Just one of a few dozen reasons that I love Sarah Polley.
globeandmail.com: Polley carries protest to Parliament:
TORONTO — Oscar-nominated actor/writer Sarah Polley arrived on Parliament Hill on Thursday to protest against a provision now before the Senate banking committee that could cut off tax benefits for film and TV productions that contain graphic sex, violence or other content that the government finds offensive.
“If there's something artists fear, it's censorship,” Ms. Polley said Thursday at a press conference.
“Part of the responsibility of being an artist is to create work that will inspire dialogue, suggest that people examine their long-held positions and, yes, occasionally offend in order to do so.”
Ms. Polley, who will testify before the committee later Thursday, is in Ottawa with a high-profile group of Canadian writers, producers, directors and actors. They are taking the federal government to task for trying to push through an amendment to the Income Tax Act.
TORONTO — Oscar-nominated actor/writer Sarah Polley arrived on Parliament Hill on Thursday to protest against a provision now before the Senate banking committee that could cut off tax benefits for film and TV productions that contain graphic sex, violence or other content that the government finds offensive.
“If there's something artists fear, it's censorship,” Ms. Polley said Thursday at a press conference.
“Part of the responsibility of being an artist is to create work that will inspire dialogue, suggest that people examine their long-held positions and, yes, occasionally offend in order to do so.”
Ms. Polley, who will testify before the committee later Thursday, is in Ottawa with a high-profile group of Canadian writers, producers, directors and actors. They are taking the federal government to task for trying to push through an amendment to the Income Tax Act.
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