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October 15
Winnipeg Sun - Letter to the Editor by Arden R. Ryshpan - 'We're not going anywhere'
Ottawa Citizen - Canwest News Service - Arts cuts, inaction on economy crisis derailed Tory majority hopes
Globe & Mail - Harper bets the House, wins another minority
Toronto Star - Voters keep Tories on short leash
Toronto Star - Editorial - PM must work with other parties
National Post - Arts cuts may have cost Tories Quebec - 'Culture stopped the Conservative majority in its tracks'
National Post - United by their folly over arts cuts
National Post - Opinion - Kelly McParland: Five tips for a better Harper government
Toronto Star - Harper has a chance to forge unity
Globe & Mail - Tin ear stymies Conservatives in Quebec
Globe & Mail - Dion's future questioned after renewed Tory minority
CBC News - Students opt for Conservative minority in mock elections
The Guardian (UK) - Canadian election returns Conservative minority government

October 14
Saskatoon Star Phoenix - How the arts could cost the Conservatives
Globe & Mail - The sovereigntists' new strategy is good news for the rest of Canada
Globe & Mail - It was all about him
Globe & Mail - It's official, we buy more culture than we sell

October 13
Ottawa Citizen - How a few decisions on culture 'stopped a majority in its tracks'
Toronto Star - Arts warriors' finest hour
Toronto Star - Layton: Harper doesn't understand the arts
Toronto Star - Tories stung by mistakes
Toronto Star - Tories poised for minority win: poll
BBC Online - Economy woes shake up Canada poll

October 12
Toronto Sun - Flowers for Steven Harper. Why? Because his dismissive remarks about the arts have turned them into an election issue

October 11
Globe & Mail - The money story for arts groups is no comedy
Toronto Star - Noah Richler - Opinion - How 'ordinary working people' are central to our art
Globe & Mail - Where the parties stand on arts and culture

October 10
Toronto Star - Quebec numbers suggest Conservative debacle
Calgary Herald - Canadian unions protest funding cuts
Globe & Mail - The rise and fall of the Harper majority

October 9
Toronto Star - From art to action: A timeline
Toronto Star - Arty elites firing back
National Post - Abandoning the arts
Toronto Star - The Green party's plan
Toronto Star - The NDP's arts platform

October 8 - Rally in support of Canadian culture - Toronto
Toronto Star - Arty elites firing back
Globe & Mail - Artist ready to take political centre stage
The Chronicle Herald - Culture proves to be mainstream issue
Mediacaster Magazine - Arts and Culture Rally Says Industry Worth Billions
City TV (with video)
Globe & Mail - Artist ready to take political centre stage
Hollywood Reporter
CTV News
CBC News - 'Vote culture, eh?' artists urge

October 8
Globe & Mail - Harper scraps censorship clause in Bill C-10
Montreal Gazette - Artists themselves are the real 'censors'
Globe & Mail - Belly-laugh funny video puts arts cuts on campaign radar
Globe & Mail - Artists happy Tories scrap controversial film tax plan
CBC News - Arts funding
Calgary Herald - PM says approach to arts same as other areas
National Post - Letter to the editor - Art is a 'harsh mistress'
National Post - Bashing Harper the Atwood way
Chronicle Herald - Sticking to his guns
Toronto Star - An $85 billion industry
Toronto Star - How do the Tories measure up on the arts?
Toronto Star - Liberals promise to spend on arts

October 7
CBC News - Artists across Canada practising political theatre
Calgary Herald - Calgary artists go black in protest of cuts
Burnaby Now - Will arts funding debate hurt Tory hopefuls?
National Post - Letter to the editor - Is this just 'propaganda'?
National Post - Letter to the editor - Or is state funding essential for artists?
Globe & Mail - The masses like the arts
Globe & Mail - Margaret Atwood on the federal election

October 6
Globe & Mail - Letter to the editor - Alex McLean, co-artistic director, Zuppa Circus Theatre
CBC News - Atwood backs Bloc on arts defence
CBC News - Duceppe directs harsh attack at Harper
Canada.com - Arts funding cuts hit close to home
National Post - What counts as culture?
National Post - Harper's Kulturkampf
Globe & Mail - Arts matter, but does Big Brother have to pay the tab every time?
National Post - Canada's culture: Margaret Atwood tells a whopper
Toronto Star - Arts funding still going up

October 3
Alberni Valley Times - Arts funding furor continues to be a hot election issue
CBC News - Culture clash
CBC News - N.B. artists decry government funding cuts
Globe & Mail - The Tories get a little culture shock from Quebeckers - and the Bloc
Toronto Star - PM hits back at rivals
National Post - The Fight Night essentials
National Post - Debate night in Canada (and U. S.)
October 2
Chronicle Herald - Arts funding becomes central issue in federal vote
Chronicle Herald - Arts funding: Here's what the candidates had to say
National Post - Art's avengers
National Post - Rival's gang up on PM in debate
National Post - Diary: Patricia O'Callaghan
Toronto Star - Debate is Dion's chance to 'reset,' pollster says

