26 days ago
CBC
Ahead of the Quebec provincial budget, expected to be tabled in early March, 16 Montreal festivals say their futures are at risk if they lose any funding. (Canadian Press)Fabienne Colas, the founder of Festival Haïti en Folie and the Montreal Black Film Festival, says her team has always had to fight for proper funding. "Especially us at the Montreal Black Film festival and the festival Haiti en Folie, for example, we are racialized, marginalized groups on top of that. Culture funding has been frozen in the Montreal budget. "This festival is important for many people, many workers and to the tourists who come to Montreal," Rousseau said.
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