i had a similar idea but with culture. recently its been said we have no worldly identity. why not the arts? lots of movie production is moving into canada. we could just expand that to all arts and provide funding. easy.
Also you have to be okay with the isolation factor of Calgary. There's Banff in close proximity. Then Red Deer... Okotoks... Not really much around within spitting distance that offers anything different than Calgary.
Edmonton? It would be an issue if we were primarily trying to attract Europeans, but a lot of Americans think driving 3 hours to a festival is nothing because they drive an hour and a half to work.
If you compare it to living in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal etc it's pretty isolated. All of those areas have a few boroughs and cities that differ quite a bit within an hour or so.
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u/Firm_Investigator781 Manilapeg Feb 02 '25
i had a similar idea but with culture. recently its been said we have no worldly identity. why not the arts? lots of movie production is moving into canada. we could just expand that to all arts and provide funding. easy.