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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
Says who?
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...rticle1803231/
"Calgary, in fact, is the country’s most cultural city by expenditures. In 2008, Calgarians spent $1,020 each on arts events and art works, a two-per-cent increase from 2005. Saskatoon was second in 2008, at $1,000 per capita. Canada’s most populous city, Toronto, ranks seventh ($868), Vancouver is 11th ($795) and Montreal 12th ($722)." |
Look at the what they were including: "Albertans spent the most per capita attending movies – $48.15, with overall theatre admissions totalling $160-million. More than half of the province’s cultural spending ($1.8-billion) went to home-entertainment services and equipment, with expenditures on reading material ($550-million) making up the second-largest category."
I'm sorry, but going to movies and spening money on home-entertainment hardly qualifies as cultural activities in my book. Sure cinema is part of it, but give me a break. That article you cite is pretty much just saying that Calgarians/Albertans have a lot of money to blow.
I don't know how people can argue against a contemporary art museum in Calgary. Those sorts of things add so much value to a city and specifically to that area of that city. Not to mention the populace becomes much more appreciative of the fine arts which may trickle down into more of an arts scene in Calgary.