Toronto City Council plans to make deep cuts to the city budget, and this puts arts and cultural funding at serious risk. Cutting the arts could be an economic and social catastrophe for Toronto: not only does the city achieve a huge return on a relatively small investment, but our vibrant arts scene is also a big part of what makes Toronto a great place to live, work and visit.
Please send a message to the Mayor and your councillor telling them that arts funding should not be cut. Here’s why:
- Arts and culture are essential to Toronto’s economy, generating $9 billion every year.
- Arts and culture create jobs. 130,000 people work in the sector – and many more depend on related businesses, including those in hospitality and tourism.
- Torontonians care about the arts. In 2010, there were 20 million visits from every corner of Toronto to city-supported arts events.
- Every dollar Toronto invests in arts organizations attracts $17 more from private and public sources. Arts and culture funding has a great return on investment.
- Great art and artists take years to achieve commercial success; today’s funding enables tomorrow’s art.
- Artists flock to cities that support them – yet Toronto invests less in the arts than other major cities; City Council has been working to change that, and it must stay the course.
We the undersigned ask Mayor Ford and Toronto City Councillors to:
- Meet the City's commitments to the Creative Capital Initiative to make Toronto a leader in arts and culture.
- Maintain current City funding to arts and culture: protect investment in Toronto Arts Council, Toronto’s 475 arts organizations and hundreds of local artists
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Reached 10,000 supporters
September 15, 2011
September 9, 2011
The emails to city hall are flooding in. Keep the pressure on.
September 8, 2011
Just hit 100 signatures. A great start for our arts scene.
Reached 1,000 supporters
September 8, 2011
Reached 100 supporters
September 7, 2011
September 7, 2011
We are approaching one thousand signatures. Get three people to sign right now to push us over the mark.
6 Comments
Toronto needs to stop acting like a boring suburb. Keep the funding for the galleries and theaters open.
Ugh they are always trying to slash the good stuff while wasting money on vanity projects. Leave the arts alone.
My son works in the film industry and this is just going to hurt so many talented people. Stop the cuts.
Living in this city is getting way too expensive. Dont take away the only stuff that makes living here actually cool.
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?? makes zero sense to cut something that actually brings money into the city.
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Toronto City Council plans to make deep cuts to the city budget, and this puts arts and cultural funding at serious risk. Cutting the arts could be an economic and social catastrophe for Toronto: not only does the city achieve a huge return on a relatively small investment, but our vibrant arts scene is also a big part of what makes Toronto a great place to live, work and visit.
Please send a message to the Mayor and your councillor telling them that arts funding should not be cut. Here’s why:
- Arts and culture are essential to Toronto’s economy, generating $9 billion every year.
- Arts and culture create jobs. 130,000 people work in the sector – and many more depend on related businesses, including those in hospitality and tourism.
- Torontonians care about the arts. In 2010, there were 20 million visits from every corner of Toronto to city-supported arts events.
- Every dollar Toronto invests in arts organizations attracts $17 more from private and public sources. Arts and culture funding has a great return on investment.
- Great art and artists take years to achieve commercial success; today’s funding enables tomorrow’s art.
- Artists flock to cities that support them – yet Toronto invests less in the arts than other major cities; City Council has been working to change that, and it must stay the course.
We the undersigned ask Mayor Ford and Toronto City Councillors to:
- Meet the City's commitments to the Creative Capital Initiative to make Toronto a leader in arts and culture.
- Maintain current City funding to arts and culture: protect investment in Toronto Arts Council, Toronto’s 475 arts organizations and hundreds of local artists
Updates
Reached 10,000 supporters
September 15, 2011
September 9, 2011
The emails to city hall are flooding in. Keep the pressure on.
September 8, 2011
Just hit 100 signatures. A great start for our arts scene.
Reached 1,000 supporters
September 8, 2011
Reached 100 supporters
September 7, 2011
September 7, 2011
We are approaching one thousand signatures. Get three people to sign right now to push us over the mark.
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Toronto needs to stop acting like a boring suburb. Keep the funding for the galleries and theaters open.
Ugh they are always trying to slash the good stuff while wasting money on vanity projects. Leave the arts alone.
My son works in the film industry and this is just going to hurt so many talented people. Stop the cuts.
Living in this city is getting way too expensive. Dont take away the only stuff that makes living here actually cool.
WHY ARE THEY DOING THIS?? makes zero sense to cut something that actually brings money into the city.
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