FROM OF THE DESK of Alain Pineau: Update on CCA’s 2006 Federal Election Advocacy

CCA Bul­letin 03/06

Decem­ber 8, 2005

The fed­eral elec­tion cam­paign is now in full swing and the CCA is on the case. If you are inter­ested in the pro­mo­tion and pro­tec­tion of the arts and cul­tural sec­tor in Canada,keep an eye on your email and take action!!  In the course of the next sev­eral weeks, this is what you can expect to see from the CCA elec­tion desk:

· a pro­file of how each fed­eral party fared in the last Par­lia­ment, what was achieved, what wasn’t and what is promised for the future,

· key issues for the cul­tural sec­tor from the van­tage point of the CCA,

· an analy­sis of the cul­ture plat­forms of each fed­eral party,

· a “door-step” tool to help you when a can­di­date comes call­ing to your door, or when attend­ing an all can­di­dates meeting,

· a full dis­clo­sure of the fed­eral par­ties answers to ques­tions on cul­ture devel­oped by the CCA,

· a post-campaign analy­sis of what the returns may mean for the arts and cul­tural industries

Of course, you can also expect to receive bul­letins and updates on issues as they present them­selvesthrough­out the fed­eral elec­tion cam­paign. Per­son­ally deliv­ered to our mem­bers, our cov­er­age will beavail­able to all on our web­site at www.ccarts.ca/en/2005ElectionNews1.htm, so spread the word!  Ifyou are not cur­rently a mem­ber of the CCA, do con­sider adding your voice to ours and sup­port ouron­go­ing efforts! www.ccarts.ca/en/members/join/

The CCA is a non-partisan orga­ni­za­tion and we will hon­our this sta­tus while pro­vid­ing our mem­ber­sand the cul­tural sec­tor with the most infor­ma­tion we can gar­ner on issues that effect artists, creators,arts orga­ni­za­tions and the cul­tural indus­tries.  We will present party plat­forms in their full unedit­ed­form, and we will also share any feed­back we receive from polit­i­cal par­ties on the cov­er­age of the­cam­paign by the CCA.

The CCA also encour­ages its mem­bers to send poten­tial ques­tions for the tele­vised lead­ers’ debates.Any ques­tions that you or your orga­ni­za­tion would like the party lead­ers to answer dur­ing thede­bates should be for­warded to question@electiondebate.ca; it would be appre­ci­ated if you could­share your ques­tions with us info@ccarts.ca.  The CCA will endeav­our to seek answers from thep­ar­ties directly and we will share such responses with you once we receive them.

The CCA believes that an elec­tion is an impor­tant moment in our national life.  It is our inten­tion topro­vide you with the most infor­ma­tion we can gather to help you make an informed and respon­si­ble­choice on Jan­u­ary 23, 2006.  If you have any sug­ges­tions about other infor­ma­tion that you would liketo receive from the CCA, please let me know at alain.pineau@ccarts.ca.