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originally posted by: intrepid
....If a private entity they can do as they choose.
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra would like to thank the following for their financial support:
The Canada Council for the Arts
The Ontario Arts Council
The Ontario Trillium Foundation
The Ontario Arts Foundation
The City of Toronto
originally posted by: soficrow
Moreover, the TSO is licensed as a tax-exempt charity in Canada, which should ensure that the organization be held to the highest standards of respect for human rights and freedoms.
originally posted by: peck420
originally posted by: soficrow
Moreover, the TSO is licensed as a tax-exempt charity in Canada, which should ensure that the organization be held to the highest standards of respect for human rights and freedoms.
Getting your contract terminated for inflammatory statements doesn't infringe on any rights though...so, I fail to see how they are not upholding the standards.
When the government stops her from communicating her opinion at all...then you may have a rights infringement case.
originally posted by: soficrow
The TSO claimed Lisitsa was "inciting hatred" and tried to cancel Lisitsa's contract, but couldn't do it legally. So we are paying, with our tax dollars, for her NOT to play out her legally-upheld contract with the TSO. The TSO does NOT have the law on its side.
And the TSO is censoring an artist - quite a slippery slope for an artistic organization.
originally posted by: WilsonWilson
a reply to: soficrow
I dont agree with you, if your employee is expressing offenisve opnions which bring your organisation into disrepute, you think they should be forced to keep that person there, no matter what negative effect it has on them?
originally posted by: peck420
originally posted by: soficrow
The TSO claimed Lisitsa was "inciting hatred" and tried to cancel Lisitsa's contract, but couldn't do it legally. So we are paying, with our tax dollars, for her NOT to play out her legally-upheld contract with the TSO. The TSO does NOT have the law on its side.
And the TSO is censoring an artist - quite a slippery slope for an artistic organization.
That is incorrect.
TSO received complaints from patrons, they did not make any claims themselves. Here is an article where Lisitsa backs that up: Pianist says TSO donor threatened to cut funds if she performs.
Quite frankly, slippery slope or not (G&M has an good article on this aspect, btw: Why the TSO set a terrible precedent by barring pianist Valentina Lisitsa), business' that rely on independent patronage do have to respond to the complaints from said patronage. That's not to say that TSO handled it the best possible way, just that they did have to do something.
...so eager to tromp all over the TSO's rights. If WE have rights...we ALL have those rights.