COVID-19 pandemic triggers social, economic devastation among Canada's cultural workers
COVID-19 pandemic triggers social, economic devastation among Canada’s cultural workers The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the precarious state of Canada’s cultural workers, and the contempt of the ruling elite for artists and the arts. Toronto's Paradise Theatre left a message on its marquee as it temporarily closed its doors. (Peter Knegt/CBC) Workers in Canada’s arts and culture sector were some of the country’s most vulnerable, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2019, 450,000 workers laboured to produce music, live theatre, film, television, dance, radio and the visual arts, in ...