Write To: budget2006consult@Fin.Gc.Ca If Canadian Culture Is Worth 5 Bucks To Yo

So we do have a chance to make sure they know that we have not gone away. The online link is budget2006consult@fin.gc.ca, and it is open to anyone who wants to participate. Please take a moment to e-mail your support for an increase to the Canada Council's annual budget of $5 per Canadian. This funding would be transformational for the arts all across the country, and would coincide with the Council's 50th birthday. And if you can encourage friends and family to do the same, the more they hear the more effective. [This bulletin was forwarded to me by a member of a Canadian symphony orchestra. It's not generally realized what a positive factor the arts can provide to a nation's economy, creating more wealth than it costs to produce. Not to mention the strengthening of our own sense of idendity. Please circulate. - BC Mary]