Thank you, Madam Chair. The amount of funding that we have in the budget this year for the Arts Strategy is the same as in the current year. So we're not showing in this budget an expansion in the programming, and, yes, we have heard some expressions of concern about the thrust of the Arts Strategy, but what we've done is we've agreed with ITI that we will review the Arts Strategy probably by bringing together some of the members from the panel who were involved in the first go-round after the first year of its implementation, which is this spring. So we'll have a full year of that implementation in place and it is our intention to then work with ITI to see how we can better respond to the needs that are found through that review. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Charles Dent on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 14th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 14th, 2006
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