IMPORTANT REMINDER REGISTER NOW FOR CHALMERS TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!">IMPORTANT REMINDER REGISTER NOW FOR CHALMERS TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT!
CCA Bulletin 7/06 January 31, 2006 As the country settles down, post-election, to the realities of a Conservative minority government,the next CCA conference provides a particularly timely opportunity for the cultural community tocome together for a sector-wide consultation around cultural policy: what exists, what is stillneeded, and how best to get it. As you already know, CCA’s National Policy Conference, Mapping Canada’s Cultural Policy:Where do we go from here?, is scheduled for March 3 and 4 in Ottawa. This...
read moreThe Canadian Conference of the Arts urges the new Government of Canada to maintain the planned Canada Council budget increase, as well as to strengthen Canada’s arts and culture on the national and international fronts
Ottawa - The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) congratulates all new and returning Members of Parliament for their election to the 39th Parliament of Canada, and welcomes the new government chosen by Canadians. As an important first order of business for the cultural sector, the CCA asks the new government to honour the planned increase to the budget of the Canada Council for the Arts announced last November 23. “Increasing the Canada Council’s budget by $150 million over three years was not a mere pre-election...
read moreCCA urges the new Government of Canada to strengthen our arts and culture on national and international fronts">The CCA urges the new Government of Canada to strengthen our arts and culture on national and international fronts
CCA Bulletin 6/06 January 24, 2006 The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) congratulates all new andreturning Members of Parliament for their election to the 39th Parliament of Canada, and welcomesthe new government chosen by Canadians. As an important first order of business for the culturalsector, the CCA asks the new government to honour the planned increase to the budget of the Canada Council for the Arts announced last November 23. “Increasing the Canada Council’s budget by $150 million over three...
read moreFEDERAL ELECTION IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE… AND THE CCA’S WORK HAS JUST BEGUN">2006 FEDERAL ELECTION IS DRAWING TO A CLOSE… AND THE CCA’S WORK HAS JUST BEGUN
CCA Bulletin 5/06 January 20, 2006 The last few days of Canada’s first winter election in many years has seenpolitical campaigners go into overdrive as they push towards the vote next Monday January 23rd.The media are scrambling to cover the barrage of last-minute repartee and rhetoric, while the country is abuzz with the question: “What will Parliament look like on Tuesday January 24th?” When one considers that the words “arts and culture” never quite made it past the lips of the party leaders, from the sector’s point...
read moreFROM THE DESK of Alain Pineau: MARCH 2006 CONFERENCE REMINDER">FROM THE DESK of Alain Pineau: MARCH 2006 CONFERENCE REMINDER
CCA Bulletin 4 /06 January 19, 2006 – If you have been following the federal election and public opinion polls as intently as the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA), you will doubtlessly feel the winds of change picking up. At the moment it appears that on January 23 2006 the political landscape in this country will be altered when Canadians go to the polls to elect a new federal government. Every Canadian 18 and older has a right to have their say at the polling booth, but what about January 24 2006 and beyond? For those of us...
read moreONE WEEK TO GO IN THE 2006 FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN… ADVOCACY UPDATE FROM THE CCA">ONE WEEK TO GO IN THE 2006 FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN… ADVOCACY UPDATE FROM THE CCA
CCA Bulletin3/06 January 17, 2006 Only seven days remain before Canadians go to the polls in the first federal winter election in a number of years. The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) continues to work steadily to provide our members, stakeholders and supporters with as much useful information as possible with respect to the federal parties’ positions on arts and culture issues. Since our last bulletin 02/06 sent January 9 2006, the following parties have released their official platforms: The Liberal Party...
read moreReality check – Where business left off in the House of Commons
CCA Bulletin 2/06 January 9, 2006 The dissolution of Parliament for a winter election means that work in the House of Commons grinds to a halt. Now that the writ has dropped, there is much to report on where business left off. Several pieces of legislation that would have impacted Canada’s artists, arts organizations, and cultural industries fell from the Order Paper; others passed and received Royal Assent; and the activities of various Standing Committees certainly lost momentum. ACTIVITIES OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON...
read moreFROM THE DESK of Alain Pineau: CCA’S NEW YEAR BEGINS WITH FURTHER FEDERAL ELECTION ADVOCACY">FROM THE DESK of Alain Pineau: CCA’S NEW YEAR BEGINS WITH FURTHER FEDERAL ELECTION ADVOCACY
CCA Bulletin 1/06 January 3, 2006 After a short break for the holiday season, the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) greets the beginning of 2006 in full “elections advocacy mode”. We will continue our efforts to put arts and culture issues on the agenda during the current campaign and I invite all members, stakeholders, and the public to visit the growing section of our website www.ccarts.ca/en/2005ElectionNews1.htm dedicated to CCA’s 2006 federal election advocacy. This bulletin will highlight the growing list of...
read moreThe Canadian Conference of the Arts Welcomes a New National Director
OTTAWA – The Canadian Conference of the Arts, the most important interest-based coalition aimed at promoting arts and culture in Canada, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alain Pineau as National Director. Mr. Pineau comes to the CCA with an impressive track record in broadcasting, cultural industries and volunteerism in the arts. At the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, he was amongst other things Managing Editor of National News for French radio, Vice President, Planning and Regulatory Affairs and Associate Vice...
read moreCCA Update from Parliament Hill">CCA Update from Parliament Hill
Bulletin 40/05 Ottawa, October 19, 2005 – The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) presented “Setting the Stage”, its 2005 pre-budget submission, to the Standing Committee on Finance on Wednesday October 5. The CCA appeared as witnesses alongside ACTRA, one of its member organizations, as well as the Canadian Arts Summit, the Canadian Library Association, the Canadian Association of Archivists and the Canadian Association of Research Libraries. The full text of the 2005 pre-budget submission is available on our...
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