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Actors take a swing at Conservatives


TORONTO – At a press conference on Wednesday, Canadian actors called on political leaders to start taking Canada’s cultural industry seriously. The arts contribute $85 billion dollars and one million jobs to the Canadian economy each year, they said. “Our culture and our jobs are under attack by a government that wants to cut arts funding, censor our work and allow increased foreign ownership,” said actor Wendy Crewson. “Culture is critical to our identity as a country and is a huge part of our economy. These policies are job killers and artists will not stand by and allow these attacks...