Canada's competitive edge gets tax cut

Have you ever wondered about the role of governments in subsidizing and encouraging the music industry. Canada's Tories cut funding for musicians' travel to showcases and industry trade shows. You hear, above the yelps coming from the industry reps, a challenge to the idea that the creative arts need government support.

On the other hand, the CBC has a quota for Canadian music content on all of its broadcast units. Culture and politics -- who would have thought they are intermingled in anyway?

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