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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...

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Bill 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,...

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The 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...

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CCA’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 ...

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CCA 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 ...

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CCA 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...

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A 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...

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Trade 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...

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CCA 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 ...

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Midsummer 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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