “The Canadian government has refused to provide loans to the CBC to cover its budget shortfall this year. This is forcing the CBC and Radio Canada to drastically cut…
CBC Cuts go Deep, But Radio 3 Lives On
Steve Pratt has a Radio 3 site outlining the changes coming to CBC Radio 3 but the important part is that it will go on. Live recordings will be less, the budget will be lower and there may be staff reductions (they won’t know until May) but the important part is that Radio 3 will…
Whatever Happened to CMG?
Does anyone remember the 2005 CBC Lockout? I do. I was there. There were rallies, demonstrations, protests and concerts. Alot of unions and various organizations sent representatives out to support the CBC. All of this was organized and run by the Canadian Media Guild. At this stage I’m wondering what happened to them? When the…
Writer’s Guild Supports the CBC
Denis of Dead Things on Sticks has posted the statement from the Writer’s Guild of Canada on today’s cuts to CBC. “THE WRITERS GUILD OF CANADA is extremely disheartened by the CBC’s announcement today that it will cut 800 jobs in order to balance its budget. The WGC asks: why has it come to this?…