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McNeil Government’s Culture Action Plan – All Talk, No Action
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McNeil Government’s Culture Action Plan – All Talk, No Action

February 23, 2017 Paul Andrew Kimball 0

Stephen McNeil and Minister of Communities, Culture & Heritage Tony Ince held a big event yesterday to announce their new Culture Action Plan. McNeil danced (literally, and then figuratively when he spoke), and Ince talked about his commitment to culture, a speech that stood in stark contrast to the silence that he maintained when McNeil and Diana Whalen blew up the Nova Scotia film and television industry in April 2015. The cultural bureaucrats in the private sector predictably lined up and said it was all a wonderful thing, because they never want to offend or call into question the government that provides them with much of their operating funds, and everyone went home happy.

Well, here’s the thing. We’ve heard this all before from the McNeil government. Freeman, Ivany, Broten… reports have come with great fanfare and commitment to change, and then they get circular filed. Anyone who would trust the McNeil government to follow through on any of the cultural “action plan” almost deserves the inevitable disappointment that we have seen with these reports so many times before.

Oh, sure, it sounds good, just like all of these reports do – bureaucrats and their enablers have it down to a science when it comes to writing these things. But what does it really all mean? The “value of culture” stuff is easy to write, probably because it’s been written many times before. I’ve seen this language for twenty years, both during my time in government in the late 1990s and in the years since. There’s an art to it, ironically, but it doesn’t mean anything. They’re just words, and words are a dime a dozen, especially with the McNeil government.

Where are the actual plans? You know, things like specific new budgetary provisions, or real programs, or success measurement benchmarks and matrices. Those kinds of things, which are what you’ll find in an actual plan, are missing.

Mary Tyler Moore in Nova Scotia
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Mary Tyler Moore in Nova Scotia

January 30, 2017 Ron Foley Macdonald 0
Robbie Robertson’s “Testimony” – A Review
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Robbie Robertson’s “Testimony” – A Review

January 17, 2017 View 902 0
“First Features” Film Series Begins at Dalhousie Art Gallery
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“First Features” Film Series Begins at Dalhousie Art Gallery

January 17, 2017 Paul Andrew Kimball 0
View 902 Podcast Episode 3 – Silver Donald Cameron
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View 902 Podcast Episode 3 – Silver Donald Cameron

January 5, 2017 Paul Andrew Kimball 0
Dan Dare Takes Off Once More!
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Dan Dare Takes Off Once More!

December 27, 2016 View 902 0
View 902 Podcast Episode 2 – Dillon Garland
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View 902 Podcast Episode 2 – Dillon Garland

December 22, 2016 Paul Andrew Kimball 0
View 902 Podcast Episode 1 – Aaron John Gulyas
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View 902 Podcast Episode 1 – Aaron John Gulyas

December 14, 2016 Paul Andrew Kimball 0
Following the Money of Film Funding in Nova Scotia
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Following the Money of Film Funding in Nova Scotia

December 13, 2016 Paul Andrew Kimball 6
Viola Desmond’s Story on Film
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Viola Desmond’s Story on Film

December 11, 2016 Ron Foley Macdonald 1
Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run”
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Bruce Springsteen’s “Born to Run”

December 9, 2016 Ron Foley Macdonald 0
Leonard Cohen’s Nova Scotia Collaborators
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Leonard Cohen’s Nova Scotia Collaborators

November 16, 2016 Ron Foley Macdonald 1
Afraid to Speak – A Review
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Afraid to Speak – A Review

November 8, 2016 Ron Foley Macdonald 1

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