NEW GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO “LINCOLN REPORT” HESITANT ON QUESTION OF MAINTAINING FOREIGN OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS">NEW GOVERNMENT RESPONSE TO “LINCOLN REPORT” HESITANT ON QUESTION OF MAINTAINING FOREIGN OWNERSHIP RESTRICTIONS
Bulletin16/05 Ottawa, April 7, 2005 — On Monday, the federal government tabled its response to “Our Cultural Sovereignty: the Second Century of Canadian Broadcasting”, known popularly as the “Lincoln Report”, in honour of the Chair of the Standing Committee at the time of its original release in June 2003, Liberal MP Clifford Lincoln. The newly released 60-plus page document, whose official title is “Reinforcing Our Cultural Sovereignty – Setting Priorities for the Canadian Broadcasting System – The...
read moreDÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN’: THIRD ATTEMPT AT BILL C-2 STILL JEOPARDIZES CANADIANS’ CHARTER RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION">DÉJÀ VU ALL OVER AGAIN’: THIRD ATTEMPT AT BILL C-2 STILL JEOPARDIZES CANADIANS’ CHARTER RIGHT TO FREE EXPRESSION
Bulletin 17/05 Ottawa, 7 April 2005 — After its first reading in the House of Commons last October, Bill C-2, An Act to amend the Criminal Code (protection of children and other vulnerable persons) and the Canada Evidence Act, was referred to the Standing Committee on Justice, Human Rights, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness. The Standing Committee commenced their study of Bill C-2 on February 22nd 2005 and is currently holding public hearings in Ottawa. Today the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA),...
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CCA Bulletin 15/05 Ottawa, 1 April 2005 MPs and Young Managers Profiled in Chalmers Afternoon Sessions Building on the success of last year’s Chalmers Conference on government relations, this year’s conference, scheduled for 15 April at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, continues the all-important theme of advocacy. CCA bulletin 11/05 outlined some of the presentations lined up for Chalmers: Glen Milne on how government makes policy, and Tranquillo Marrocco on making sense of the parliamentary process, with playwright and...
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Ottawa, March 29th, 2005 — The President and Chair of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce the confirmation of the thirteen individuals who will form the new CCA Board when the current one is dissolved this April. “Given the quality and vast contributions over the years of these incoming members to Canada’s cultural community, they are, as a group, ideally suited to carrying CCA forward,” stated outgoing CCA President Denise Roy, who will be joining the new...
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Bulletin 13/05 Ottawa, March 29, 2005 — The President and Chair of the Board of Governors of the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is pleased to announce the confirmation of the thirteen individuals who will form the new CCA Board when the current one is dissolved this April. “Given the quality and vast contributions over the years of these incoming members to Canada’s cultural community, they are, as a group, ideally suited to carrying CCA forward,” stated outgoing CCA President Denise Roy, who will be joining the...
read moreFILM POLICY IS CULTURAL POLICY">FILM POLICY IS CULTURAL POLICY
Ottawa, March 29, 2005 — Last December, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage announced that it was going to “conduct a comprehensive study on the evolving role of the federal government in support of the Canadian feature film industry”. The Standing Committee stated that the focus of their study would be on the “influence and effectiveness of the Government of Canada’s Canadian Feature Film Policy (2000)”, as well as “the structure and effectiveness of existing direct and indirect...
read moreDON’T UNDERESTIMATE “THE ESTIMATES”">DON’T UNDERESTIMATE “THE ESTIMATES”
Bulletin 12/05 Ottawa, March 17, 2005 — As part of its overarching commitment to “secure Canada’s social foundations”, the federal government’s Budget Plan 2005 announced significant support for Canada’s arts, culture and heritage sector, primarily through $192 million annually — until March 2010 — for the renewal of the funding program known as Tomorrow Starts Today. Granted this fiscal commitment is a historic one and is much welcomed by the sector, but one must always heed caution until specifics are known;...
read moreCHALMERS 2005 – HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE “CHAOTIC MARKETPLACE” OF GOVERNMENT POLICY PROCESS">CHALMERS 2005 – HOW TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE “CHAOTIC MARKETPLACE” OF GOVERNMENT POLICY PROCESS
Bulletin 11/05 Ottawa, March 11, 2005 — “The policy process happens in an environment that is as much a chaotic marketplace as a planned system. It has rules and expectations for roles and process, but these can be abbreviated or altered by the Prime Minister and Government to suit the task at hand. It is always in the throes of important changes – particularly in the role and structure of cabinet committees, and usually without much public notice…. Government agencies are wary of defining something...
read moreTHE DEPARTMENT OF CANADIAN HERITAGE RESPONDS TO THE FEDERAL BUDGET">THE DEPARTMENT OF CANADIAN HERITAGE RESPONDS TO THE FEDERAL BUDGET
Bulletin10/05 Ottawa, February 24, 2005 — Officials in the Department of Canadian Heritage, including Minister of Canadian Heritage Liza Fulla, have further clarified some of the figures stated in yesterday’s budget for the five-year extension of the Tomorrow Starts Today funding program. (See Bulletin 09/05 — TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE IN CANADA). “The Government has confirmed and stabilized funding for the arts and culture programs under the Tomorrow Starts Today initiative in the amount of $860...
read moreTOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE IN CANADA">TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY FOR THE ARTS AND CULTURE IN CANADA
Bulletin 9/05 Ottawa, February 23, 2005 — Finance Minister Ralph Goodale introduced his second federal budget in the House of Commons late this afternoon, and his first for Paul Martin’s Liberal minority government. Many in the arts and cultural sector across Canada have been on pins and needles over what this budget might have in store for the sector. For weeks, the Canadian media has been flush with rumours that this would be a “something for everyone” budget, though the arts, culture, and heritage sector have heard this song before...
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