Clearly the subsidized housing is to lure film makers and TV show producers to the area to create jobs and subsequently put more money into the system. Funny how things come full circle like that huh?
we are a socialist country. I am sick and tired of paying for everyone. Why do I always have to pay for everyone else? To a certain extent I agree that the strong must support the weak, however i am getting sick of paying for all the weak..all the time.
Any of you artsy fartsy Liberals that want to bolster your quite mistaken feeling of intellectual and moral superiority by fawning over some dullards paint splashed incoherently on a canvas can do so by first getting out your cheque books. Fund this garbage yourself. Most hard working Canadians would rather their tax dollars go to things like Health Care or Education. Not to supporting some lazy bum who calls himself an artist instead of a deadbeat!
Dear Ezra...don't you guys listen to newscasts?...did you not hear the one about cuts beeing made by the Harper governement to pension and health services givin out to veterans?...I mean , get your act straight!!...and what about war itself?...is it really worth all the money that we put into it to serve the corporate agenda?...corporations that then moove in to destroy the environnement, exploit poor people and put all the money into there own pockets?...people aren't that stupid? or are they?
stop subsidizing art NOW! complete waste of taxpayer money. Good art will prosper through demand and bad art will die off. leave it to capitalism. especially something so non-essential.
@33comoro Lmao, I'm 150 pounds and a Canadian citizen, and if all your going to do is throw insults at me then I guess I proved my point.
You liberals truly have no backbone. You are a leach feeding off the hard work of others. Pay for your own art, I have no responsibility to keep you entertained.
Excellent report as always Ezra. Don't pay any attention to the leftist trolls and anti-semites who trash you. They are typical of the freaks populating the dregs of our society. They're leeches who have been spoiled rotten by government funding. BTW I am an artist myself. I get no gov't funding but have to sell my product to earn... I said EARN a living.
@eimb1999 me too! watercolor/acrylic artist. I struggled and almost became homeless but I researched affiliate marketing. I finished my first site building campaign and can now pay for rent, food and my college art degree.
@ebonypimpify : Excellent! I'm glad to hear that you did it on your own without gov't help. Much more satisfying and you have a right to be even MORE proud of your work. Gov't subsidizing is for lazy people and idiots.
Hopefully levant dies of fucking heart disease soon. Fat obnoxsious cunt of a man. I'm not even left wing, I just call it as I see it, and I see pure fucking evil. His death due to health issues (fat fuckery) would bring tears of happiness to my face. One less demon roaming around. STUPID FUCKING MAN!
Artists have to prove their income is below $29 797 a year and qualify as a professional artist—someone with specialized training and who can articulate their long and short-term goals as an artist, among other defined qualifications. Then the artist pays $2000 in membership fees, similar to a co-op system of living, after which they will pay monthly rent at a rate of $775. That's a fact.
My prediction: Sun News rating will go through the roof..they, like FOX, will take that as an indication that people agree with them..while in reality more and more on the other side will actually be the ones watching just to see what ridiculous bullshit they are going to say next. Like Fox, most of their Youtube clips show the reality of peoples opinions with the amount of dislikes and/or comments in majority favor AGAINST Sun's opinions and biases.
Ezra lies. .. again. No surprise. The residences are not free to the artist. The artist has to apply and qualify.. pay $2000 for membership and then pay rent of $775 per month. Why iz Ezra comparing the murder rate to Art Habitat? He attempts to correlate Edmontons muder rate with funding the arts.
hanksnow82 - Sorry to sound short with you. Want I mean by the last two sentences there: Sun Media doesn't do its research thoroughly - or in a balanced way. Its job seems to be to inflame people about its misinformed opinions on one side and alienate people on the other side. This adds nothing to our already fractured society, does it? I, hopefully, bring some people joy with what I do - though they might not understand it directly. This adds something to our world. I should be paid well.
hanksnow82 - Neither am I pal, not in the sense that you or this network imply anyway. Yep that's right: I'm a taxpayer. Not only for income though. I own a house so I pay lot's of taxes every year on that, as well. Also something you probably don't know is that, when one receives a grant, one pays taxes on it. In my case I make most of my money on corporate gigs, club gigs, recording dates and teaching. That's right PRIVATE money. The Sun news network adds nothing to this society. I do.
