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Why this blog?
Until this moment I have been forced to listen while media and politicians alike have told me "what Canadians think". In all that time they never once asked.
This is just the voice of an ordinary Canadian yelling back at the radio -
"You don't speak for me."
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I know a poet who practically lives on (and travels the world on) these grants. Nobody buys her poetry, but why bother writing something that is commercially successful when the Canadian taxpayer can support you instead?
Perhaps she should write an Ode to the Grant Giver.
The whole Canadian arts and entertainment industry, including TV, film, and music, are supported by grants. Watch the credits of any Canadian made TV show, or film. The Canada and provincial names are shown to acknowledge who is paying for all this. Thanks to the CRTC, we all have to pay for TV channels that we will never watch. Interesting to see Alberta supporting certain “Celebrity” shows, then have the same celebrities out there protesting Alberta oil pipelines.
Academe depends on external funding from grants. Whether that money actually goes to the researcher who applied for it is another matter. The former head of the department where I did my last degree expected all external funding to go into a common pool and individual faculty members could draw on it. It’s debatable as to whether that’s ethical or even legal.
But, anyone who becomes a professor is expected to bring in their share of booty. There’s no such thing as being a faculty member and funding one’s research out of one’s own pocket–the department, after all, wants its cut.
My Ph. D. supervisor was absolutely shameless about that. He didn’t care what he worked on or where the money for it came from, just as long as someone else paid for it. That’s one reason there’s so much useless research being done by academics. They have no sense of personal or, for that matter, financial responsibility.
Trudeau will now protect Canadians against Liberal party manifestos.
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/feds-unveil-plan-to-tackle-fake-news-interference-in-2019-election-1.4274273
Oh, the ironing.
Some Tax Payer subsidized Canadian Art. “Called Hi How Are Yah” or “Do You Speak Trout” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnGM0BlA95I