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JOCELYNE LLOYD: L.M. Montgomery and Rachel Reid prove value of arts to community

I was at a P.E.I. literary event a number of years ago when one of the speakers made remarks about how little attention the sector gets, how paltry the funding and government support, when one considers how much the province continues to profit from a novel published more than 100 years ago.

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Whole industries in Prince Edward Island only exist because of Anne of Green Gables. The literature of Lucy Maud Montgomery fuels our tourism strategies, and descriptions of this Island have inspired generations of professionals to leave other parts of the world to visit and even move here.

So many businesses have built their brand around Anne Shirley that there is an Anne of Green Gables Licensing Authority operated by Montgomery’s heirs with the Government of Prince Edward Island. Presumably that arrangement brings in some revenue, though I’m not sure I’ve seen it spelled out in a provincial budget. The subject of provincial budgets, however, is why I have raised the topic of the benefits of the arts community.

Protests in Nova Scotia

In neighbouring Nova Scotia, rallies in support of the arts are breaking out all over the province after N.S. Premier Tim Houston announced budget cuts to grants supporting a number of organizations and programs devoted to preserving the province’s culture.

A theatre executive director in the Annapolis Valley outlined what the proposed cuts mean during a rally held Wednesday in Annapolis Royal, N.S. that........

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