Amazing what forced “Canadian Content” and a “Canadian Culture” that has been created not naturally by, you know, “citizens”, per se, but by know-it-all state bureaucrats and which has then been force-funded by taxpayers (Iranian-style!), can do for an otherwise supposedly free population, and what that population finds itself interested in.
Not, apparently the liberal-fest called the Juno Awards…
Toronto Sun poll – April 7 2008
As regular readers know, I like to spot the number of ubiquitous 
liberal nanny-state sponsorship and government-created ‘culture’ logos in or at, well, pretty much any “festivities” that take place in Canada today, or on any even remotely Canadian production. As a taxpayer, I feel obligated! And as usual, at the Junos, it’s a complicated mix of interdependent state agencies and those that are state-funded that present it for you.
Here’s a partial list on the Juno web page. Spot the myriad government “involvement” and “investment” and “sponsorship” of all this “free thinking” “artistry”:
I noticed the “Factor” logo, which I didn’t recognize, so I delved into it a bit. On their web page they say, in part:
FACTOR, The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings, was founded in 1982 by CHUM Limited, Moffat Communications and Rogers Broadcasting Limited, in conjunction with the Canadian Independent Record Producers Association (CIRPA) and the Canadian Music Publishers Association (CMPA). Standard Broadcasting merged its Canadian Talent Library (CTL) development fund with FACTOR’s in 1985.
As a private non-profit organization, FACTOR is dedicated to providing assistance toward the growth and development of the Canadian independent recording industry. The foundation administers the voluntary contributions from sponsoring radio broadcasters as well as two components of the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Canada Music Fund Council’s programs to support the Canadian music industry. FACTOR has been managing federal funds since the inception of the Sound Recording Development Program in 1986 (now known as the Canada Music Fund Council).
And sure enough, the Factor web page includes this logo:
And of course that Factor web site led me to what the Factor page referred to as the “Canadian Music Fund”. Here’s that page…
…and so on, and so on… ad infinitum…
Your tax dollars at work:
I wrote about last year’s liberal-fest, the more overt politics from which this year’s event seemed to have been mercifully spared:
Meanwhile, the brainiac boob Anderson joined the liberal-fest in Halifax over the weekend and got booed by her fans, the young folks. She helped (that was a question) host the Juno awards—which is Canada’s effort at mimicking the American-style Grammy awards liberal-fest. Neither show is a bastion of intellectual brilliance. But as usual, although we know the ingredients going in, we never know exactly what it will look like when it comes out the other end.
As expected, Anderson’s turn at hosting proved more memorable for her revealing outfits than her dialogue, although she did use the prime-time show to take a few digs at the East Coast seal hunt.
“I don’t mind a little blood on the ice when it’s a hockey rink, but I hate seeing blood on the ice when it’s from baby seals,” said the model and actor from Ladysmith, B.C., who’s been lobbying Ottawa to end the annual hunt.
The 7,500 people gathered at the Halifax Metro Centre reacted with loud boos and just a few cheers.
“I can take it,” she shot back. “I have high heels and they dig in deep.”
Wow. Threatening violence Pam? Against the young human pups in the audience?
This year, excellent entertainment reporter Jane Stevenson (Toronto Sun) caught famous crooner Michael Buble in a moment of tremendous class of a different kind:
The other big nominee heading into the weekend was Vancouver crooner Michael Buble, who was up for five Junos but won only the Doritos Juno Fan Choice Award.
“This is huge,” Buble said. “I’m so proud to be a Canadian. And I’d like to thank Doritos for making such tasty treats. Sometimes when I eat them, my fingers, they go orange, but it’s worth it. This is for all those people that said I couldn’t vote for myself enough times to win!”
Backstage, Buble continued the Doritos feeding theme.
“I just learned when you’re eating them, you should never watch dirty movies afterwards,” he said as reporters laughed. “I thought something was really wrong with me. That’s so disgustingly high class.”
Yup. Hiiiiiiigh class. Thanks Doritos, and all you taxpayers.
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