Nobody Can Ever Question
Alberta’s culture minister says:
“I sit here as a government representative for film and television in the province of Alberta and I look at what we produce and if we’re honest with ourselves, why do I produce so much shit? Why do I fund so much crap?,”
and this is a response:
“I was at a loss when I heard the statement – a complete loss and quite surprised and quite taken aback for every producer and content maker in Canada, let alone Alberta,” said CBC Television General Manager Kirstine Stewart, who was in the audience. “Nobody can ever question the quality of what we do here in Canada, creatively or otherwise.”
I take issue with the way this was instinctively (that is, without forethought) phrased:
Nobody can ever question the quality of what we do here in Canada, creatively or otherwise.
I think there’s a genuine problem in Canada when culture is subject to such dictatorial sentiments. There is certainly a culture of complicity in place, where we are expected to fall in line or be subject to censorship. I think it’s fair to say that Freedom of Expression within this country has been perverted into a freedom of expression in support of the status quo, and within the ideological confines established by Management.
“I was at a loss …” yes of course you were, because someone says something controversial, and instead of laughing, or simply disagreeing, you have to dig in your heels and make Dear Leader statements.
What we do here in Canada is apparently fucking awesome, as the embedded movie trailers below show: