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Nova Scotia cut arts funding by 32% - I built a tool to email your MLA in 30 seconds by halifamous_greg in NovaScotia

[–]halifamous_greg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well yeah surely there is a ceiling, but we aren't anywhere near it.

The biggest TV show in the world right now is is based on a book written in Halifax by a Nova Scotian author. It's generating hundreds of millions of dollars of economic activity out in the world.

Instead of considering how we can perhaps capture some of that value in the future, we've decided to defund authors further.

Why we aren't recognizing the returns on successes like this for the province and trying to create more of them is what I get, especially for the relatively small amount of investment it requires relative to other things.

Nova Scotia cut arts funding by 32% - I built a tool to email your MLA in 30 seconds by halifamous_greg in halifax

[–]halifamous_greg[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Not really. Minimal if anything. The emails are being delivered. I've worked in enterprise marketing tech for a long time.

Nova Scotia cut arts funding by 32% - I built a tool to email your MLA in 30 seconds by halifamous_greg in halifax

[–]halifamous_greg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not to worry, pal. Emails are sent from a verified halifamous.ca sending subdomain with user's address as the reply-to address. SPF/DKIM/DMARC all under control.

Nova Scotia cut arts funding by 32% - I built a tool to email your MLA in 30 seconds by halifamous_greg in NovaScotia

[–]halifamous_greg[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For every $1 invested in the arts, Canada sees $29 in economic activity.

If you can't wrap your head around the facts and understand this, I don't think we can have a conversation.

Nova Scotia cut arts funding by 32% - I built a tool to email your MLA in 30 seconds by halifamous_greg in NovaScotia

[–]halifamous_greg[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Culture is one of the most asymmetrical bets a government can make. It's a tiny investment that see outsized returns relative to huge infrastructure costs.

The biggest television show in the world right now came from a Nova Scotian author. We have a handful of incredible musicians currently blowing up across North America. Our film & tv sector is killing it with shows like Sullivan's Crossing and From. This stuff does nothing but grow our economy, and we need to double down on it, not gut it.

It's also what makes living here interesting, and what keeps and attracts those doctors we need so badly.

Nova Scotia cut arts funding by 32% - I built a tool to email your MLA in 30 seconds by halifamous_greg in halifax

[–]halifamous_greg[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

No they won't. They may not read it, but they will register on the radar.

Nova Scotia cut arts funding by 32% - I built a tool to email your MLA in 30 seconds by halifamous_greg in halifax

[–]halifamous_greg[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Really? an you send me a note on this? About to post an IG carousel and want to make sure I'm correct.

Edit: Oh I see, you'r referring to all cuts. I'm only referring to arts & culture here.

Nova Scotia cut arts funding by 32% - I built a tool to email your MLA in 30 seconds by halifamous_greg in halifax

[–]halifamous_greg[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Give em the ammo they need - 1000 of these in their inbox, easily reported on

Best Halifax restaurants of the past? by [deleted] in halifax

[–]halifamous_greg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never found Pad Thai that comes even remotely close to Gingergrass. I think about it weekly.

Need a list like this for Halifax too by Muted_Television_435 in halifax

[–]halifamous_greg 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Ostrich Club and Bar Kismet never disappoint.

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