Federal Budget: Will culture take a hit?

OTTAWA – With new finance minister Jim Flaherty promising a GST cut – and perhaps a personal income tax cut – to go along with some spending cutbacks, the gossip mill in Ottawa is spinning wildly this week among those in the culture industries. According to a few reports, the budget will likely curtail government spending on culture, perhaps changing the funding picture for Canadian TV production and the CBC, for example. Surf back to cartt.ca later today and on Wednesday as we look at how the Federal Budget, which will be released at 4 p.m. this afternoon, will affect...