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Copyright and the Supreme Court – A Delicate Balance
CCA Bulletin 43/06 October 19, 2006 Copyright and the Supreme Court – A Delicate Balance Quick update on Child Fitness Tax Credit file Just the Facts On October 12, 2006, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled on a long-standing dispute between freelance writer Heather Robertson and a consortium of newspaper publishers. The issue centred around the manner in which newspapers...
read moreBill C-2: CCA’s Presentation to the Senate Committee
CCA Bulletin 42/06 October 10, 2006 Bill C-2: CCA’s Presentation to the Senate Committee Update on Reallocation Cuts to Public Diplomacy Program at Foreign Affairs Just the Facts On October 4, 2006 the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) presented its concerns to a Senate Committee with respect to certain elements of Bill C-2,...
read moreThe First Cuts Are Not Always the Deepest: Federal Government Announces $1 Billion Reallocation of Expenditures
CCA Bulletin 40/06 September 26, 2006 Just the Facts On September 25, 2006, the Minister of Finance, the Hon. Jim Flaherty, and the President of the Treasury Board, the Hon. John Baird, announced a broad set of cuts to federal government expenditures totaling just over one billion dollars. This exercise was previously announced in the May 2, 2006 federal budget, but...
read moreCCA’s Review of Current Federal Government Reviews
CCA Bulletin 39/06 September 15, 2006 Just the Facts As illustrated in our recent bulletins, the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is tracking a number of policy reviews currently underway within the federal government. Some of these are of more direct importance to the arts and culture sector than others, but all have considerable potential to effect profound ...
read moreCCA Advocates for “Establishing an Inclusive Child Fitness Tax Credit”
CCA Bulletin 38/06 September 13, 2006 Just the Facts On September 11 2006, the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) participated in a consultation in Ottawa undertaken by the Ministry of Finance’s Expert Panel on the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit. The CCA was pleased to present to the Blue Ribbon Panel its research and recommendations on the issue of including ...
read moreCCA Encourages Pre-Budget Finance Committee to Adopt “A Creative New Way of Thinking”
CCA Bulletin 37/06 September 7, 2006 On September 5 2006, the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) sent its brief A Creative New Way of Thinking to the Clerk of the federal Standing Committee on Finance for consideration as part of its upcoming fall pre-budget deliberations. The CCA, in response to extensive consultations with its membership...
read moreA late summer update: looking back, moving full steam ahead!
CCA Bulletin 36/06 August 30, 2006 CCA intervenes against the Minister of Industry’s proposed guidelines to CRTC The satellite radio saga continues. Tell us what you think on CCA’s @gora Get CCA’s Analysis of the 2006 Federal Budget: where is the money going? CCA Fundraising Campaign Continues Like it or not, the...
read moreTrade negotiations: the pressure on Canadian audio-visual policies temporarily relieved
CCA Bulletin 34/06 August 21, 2006 In late July, Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) announced that the “Doha Round” of negotiations had been suspended indefinitely. The Doha Round, launched in 2001, is the latest attempt by the WTO to make progress on eliminating tariffs and easing other barriers to international trade. The suspension...
read moreCCA seeks your input as it prepares for the 2007 Federal Pre-Budget Consultations
CCA Bulletin 33/06 August 11, 2006 CCA seeks your input as it prepares for the 2007 Federal Pre-Budget Consultations Blue Ribbon Panel on grants and contributions Just the Facts The CCA is preparing for the 2007 federal pre-budget consultations. The Policy and Advocacy Committee will review input from our members at the end of August to ensure that we meet the September ...
read moreMidsummer CCA Update (Part One)
CCA Bulletin 30/06 Ottawa, Monday July 24, 2006 House of Commons Finance Committee Launches Pre-Budget Consultations for 2006 The CMA asks its members and allies to talk to local media and MPs this summer Francophone Secretariat Update The summer months usually include longish vacations and much-needed relaxation time away from the office, but given the activities ...
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