Arts Day on the Hill: a celebration of the artistic profession in Canada

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People pictured at the Canadian Screen Awards in Toronto in 2015. The artistic profession, one that often straddles the line somewhere between public good and private enterprise, finds its moment on the Hill on Oct. 2 to celebrate and strengthen Canadian cultural policy, writes Ainslee Beer, but there are two main issues artists want to see resolved. The Hill Times file photograph

Opinion

BY AINSLEE BEER

October 1, 2018

BANFF, ALTA.—The artistic profession, one that often straddles the line somewhere between public good and private enterprise, finds its moment on the Hill on Oct. 2 to celebrate and strengthen Canadian cultural policy. In 2016, one of the biggest lobby days in recent history was conducted by the ...

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