Ontario has eliminated a fund supporting Indigenous culture as the government cuts tens of millions of dollars in arts funding -- a decision that is being slammed as short-sighted.
The Progressive Conservatives are attempting to trim an $11.7-billion deficit and are cutting spending in a number of areas. That includes lower spending on tourism, arts and culture, according to recently released expenditure estimates for this fiscal year.
Those types of traditional teachings were lost in some families, she said, because of residential schools or the '60s Scoop that removed Indigenous children from their homes."As Indigenous women we were just getting there, to the point where people wanted to learn about us ... and we're just at that point where we're confident enough, we feel safe enough and proud enough to start sharing," she said.
"Prioritizing things that are really important -- education, health care, ending the hallway medicine -- there are so many issues we have to deal with that are critical to the wants of the people of the province," he said. Other cuts to the arts include slashing more than half of the Ontario Music Fund, from $15 million to $7 million.
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