Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - May 21, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free May a5 More funding urged for arts and culture by Kevin Prokosh arts reporter the cites financial support for Winnipeg arts and culture is one of the poorest in the states a new report released yester i was disappointed its As Low As it compared to the vibrancy of our arts Community and what other cities Are said Harold chair Man of the cites cultural policy review in the called into the 21st Century arts and culture in the seven member panel recommended civic government spending should Rise to per capita from its current Over the next four Van covers per capita spending rate of was the some might argue increased fund ing is not responsible in View of the current fiscal said Buch a City lawyer and longtime arts the panel believes that fail ure to increase funding would be Irre if the City adopts the panels pro total funding to the arts would Rise to a significant increase from the million arts and cultural groups have been receive its a recognition of the contribution they make and their need for additional which has been Frozen since at least said Buchwald in an the report is the result of an Exten Sive Public consultation process which included a forum attended by 57 Mem Bers of the cultural Community and Public hearings held last november at which 30 groups made during its 10 months of the panel also received 39 written briefs and held 13 other the panel consisted of Dan Julia George Marlene Carole Obrien and Ian i would say the appropriate level of funding was the toughest question and where to find the Money the Buchwald from our its not a question of spending More As of spending the Money is Nice but there is Noth the pand cites arts and cultural Grants to per capita from the current one of the lowest rates in abolish the 10 per cent amuse ment if amusement tax All Norfo profit entertainment should be apply amusement tax to All amusements costing or from the threshold introduced in apply amusement tax not Only to motion pictures but also to video Cable in hotel room Home Box office and pay preview require that one per cent of costs on developments Over million be allocated to a visual Art make the Winnipeg arts advisory Council the Winnipeg arts an autonomous granting body responsible for guiding the City on matters of cultural How we Cotna fire cultural spending in major cities per Quebec ing like being publicly proclaimed As significant to boost the morale of All said Bruce president of the Manitoba cultural for the report proposes a kind of partnership in which the City recognizes that arts and culture is a real asset to the said an arts administrator and that really Manitoba theatre Centre Board president Gail Asper said its time the City pays More than lip service to an arts Community which it celebrates at every they Trade on the arts while not putting any Money into it compared to other Asper in pleased to see our message came through loud and amusement tax is still troublesome to promoter Sam who has Long advocated that either All or no groups pay although the panel is Advocat ing its it is proposing that the Winnipeg enterprises corporation be allowed to continue to charge and keep its amusement tax which adds up annually to about i dont see How you can have amuse ment tax for some events and not for said you cant have exceptions to the that Why this thing always Falls everyone should pay no if you cant do that there should be no tax Alto Buchwald also is insistent that there should be no linkage to the level of Public funding of the arts and amuse ment tax this is a mistaken and misguided Buchwald he suggests that if the City is looking for another source of funds then per haps the amusement tax should kick in at not at which has been the Case since when they increased the threshold to they lost in tax said exemptions to the amusement tax will Only be allowed for Norfo profit cultural prior to for prof it producers circumvented the system by hooking up with arts groups and using their exemption for commercial that wont be repeated because exemptions will go to organizations taking on the full financial risk of an we think we have plugged that said we think that an easy one to police unless people Are going to the proposal to require the City and developers to spend one per cent of construction projects of Over Mil lion on Public Art will Likely meet some initial Buchwald developers did the same things 30 years ago when the City imposed conditions on developers to provide schools and Parks in their he i think when they see in the Long run the Benefit to their particular developments and the visual arts they will fall in step and turn out to be supporters of Book before May kids Fly free All summer what a great Way to Surprise your friends and if you travel Between june 26 and september each child Between 2 and 15 accompanied by an adult on the same itinerary will travel Winnipeg summer fares from new bookings 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