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OK, well, I'll respond with my bugbear on this, and say that one of my issues has been that festivals anywhere but Toronto get funded like crazy by the feds (often under regional development grants), while here there is little funding. This snippet from a Globe article from a few days ago highlights the problem.
There is genuine enthusiasm for Mr. Fortier's candidacy among Montrealers of all political stripes. ... The Tories are anti-culture? Tell that to the folks at the Montreal International Jazz Festival or the city's Just for Laughs fest. Mr. Fortier fought for and won a five-fold increase in federal funding for each.
There is genuine enthusiasm for Mr. Fortier's candidacy among Montrealers of all political stripes. ... The Tories are anti-culture? Tell that to the folks at the Montreal International Jazz Festival or the city's Just for Laughs fest. Mr. Fortier fought for and won a five-fold increase in federal funding for each.