OK, so Canada held an Arctic summit with foreign ministers from other Arctic countries in Chelsea, Quebec (wherever that is) today, to discuss “the emerging issues we all face in the region”. In other words, Canada threw a party with Russia, the US, Norway and Denmark, and decided that Finland, Iceland, Sweden (and for that [...]
“Many of our most serious problems as a country can be traced to the apathy and non-involvement of Canadians in public affairs, and to decisions that too frequently ignore the popular will…. We believe in accountability of elected representatives to the people who elect them, and that the duty of elected members to their constituents [...]
Canada ranks eighth among these nine countries. In 2003/04, the Canada Council’s total budget was $4.73 per capita, a figure that was larger than only the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts ($0.51 per capita). The countries closest to Canada are Australia ($6.91 per capita) and New Zealand ($7.01 per capita). The countries at the [...]
