funding and an increased government commitment to financing the production of Canadian TV drama and entertainment programs. She urged the government to call an inquiry into the growing concentration of media ownership, calling it a "threat to democracy." She and her party waged a successful campaign to protect a tax credit for Canadians with severe and prolonged disabilities. Lill also helped establish a parliamentary subcommittee that regularly questioned cabinet ministers on their handling of issues affecting people living with disabilities. Plays Lill wrote her first play in 1979, On the Line, while still working for the CBC in Winnipeg. The play is about the strike by immigrant garment industry women workers in Winnipeg. Her next play was The Fighting Days (1985), examining the early days of the Canadian suffrage movement. Her monodrama The Occupation of Heather Rose (1987) is based on her experience in Northern Ontario. It speaks of a young white idealistic nurse who went to work on the Snake Lake Reservation. The play was nominated for a Governor General Award. Memories of You (1989) is about the controversial life of the female artist Elizabeth Smart. It was nominated for Chalmers Canadian Play Award. Sisters (1991) follows the events revolving around the burning of a residential school by a nun who worked at the school. All Fall Down (1994) is a story about the daycare worker who is charged with sexual abuse and all associated consequences. She also created a radio drama loosely based on her experience, Backbencher, that aired on CBC Radio One in 2010. The series was renewed by CBC for another 12 episodes, and the entire 20 episode series was broadcast on Radio One and the Sirius network in 2011. List of plays On the Line (1979) The Fighting Days (1985) Ikwe (TV Movie, 1986) The Occupation of Heather Rose (1987) Memories of You (1989) Sisters (1991) All Fall Down (1994) The Glace Bay Miners' Museum (1996) (based on the novel by Sheldon Currie, which was separately adapted for the film Margaret's Museum) Corker (1999) Chimera (2007) Messenger (2015) Electoral history Notes References Conolly, Leonard W., ed. (1995) Canadian Drama and the Critics (Revised Edition). Vancouver: Talonbooks. National Film Board of Canada. (1999) Wendy Lill: Playwright in Parliament. Directed by Michael Mahoney and Meredith Ralston. External links Wendy Lill: Playwright in Parliament, NFB film 1950 births Living people Canadian women dramatists and playwrights Women members of