Oh, CANADA! Rhetoric and Racing
It’s easy for an opposition party to make promises. Being able to carry them through, if they’re reelected, is what will really count.
A July 5, 07 media release was headed, "Liberals Would Restore Funding to Promote Canadian Culture Abroad." This round-table, headed up by Stéphane Dion (Liberal opposition leader) was a great initiative, and suggests hope for the future. That said, it might have been nice to see a more representative sampling of creative types quoted—including some who weren’t invited to participate and aren’t already famous.
While Canadian Liberals, it appears, are anxious to boost funding for the arts, Canadian Conservatives are preoccupied with their endorsement of Nascar…
CBC television’s week-nightly show, Today on Politics’ last episode before the summer break included much joviality about the Nascar backing. So, afterwards, I perused Prime Minister, Steven Harper’s, governmental website to see what his most striking personal interests seem to be. Cat foster care and hockey, apparently. His wife, Laureen, is described as enjoying riding her new motorcycle in her "spare time"…
