This is the slightly-edited text of a letter I e-mailed to James Moore, the Minister of Heritage, regarding funding for the CBC and literary magazines.
Why don't Conservatives actually conserve instead of constantly destroying?
You say, "If the CBC is in a position where there's not a return of ad revenue and then there are increasing demands on the CBC in order to fulfill its mandate and on top of that they're in a position where they have to now repay a loan, you'll see a real cannibalization of the CBC services across the country and that's not in the best interest of the broadcaster or taxpayers."
If, if, if--IF you would do your job and increase the CBC's funding to adequate levels, there would be no need for a loan in the first place.
At a time when the pathetic excuse for a government to which you belong is bullying Parliament to get your alleged stimulus budget passed, you stand by and watch 800 vitally important jobs disappear. What kind of stimulus is that?
In addition to starving the CBC you are now attacking those small literary magazines who don't meet your arbitrary quota of annual sales of 5,000 copies. For the sake of saving a few paltry dollars, you'll oversee the demise of one of the most important factors in Canada's development as a nation of internationally-recognized writers, many of whom got their start in the little magazines you obviously despise because they're not money-makers.
The love of money is the root of all evil, and you Conservatives love money above all else, except power.
But your actions, or lack of them, prove that you're not fit to govern, and the sooner we have an election and get rid of the lot of you, the better, before you destroy the country altogether.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Monday, March 9, 2009
Gull with crab
This gull landed right in front of me and ate the crab, leg by leg. Easier to watch a crab being demolished in this fashion than a mammal.
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