Blah blah blah, what do these two idiots contribute to society, exactly? This "journalism" is simply produced to excite pacemakers all over the nation. Ever try making a living as an artist? Yes it's tough all over, I know. But really, try making a go of it as an artist - 'unsubsidized' - see what happens. Besides the fact remains that the people in ArtsHab pay for their places to stay - no free ride - but more time to work. I
@mbuthogloradiance Neither of these two are sucking on the government tit and i bet both are paying far more in taxes then you are . This is just another example " artists "of wasting my tax dollars
If the artists living there are "poor, below the poverty line" maybe they should spend less time painting pictures nobody wants to buy and develop a marketable skill? We all live with our choices in life except for the hardworking, taxpaying average slob who is constantly shaken down for more and more of his paycheck to fund this kind of garbage.
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@3conche I don't even understand your comment, how do I know what things? By reading and researching, by talking to people that actually live in that building and knowing how much they pay to live there? It's not free by any stretch of the imagination. What we have here is a difference of value judgements, you seem to think all art has a dollar value they should get for creating it, if they aren't making enough to live on, then they aren't making worthwhile art. I disagree with that idea.
@3conche Uhhh you should read the two posts in the additional information. It's not free housing, that's the entire point. This is 6 minutes of misrepresentative journalism. It's subsidized housing. Also the pictures they use aren't even the actual housing unit, nor do they talk to anyone actually involved in the project or artists living there.
And all of the artists living in that housing unit are poor, below poverty line. Maybe you should read more
Does this guy try to have an American accent? Does not sound like a Canadian at all, thats no way to attract a Canadian audience. What a crap network.
more police why not call us the USA, why not get to the reason for crime which is mostly, drugs and prostitution and the killing because of this, free society and in turn allow each the dignity of choice and not telling others what to do, do not harm others and teach the young the truths, have peace officers not law enforcement.
So...a guy from Calgary, talks to a woman from Vancouver, about subsidized housing in Edmonton... uh... wtf?
I was waiting the whole time for them to talk to someone from Edmonton, as you know...it's their tax money being spent. Guess they couldn't find someone who disagreed...
Also, hasn't it been called "Deadmonton" for a while now? I always thought it was because nothing exciting ever happened there.
@DesolatorMKX this woman from Vancouver is a journalist that works on behalf of Sun News Network and has researched the subject at hand and is giving her report / conclusions. Here is the point of this news network: to point out government waste among other things pertaining to a Classical Liberal Philosophy or point of view which there is so little of in the world today!!!
LOL Sun News is a joke
samhalal 2 weeks ago
Clearly the subsidized housing is to lure film makers and TV show producers to the area to create jobs and subsequently put more money into the system. Funny how things come full circle like that huh?
Sellons 4 weeks ago
lmao Sun news is so shit, it trys to hard and fails.
SandroValdes357 1 month ago
we are a socialist country. I am sick and tired of paying for everyone. Why do I always have to pay for everyone else? To a certain extent I agree that the strong must support the weak, however i am getting sick of paying for all the weak..all the time.
hoganbond 2 months ago
Sun news is pure garbage
Deprofundis2 2 months ago
that guy is sucking that "woman's" cock too much, hence the lisp
georgie7777888 2 months ago
More tax dollars completely wasted.
Any of you artsy fartsy Liberals that want to bolster your quite mistaken feeling of intellectual and moral superiority by fawning over some dullards paint splashed incoherently on a canvas can do so by first getting out your cheque books. Fund this garbage yourself. Most hard working Canadians would rather their tax dollars go to things like Health Care or Education. Not to supporting some lazy bum who calls himself an artist instead of a deadbeat!
RobertMcCall2012 3 months ago
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t35tf0r3ch0 2 weeks ago
Journalist: ''Why is art so special?'' . No use to argue with these people.
kainfury 3 months ago
idiots!
tranceplante 3 months ago
build prisons
nesan21 3 months ago
Dear Ezra...don't you guys listen to newscasts?...did you not hear the one about cuts beeing made by the Harper governement to pension and health services givin out to veterans?...I mean , get your act straight!!...and what about war itself?...is it really worth all the money that we put into it to serve the corporate agenda?...corporations that then moove in to destroy the environnement, exploit poor people and put all the money into there own pockets?...people aren't that stupid? or are they?
rickthelup 3 months ago
stop subsidizing art NOW! complete waste of taxpayer money. Good art will prosper through demand and bad art will die off. leave it to capitalism. especially something so non-essential.
