Federal Election ‘Rules of Engagement’

(Approved by CCA Board of Governors: October 20, 2006)

• The CCA is a non-partisan organization and this reality must be constantly reinforced through all CCA information, communications, and other materials that may be developed during the period of a federal election.

• The CCA will provide as a service to its members information to the arts and culture sector about the issues of concern and about the platforms of the federal parties.

• The CCA will not endorse any candidate or political party based on their electoral platform; the decision to cast a ballot is the right and duty of every Canadian citizen, who will form their judgment on an individual basis.

• The CCA will attempt to explore in depth the positions of each federal party as they affect the interest of the Canadian arts and culture sector, arts supporters, and audiences. In order to do so, the CCA will send identical questions to federal parties and will seek answers that go beyond platitudes.

• The CCA will offer any political party an opportunity to rebut analyses and such rebuttals will be made available to our members and to the sector through bulletins and postings on the CCA web-site.

• The CCA will circulate information from each federal party without amendments or editing.

• In all other respects, the CCA will respect a balance of information to its membership, making available appropriate information from all federal political parties as it is made available.