Premier Kathleen Wynne is making a song and dance about increasing arts funding — just in time for next year’s election.

In campaign-style announcement at Toronto’s Berkeley Street Theatre, Wynne said annual funding to the Ontario Arts Council will increase by $50 million over the next four years.

“When we invest in the Ontario Arts Council, we are investing in much more than our thriving arts sector,” Wynne said Tuesday.

“We are investing in our young people, our communities, and our capacity to build a more creative, more inclusive, more innovative society,” she said.

Last year, the arts council contributed funds to 1,657 artists and 1,098 to organizations in 212 communities across the province.

Ontarians go to the polls on June 7, 2018.

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