October 1
Toronto Star - Good child care worth more than arts tax break
Winnipeg Free Press - Playwrights provoke with political work
National Post - French Debate Key For Harper
CBC News - Where Canada's main political parties stand on culture
Toronto Star - Letter to the editor - Not too late to change course

September 30
Vancouver Sun - Wrecking Ball cabaret puts politics into play
National Post - John Moore on the arts: worth and value
National Post - Beware The Echo Effect
Globe & Mail - Harper sweater-vest goes up in flames
Globe & Mail - Harper offers tax credit for children's arts programs

September 29
Winnipeg Free Press - Harper offers tax breaks to parents with kids in arts programs
CBC News - Provincial, territorial ministers bash culture cuts
National Post - How arts funding is done elsewhere
National Post - Get off your soapbox, artists
National Post - Kelly McParland: Dion slips and slides in a field of disbelief
National Post - Our own culture war
National Post - Huggable Harper's art flop
Toronto Star - Let's hope arts bashing just a pose
Toronto Star - PM dangles tax break to soothe arts cuts
Toronto Star - Arts cuts and Libertarians
Toronto Star - Campaigning artists enliven election
Globe & Mail - Tory arts plan targets children
Globe & Mail - The Tories get a little culture shock from Quebeckers - and the Bloc

September 26
Le Devoir - La culture paie le prix des croyances des lus
CBC News - Everyone but Conservative: 4 parties share arts platforms in Ottawa
CBC News - Laureen Harper cancels plans to attend NAC arts gala
Globe & Mail - Votes for arts
Calgary Herald - Much ado about arts funding
National Post - The working man's case for arts funding
National Post - Graeme Hamilton: Harper plays to Quebec divide with attack on the arts
Toronto Star - Letter to the editor - Cut prices for ordinary folk
Globe & Mail - The Atwood offensive

September 25
CBC News - Cultural funding important for Canada's future, panel says
Globe & Mail - Margaret Atwood: To be creative is, in fact, Canadian - Mr. Harper is wrong: There's more to the arts than a bunch of rich people at galas whining about their grants
Globe & Mail - What do 'ordinary working people' want on TV? Let me tell you
National Post - Politics played role in cuts to arts: Flaherty
Chronicle Herald - Show biz blasts PM for arts cuts
CBC News - Actors condemn Harper's culture cuts
Toronto Star - Actors, premier decry cuts
Toronto Star - Cultural wars a rumour no longer
Globe & Mail - Actors denounce Tory arts rhetoric
Globe & Mail - Arts cuts butcher Tory support in Quebec
Globe & Mail - When the arts flourished, my family did, too

September 24
Toronto Star - PM asserts - Ordinary folks don't care about arts
CBC News - Layton and Duceppe protest culture cuts in Montreal
Maple Ridge Times- Day 17: Rivals sing in harmony against Tory arts policy
CBC News - Will you consider cultural policy when you vote?
National Post - Kelly McParland: Harper pits fancypants against working folk (and puts his money on working folk)
National Post - Art vs. accountability
National Post - Editorial Board: Dion's flawed platform
Winnipeg Free Press - Election Roundup
Globe & Mail - Artists should be landlords, not tenants'
Globe & Mail - Battle for B.C. heats up
Chronicle Herald - PM eyes ordinary people
September 23
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September 22
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September 20
CBC News - Dion promises more support for arts
Globe & Mail - Study reveals erosion in arts funding
Toronto Star - Liberals would reverse arts cuts

September 19
Toronto Star - PM stands ground on cuts to culture
Calgary Herald - letter to the editor - No openness
Globe & Mail - letter to the editor - A tough room: artists and pols

September 18
Toronto Star - Arts and culture funding: An issue for party leaders
Globe & Mail - Cuts jeopardize play's tour to Rwanda
Globe & Mail - Cuts jeopardize play's tour to Rwanda
Winnipeg Free Press - Harper woos Quebec with offer of CRTC perks

September 17
Calgary Hearald - Changes to arts funding not the same as cuts

September 16
CBC News - Tories reach out to self-employed with EI benefits
Toronto Star - Stratford a stage for urban, rural solitudes
CBC News - Engage Canadians personally about arts, culture: arts administrator
Globe & Mail - Tories to open parental benefits to self-employed

September 15
Toronto Star editorial - Make arts funding an election issue
Globe & Mail - letter to the editor - Harper as artist
Globe & Mail - letter to the editor - Harper as artist
The Chronicle Herald (Halifax) - Documentary filmmakers will protest federal arts cuts

September 12
Globe & Mail - Harper plays populist tune on arts cuts

September 11
CBC News - Make the case for culture to ordinary Canadians, artists told
Globe & Mail - Hold politicians accountable, arts leaders urge
Toronto Star - Stars want arts plan in return for votes

September 10
CBC News - Give us the plan on culture, federal leaders urged
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