LasagnaIsGood 4 months ago
@LasagnaIsGood No good art can be created through money. Art is corrupted by money. Just look at Hollywood cinema, it suck.
Nairolfztoh 4 months ago
@LasagnaIsGood from your nickname, I assume your a fat stupid american junk?---) don't tell me lasagna is italian garfield...
33comoro 3 months ago
@33comoro Lmao, I'm 150 pounds and a Canadian citizen, and if all your going to do is throw insults at me then I guess I proved my point.
You liberals truly have no backbone. You are a leach feeding off the hard work of others. Pay for your own art, I have no responsibility to keep you entertained.
LasagnaIsGood 3 months ago
@LasagnaIsGood I find it funny that you call me a liberal. I don't know if you need to be categorized to feel powerful but I sure don't need it.
33comoro 3 months ago
Why should ANYONE get housing based on taxes?
That is THEFT plain and simple.
EESASTORM 4 months ago
Fuck Fox News, if any of you read this, I hope you know that I would not lose a wink of sleep if you all dropped dead.
HasBeenProductions01 4 months ago
Ryan77 and motion474
You 2 pinheads aren't fit to eat the corn out of Ezra's shit. Brainwashed assholes.
rxc128 5 months ago
Excellent report as always Ezra. Don't pay any attention to the leftist trolls and anti-semites who trash you. They are typical of the freaks populating the dregs of our society. They're leeches who have been spoiled rotten by government funding. BTW I am an artist myself. I get no gov't funding but have to sell my product to earn... I said EARN a living.
eimb1999 5 months ago
@eimb1999 me too! watercolor/acrylic artist. I struggled and almost became homeless but I researched affiliate marketing. I finished my first site building campaign and can now pay for rent, food and my college art degree.
Nothing beats the satisfaction of EARNING.
ebonypimpify 5 months ago
@ebonypimpify : Excellent! I'm glad to hear that you did it on your own without gov't help. Much more satisfying and you have a right to be even MORE proud of your work. Gov't subsidizing is for lazy people and idiots.
eimb1999 5 months ago
Hopefully levant dies of fucking heart disease soon. Fat obnoxsious cunt of a man. I'm not even left wing, I just call it as I see it, and I see pure fucking evil. His death due to health issues (fat fuckery) would bring tears of happiness to my face. One less demon roaming around. STUPID FUCKING MAN!
motion474 6 months ago 2
Of course they hate the poor. Sun Media is owned by Israelis. Look at their hosts.
woodbinedrinker 6 months ago
@woodbinedrinker IT IS OWN BY PIERRE KARL PELADEAU, NOT JEWS, what a stupid comment
MATHBORE 6 months ago
@MATHBORE Take a bath you filthy pot head
woodbinedrinker 6 months ago
Artists have to prove their income is below $29 797 a year and qualify as a professional artist—someone with specialized training and who can articulate their long and short-term goals as an artist, among other defined qualifications. Then the artist pays $2000 in membership fees, similar to a co-op system of living, after which they will pay monthly rent at a rate of $775. That's a fact.
rfsbombers 6 months ago 4
go back to the US you nutcases, no one cares about your misguided and uninformed opinions
climbingorangutan 7 months ago
Ezra Levant is a small-minded moron.
Rylan77 7 months ago
My prediction: Sun News rating will go through the roof..they, like FOX, will take that as an indication that people agree with them..while in reality more and more on the other side will actually be the ones watching just to see what ridiculous bullshit they are going to say next. Like Fox, most of their Youtube clips show the reality of peoples opinions with the amount of dislikes and/or comments in majority favor AGAINST Sun's opinions and biases.
SkinnyWmn69 7 months ago
Ezra lies. .. again. No surprise. The residences are not free to the artist. The artist has to apply and qualify.. pay $2000 for membership and then pay rent of $775 per month. Why iz Ezra comparing the murder rate to Art Habitat? He attempts to correlate Edmontons muder rate with funding the arts.
