Joanne MerriamPretty mad about this horseshit.This won't change anything - the racism is the point - but they should know that people see what they are doing.
Links from my email:
Artworks: The Economic and Social Dividends from Canada’s Arts and Culture Sector: https://www.eduarts.ca/publication/2025/artworks-the-economic-and-social-dividends-from-canadas-arts-and-culture-sector
The 1 in 3 students stat: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-s-new-learning-to-read-plan-still-doesn-t-go-far-enough-say-critics-1.6767977
$1.4 billion stat: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/nova-scotia-s-ndp-blames-closed-door-government-spending-for-billion-dollar-deficit/ar-AA1WjjGa
ArtWorks: The Economic and Social Dividends from Canada's Arts and Culture Sector
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce released this report highlighting the sector’s social and economic impacts, consumer and export trends, and the return on investment from increased funding.
Oh byes I am pissed. Here's what I wrote to my MLA, the blameless Claudia Chender, and here's where I will be next Tuesday and Wednesday instead of working on my next novel.
Rally images stolen from Ecology Action Centre & Page 1 Theatre. Some email wording stolen from nsarts.ca.
Remainder of email's alt-text (will put rest in reply): Cuts to youth-focused arts programming and education will negatively impact our literacy. Especially after the disruptions of Covid, our students don't need to have enrichment opportunities taken away.
In the '90s, I worked for the Writers' Federation of Nova Scotia. Amongst my many jobs was running the Writers' In The Schools program. WITS involves a small investment (only $65,000, which I notice has not been increased since I ran this program 30 years ago) and puts local authors into their classrooms to support a love of reading and allow students to see themselves in the books they are reading.
javensbukanGoing to a lil union protest at lunch at the House of Assembly in Halifax.
This should be fun! Time to let all the rage out 🪧 😤
I even made a little sign at home with an old cereal box 🤣
I reached out to another union and they are sending some members in solidarity with ours✊
BONUS: They're bringing Timbits!
NS Budget 2025: $386 million for two Bridges, one EOL and needs replacement, paid for taxpayers in perpituity. Tax cuts! Wooo! 💸🤑💰 *Money gun*
NS Budget 2026: Another $130 Million for bridge maintence on two Halifax bridges. Oh and also, we're poor now and we need to cut the public service 5% every year until 2030 and were still hemmoraging money, f*ck the environment. Tax EV drivers!1!1 Sawwy, we have no money to help with Transit 🥺.
YTD Spend on HHB which used to not cost NS tax payers anything: $516 Million.
How many BRT systems could we have bought with that? 2, 3? Perhaps an LRT?!
I hate it here
Just sent to [email protected], cc'ing my MLA:
#nspoli #PrescottHouse #ParksCanada #nsbudget #nspolitics #cdnpoli #canpoli #StarrsPoint #NovaScotia
Just a friendly reminder that this year's former HHB bridge upkeep is almost as much than the total discretionary grant cuts from the Provincial Government 😑
"The government is also cutting discretionary grant spending by $130 million...
Halifax Harbour Bridges will get about $120 million for general maintenance and operations"
THIS USED TO BE SELF FUNDING YOU TWITS 🤦
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/budget-cuts-deficit-9.7102941
#halifax #nspolitics #budget2026 #nobodyaskedforthis #genius
My union was just informed that 77 NSGEU employees have been made redundant.
Impacted departments:
Meat Inspection
Agriculture
Highway Maintenance/Construction
Museums
Tourism
Steve MaclellanFracking for Profit: The Fraser Institute’s Push in Nova Scotia
https://libranet.de/display/0b6b25a8-1968-0577-805a-bde723872341
