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Pretty mad about this horseshit.This won't change anything - the racism is the point - but they should know that people see what they are doing.
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Links from my email:
Artworks: The Economic and Social Dividends from Canada’s Arts and Culture Sector: https://www.eduarts.ca/publication/2025/artworks-the-economic-and-social-dividends-from-canadas-arts-and-culture-sector
The 1 in 3 students stat: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-s-new-learning-to-read-plan-still-doesn-t-go-far-enough-say-critics-1.6767977
$1.4 billion stat: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/nova-scotia-s-ndp-blames-closed-door-government-spending-for-billion-dollar-deficit/ar-AA1WjjGa
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Oh byes I am pissed. Here's what I wrote to my MLA, the blameless Claudia Chender, and here's where I will be next Tuesday and Wednesday instead of working on my next novel.
Rally images stolen from Ecology Action Centre & Page 1 Theatre. Some email wording stolen from nsarts.ca.
Remainder of email's alt-text (will put rest in reply): Cuts to youth-focused arts programming and education will negatively impact our literacy. Especially after the disruptions of Covid, our students don't need to have enrichment opportunities taken away.
In the '90s, I worked for the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. Amongst my many jobs was running the Writers' In The Schools program. WITS involves a small investment (only $65,000, which I notice has not been increased since I ran this program 30 years ago) and puts local authors into their classrooms to support a love of reading and allow students to see themselves in the books they are reading.
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Fracking for Profit: The Fraser Institute’s Push in Nova Scotia
https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-1968-0577-805a-bde723872341
