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FROM THE DESK OF Alain Pineau: Time for an update!
CCA Bulletin 31/11 November 15, 2011 How time flies! This fall is particularly busy for all of us: I’m not not sure exactly why, but it seems that everyone is running on an accelerating treadmill! So it is time again to keep you posted on a number of current files. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement Let’s start with the negotiations between Canada and the European Community. I participated in the briefing session organized by the Department of Foreign Affairs and...
read moreBill C-11, the Legislative Committee Has Been Struck
CCA Bulletin 30/11 October 31, 2011 It is Halloween: what could be more terrifying than to speak of copyright! So here is the bulletin promised in our last missive. Just the facts Several names were circulating for a few days and as per its obligation to name committee members within five days of the start of the second reading debates, the Standing Committee on Procedure and House Affairs has established the Legislative Committee on Bill C-11. The committee is made up of 12...
read moreCultural funding: where will the axe fall?
CCA Bulletin 27/11 September 12, 2011 Just the facts The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) today presents its analysis of the 2011 federal budget, which was adopted in June by the 41st Parliament, further to the May general election. Like last year, this year’s budget analysis reveals that overall, federal funding to the cultural sector remains stable, which has more or less been the case since 2006 under successive Conservative minority governments. While the CCA...
read moreThe CCA urges the government to invest in a renewable resource: culture
CCA Bulletin 26/11 August 11, 2011 Just the Facts Today, the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) submitted its 2012 pre-budget submission to the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Finance. In consultation with our membership, we encourage the government to maintain and if possible, increase its investments in Canadian artistic creativity, a renewable, non-polluting natural resource that contributes greatly to the economy, to our quality of life and to our...
read moreCanadian programming: the CRTC returns to regulation
CCA Bulletin 25/11 August 8, 2011 The CRTC requires private English television service providers to support the production of domestic programming, including “programs of national interest” such as drama or comedy series, documentaries and awards shows that promote Canadian culture. Following the group-based licence renewal process, the CRTC now requires Bell Media, Corus Entertainment and Shaw Media to devote at least 30% of their gross annual revenues to Canadian programming...
read moreCulture: what should go into the next federal budget?
CCA Bulletin 24/11 July 11, 2011 Culture: what should go into the next federal budget? As is the case each summer, the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Finance has launched its annual national consultation on what should be included or excluded in the next federal budget. This year’s process is taking place in parallel with the secretive Strategic and Operational Review which is currently underway within all government departments and agencies. The objective of the review is...
read moreWho will be on the Heritage Standing Committee?
CCA Bulletin 22/11 June 15, 2011 Just the Facts The 41st Parliament resulting from the May 2 general election is getting set up. While a number of MPs are still moving in and out of their offices, reflecting the sea of changes that has brought 111 new members to Parliament Hill, responsibilities are slowly being assigned. On June 13, we learned a bit more with the announcement of the various standing committees in the House of Commons. Understandably, the CCA is...
read moreThrone Speech and Federal Budget: it’s almost business as usual
CCA Bulletin 21/11 June 7, 2011 Just the Facts On Friday, June 3, the Governor General gave a speech from the throne heralded by many as primarily ceremonial. The speech toed a safe line without introducing any new drastic policy measures, and we saw the same approach again in yesterday’s tabling of the federal budget by the Minister of Finance, the Hon. James Flaherty. Minister Flaherty tabled his second 2011 federal budget, The Next Phase of Canada’s Economic Action...
read moreThe cultural sector and the new Conservative cabinet
CCA Bulletin 19/11 May 24, 2011 Just the Facts On May 2, 2011, Canadians went to the polls and elected a Conservative majority, the first majority government in seven years. On Wednesday, May 18, the first cabinet under the 41st Parliament was sworn in at Rideau Hall, the residence of the Governor General of Canada. The new cabinet is comprised of 38 ministers, with nine new faces and 10 women. On June 2, Parliamentarians will convene for a first time to elect the...
read moreParticipate in the 2011 census and the National Household Survey!
CCA Bulletin 18/11 May 4, 2011 Just the facts In addition to being federal election day, Monday marked the debut of the 2011 mandatory short-form census . On May 2, 2011, the eight-question document began to make its way by mail to approximately 15 million households across the country. According to the Statistics Act, all Canadian residents are legally required to complete the census questionnaire. The census questionnaire can be completed online or on paper. To ...
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