NB: This is an adjusted version of an earlier letter
ATTN:
Mr. Claude Joli-Coeur, Government Film Commissioner and Chairperson National Film Board of Canada
Mr. François Tremblay, Head of Institutional, Legal and Human Resources
National Film Board of Canada
Ms. Julie Roy, Director General of Creation and Innovation
National Film Board of Canada
1501, De Bleury Street
Montreal, (Qc)
H3A 0H3
Friday, November 13th, 2020
Dear NFB,
A former filmmaker has recently alleged that the Canadian public film industry has been infected by a culture of racial discrimination. The allegation involves both a film proposal being denied after the filmmaker was told that “now is not a time for stories about white men”, as well as a broad worry among documentarians over having proposals denied for being “too white.”
Students for Western Civilisation calls on Commissioner and Chairperson Mr. Claude Joli-Coeur, the NFB Board of Trustees, and the Management Team to use their power to investigate these alleged claims of anti-white discrimination and, more generally, to ensure against such discriminatory practices by its partner-organizations in future.
We thank NFB’s leaders for their attention on this matter and look forward to working with the NFB in future.
Sincerely,
Students for Western Civilisation
Cc:
Heritage Minister, Steven Guilbeault
Conservative Party Heritage Shadow Minister, Alain Rayes
New Democratic Party Heritage Shadow Minister, Peter Julian
About us
Students for Western Civilisation is composed of students and alumni from universities across Canada. Based in the Greater Toronto Area, our organization seeks to affirm the rights, interests and identity of European-Canadians by promoting viewpoint diversity in academia and the media; combating anti-white discrimination; fighting anti-white hate speech; and preserving and enhancing our cultural heritage.