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Statistics Canada Releases Data on Government Expenditures on Culture for 2004/2006

CCA Bul­letin 47/08 Novem­ber 13, 2008 Just the Facts Sta­tis­tics Canada has released new data on gov­ern­ment expen­di­tures on cul­ture for the fis­cal years 2004/05 and 2005/06. These data show that over the two years, provin­cial and ter­ri­to­r­ial government’s invest­ments in arts and cul­ture increased by $ 160 mil­lion, while the fed­eral government’s over­all con­tri­bu­tion decreased by $ 50 million. Over­all fed­eral spend­ing for 2005/06 was $ 3.55 bil­lion, down from spend­ing in...

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The CCA and Freedom of Expression – The Endless Battle

  CCA Bul­letin 46/08 Novem­ber 3, 2008 Paper pre­sented at the Pub­lic Issues Com­mu­nity Forum Uni­ver­sity of Vic­to­ria, Octo­ber 23, 2008 “The free com­mu­ni­ca­tion of thought and opin­ion is one of the most pre­cious rights of man; every cit­i­zen may there­fore speak, write and print freely.” French National Assem­bly, 1789 Free­dom of expres­sion is one of the hall­marks of a truly demo­c­ra­tic soci­ety. In Canada, as in other nations around the world, this free­dom is enshrined...

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Prime Minister Harper’s New Cabinet: New Faces and Roles

CCA Bul­letin 45/08 Octo­ber 30th, 2008 Just the Facts This morn­ing, the Gov­er­nor Gen­eral of Canada, the Right Hon. Michaëlle Jean, presided over the swear­ing in of Canada’s new Cab­i­net. The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) would like to take this oppor­tu­nity to wel­come the new Min­is­ter of Cana­dian Her­itage and Offi­cial Lan­guages, the Hon. James Moore. The CCA looks for­ward to work­ing with the Min­is­ter and Depart­ment of Cana­dian Her­itage to encour­age a promi­nent...

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The Votes are In: CCA Getting Ready for the 40th Parliament!

  CCA Bul­letin 44/08 Octo­ber 15, 2008 Just the Facts Cana­di­ans have spo­ken and now all atten­tion turns to the busi­ness of the 40th Par­lia­ment and the renewed minor­ity man­date of the Con­ser­v­a­tive Party of Canada. The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) con­grat­u­lates all those who ran as can­di­dates in the gen­eral elec­tion, whether they were suc­cess­ful or not. Their con­vic­tion to serve Canada is some­thing that we can all appre­ci­ate and is the very heart of...

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CCA Research Report: The Effects of Administrative Reforms on the Activities of Advocacy Groups

CCA Bul­letin 42/08  Octo­ber 9, 2008 Just the facts In prepa­ra­tion for the con­sul­ta­tions it has orga­nized over the com­ing two months in 14 cities through­out Canada, lead­ing to the March 11–12, 2009 National Pol­icy Con­fer­ence in Ottawa, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) has com­mis­sioned research papers to pro­vide a com­mon back­ground for the dis­cus­sions with its mem­bers and other stake­hold­ers inter­ested in art and cul­ture in the country. We are pleased to...

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Making a Single Case for the Arts: An International Perspective

Exec­u­tive summary   In Canada, the cul­tural sec­tor is diver­si­fied and rather frag­mented and, for a vari­ety of rea­sons, it has been impos­si­ble so far to artic­u­late a coher­ent cul­tural pol­icy at the national level. There was a time when the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence for the Arts was the sin­gle, over­ar­ch­ing orga­ni­za­tion rep­re­sent­ing the inter­ests of all artis­tic dis­ci­plines in all regions. Nowa­days, pro­fes­sional, discipline-specific orga­ni­za­tions have devel­oped to...

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FROM THE DESK of Alain Pineau: Open Letter to Canadian Political Leaders and Cultural Organization Leaders

CCA Bul­letin 40/08 Octo­ber 2, 2008 For many years Cana­dian cre­ators, artists and arts pro­fes­sion­als have longed to have a national dis­cus­sion on the role and value of the arts and cul­ture sec­tor in our national life. The cur­rent fed­eral elec­tion cam­paign has quite unex­pect­edly pro­vided this opportunity. Unfor­tu­nately, the cur­rent debate has focused on two polar­i­ties, those who see the arts and cul­ture sec­tor as a frill for the elite, and those for whom the pro­grams and ...

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Funding Arts and Culture under Canada’s 39th Parliament

CCA Bul­letin 39/08 Sep­tem­ber 22, 2008 This doc­u­ment looks at the Depart­ment of Cana­dian Heritage’s bud­gets from 2005/06 to 2008/09. It is based on the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts’ Fed­eral Bud­get Annual Analy­ses for those years. By lin­ing up side by side the fund­ing allo­cated over that period to the Depart­ment of Cana­dian Her­itage, its agen­cies and pro­grams, this analy­sis points to trends in spend­ing dur­ing Canada’s 39th Parliament. The Depart­ment of Cana­dian...

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Federal Election 2008 – What to ask candidates when they solicit your vote? (Part Three)

CCA Bul­letin 38/08 Sep­tem­ber 17, 2008 In order to assist all those who are pre­oc­cu­pied with the place arts and cul­ture in the cur­rent elec­toral cam­paign, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) has iden­ti­fied seven broad areas of prime impor­tance for artists, cre­ators, cul­tural insti­tu­tions and indus­tries. The CCA has devel­oped a set of ques­tions for each issue: these ques­tions can be asked to all can­di­dates when they come knock­ing at the door or par­tic­i­pate in an all...

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Federal Election 2008: What to ask candidates when they solicit your vote? (Part Two)

  CCA Bul­letin 37/08 Ottawa, Mon­day, Sep­tem­ber 16, 2008 In order to assist all those who are pre­oc­cu­pied with the place arts and cul­ture occupy in the cur­rent elec­toral cam­paign, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) has iden­ti­fied seven broad areas of prime impor­tance for artists, cre­ators, cul­tural insti­tu­tions and indus­tries. The CCA has devel­oped a set of ques­tions for each issue: these ques­tions can be asked to all can­di­dates when they come knock­ing at the door or...

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