[CaptainCrunch]

Art is subjective, one mans art is another mans toilet, thats another reason why I have problems with art funding in general.

Not every piece of art represents defined Canadian culture, yet the government has to decide on what showings and galleries and film artists get funding for examples, and it suddenly becomes an implied argument of censorship if the government funds lets say "Man peeing in coke glass" and doesn't fund or funds less for "Lillies in the field".

Honestly, to me, Art should be funded through the private sector and not the public sector.

Films are released to the public for consumption, and there are dollars associated to that, if I don't like it, my personal money shouldn't go to it, and I get offended if my tax dollars go to it. That film should live and die through box office and DVD sales.

In terms of art, gallaries should be more active in generating interest in these artists, and trying to sell tickets and selling the pieces. Again if they don't get the public response that is sufficient to support that form of art, then they need to reconsider their target audience.

If the Canadian government had major film studios we'd still be bailing out the makers of Water World because they considered that film to be an art form and could have requested funding for it.