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Written by:  Edgar Cowan, John Hobday and Ian Wilson Culture is lost at Canada’s economic crossroads. Sixty years ago, the Massey report created our first cultural “road map” by boldly recommending the establishment of a Canada Council to support our creative and interpretive artists … affirmed the importance of culture to [our] society and linked the development of a distinctive Canadian culture to our sovereignty and survival. However, culture has since been relegated to “niche” status under successive governments, and the cultural sector as a whole has been relegated to the periphery of policy-making. Read more: The Globe & Mail - Sept 4 2012