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Thank you to Equity members, arts and culture professionals in all disciplines and patrons across Canada who made arts and culture issues a priority in this election.

Editorial/opinion columns in the Globe & Mail, Toronto Star, National Post and Ottawa Citizen (Canwest News Service) all cite the Conservative Government's stance on arts and culture funding as a pivotal contributor to the party's failure to receive a majority mandate.

•Winnipeg Sun - Letter to the Editor by Arden R. Ryshpan - 'We're not going anywhere'

Election archive
•President Allan Teichman and Executive Director Arden R. Ryshpan urge Equity members to 'vote arts and culture' on October 14th
•Comprehensive voting information available at 'Elections Canada' website
•Do you want to know about strategic voting?
There is a lot of election talk about "strategic voting" as the federal election campaigns draw to a conclusion. Visit 'Vote For Environment" you want to know more about this voting strategy.
•Are you in a swing riding?
Check out a list of riding results from the 2006 federal election to find out if you are in a riding with a close race.
Party platforms on arts and culture
•Bloc Québécois
•Conservative Party - see pg. 27
•Green Party
•Liberal Party
•NDP
Equity writes to party leaders
Read Arden R. Ryshpan's letter to the leaders of the federal parties asking for responses to three arts and culture centric questions.

•Bloc Québécois response
•NDP response
•Green Party response
•Liberal Party response

Candidate questions
Equity members are encouraged to raise questions with their local candidates.
•Candidate questions and backgrounder
Party links
•Bloc Québécois
•Conservative Party
•Green Party
•Liberal Party
•NDP
Links of interest
•Artists are ordinary Canadians, too - video clip
•View Michel Rivard video - Culture in Danger (Culture en Pril) - *contains provocative material*
•Rally in support of Canadian culture - Toronto - October 8 - photo gallery
•English language debate
View the arts and culture question and leaders' responses from the English language debate.
•Department of Culture
Group of artists and art-related workers working to raise arts and culture awareness.
•Stories from The Wrecking Ball Political Cabarets - held across Canada October 6th
•Canada Supports the Arts petition
Media coverage links
National Post - Arts cuts may have cost Tories Quebec - 'Culture stopped the Conservative majority in its tracks'
Globe & Mail - Harper bets the House, wins another minority
Ottawa Citizen - Canwest News Service - Arts cuts, inaction on economy crisis derailed Tory majority hopes
•Daily media Archive
Background information
Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage
Emergency Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage hearings on the issue of recent arts funding cuts were delayed by the election call.
•Read Equity's pre-empted submission to the Committee
Canadian Conference for the Arts
A national forum for the arts and cultural community in Canada.
•List of recent arts funding cuts
The economic value of culture
The Conference Board of Canada's recent report outlines how Canadian arts and cultural industries contribute billions of dollars to the economy
•Valuing Culture: Measuring and Understanding Canadas Creative Economy
Voting information
•Elections Canada
Election day is Tuesday, October 14, 2008.
Advance polling days are October 3, 4 and 6, 2008.
•Find your electoral district & candidate
•Voter ID at the polls
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