DaveMartinCanuck 7 months ago
eat shit and die sun news network
groundless 7 months ago
hanksnow82 - Sorry to sound short with you. Want I mean by the last two sentences there: Sun Media doesn't do its research thoroughly - or in a balanced way. Its job seems to be to inflame people about its misinformed opinions on one side and alienate people on the other side. This adds nothing to our already fractured society, does it? I, hopefully, bring some people joy with what I do - though they might not understand it directly. This adds something to our world. I should be paid well.
mbuthogloradiance 7 months ago
hanksnow82 - Neither am I pal, not in the sense that you or this network imply anyway. Yep that's right: I'm a taxpayer. Not only for income though. I own a house so I pay lot's of taxes every year on that, as well. Also something you probably don't know is that, when one receives a grant, one pays taxes on it. In my case I make most of my money on corporate gigs, club gigs, recording dates and teaching. That's right PRIVATE money. The Sun news network adds nothing to this society. I do.
mbuthogloradiance 7 months ago
Blah blah blah, what do these two idiots contribute to society, exactly? This "journalism" is simply produced to excite pacemakers all over the nation. Ever try making a living as an artist? Yes it's tough all over, I know. But really, try making a go of it as an artist - 'unsubsidized' - see what happens. Besides the fact remains that the people in ArtsHab pay for their places to stay - no free ride - but more time to work. I
mbuthogloradiance 7 months ago
@mbuthogloradiance Neither of these two are sucking on the government tit and i bet both are paying far more in taxes then you are . This is just another example " artists "of wasting my tax dollars
hanksnow82 7 months ago
If the artists living there are "poor, below the poverty line" maybe they should spend less time painting pictures nobody wants to buy and develop a marketable skill? We all live with our choices in life except for the hardworking, taxpaying average slob who is constantly shaken down for more and more of his paycheck to fund this kind of garbage.
Harbinger343 8 months ago
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3conche 8 months ago
@3conche I don't even understand your comment, how do I know what things? By reading and researching, by talking to people that actually live in that building and knowing how much they pay to live there? It's not free by any stretch of the imagination. What we have here is a difference of value judgements, you seem to think all art has a dollar value they should get for creating it, if they aren't making enough to live on, then they aren't making worthwhile art. I disagree with that idea.
DarkNidhogg 8 months ago
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3conche 8 months ago
@3conche Uhhh you should read the two posts in the additional information. It's not free housing, that's the entire point. This is 6 minutes of misrepresentative journalism. It's subsidized housing. Also the pictures they use aren't even the actual housing unit, nor do they talk to anyone actually involved in the project or artists living there.
And all of the artists living in that housing unit are poor, below poverty line. Maybe you should read more
DarkNidhogg 8 months ago 2
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3conche 8 months ago
Subsidized housing is an incredibly awful idea for so many reasons.
Once again we have the government propping up a fail.
In the US they prop up failing companies. Here in Canada we prop up failing artists?
What. The. Fuck.
I dont think people realize the consequences...
either that or you're all incredibly ignorant regarding economics.
treysparker 8 months ago
Does this guy try to have an American accent? Does not sound like a Canadian at all, thats no way to attract a Canadian audience. What a crap network.
Altusreviews 8 months ago
more police why not call us the USA, why not get to the reason for crime which is mostly, drugs and prostitution and the killing because of this, free society and in turn allow each the dignity of choice and not telling others what to do, do not harm others and teach the young the truths, have peace officers not law enforcement.
taetoe1 8 months ago
It almost sounds more like Nancy Grace, I thought innacurate opiniated journalism was more of an American problem
febolove 8 months ago 3
I'll betcha a dollar!
thisiswilson2 8 months ago
This girl sounds SO dumb.
thisiswilson2 8 months ago
Is this Fox?
squallz13 8 months ago 13
@squallz13 Practically. It's actually the Sun News Network, our Fox News of the North in other words.
DarkNidhogg 8 months ago 10
So...a guy from Calgary, talks to a woman from Vancouver, about subsidized housing in Edmonton... uh... wtf?
I was waiting the whole time for them to talk to someone from Edmonton, as you know...it's their tax money being spent. Guess they couldn't find someone who disagreed...
Also, hasn't it been called "Deadmonton" for a while now? I always thought it was because nothing exciting ever happened there.
DesolatorMKX 8 months ago 14
@DesolatorMKX this woman from Vancouver is a journalist that works on behalf of Sun News Network and has researched the subject at hand and is giving her report / conclusions. Here is the point of this news network: to point out government waste among other things pertaining to a Classical Liberal Philosophy or point of view which there is so little of in the world today!!!
uhaegde2wiceover 5 months ago
So infuriating... the 'Spin Doctors' are NOT real artists.
mschulte37 8 months ago 2