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The CCA weighs in on private television group-based licence renewals

CCA Bul­letin 7/11 Feb­ru­ary 25, 2011   Just the Facts The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) recently sub­mit­ted a brief to the Cana­dian Radio-Television and Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Com­mis­sion (CRTC) regard­ing group-based licence renewals for English-language television. Why does this issue matter? Tele­vi­sion pro­gram­ming is the most con­sumed cul­tural prod­uct. TV is the for­mat through which the gov­ern­ment invests the most tax­pay­ers’ dol­lars, both directly and...

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What exactly is the financial impact of C-32 on artists and other rights holders?

CCA Bul­letin 6/11 Feb­ru­ary 7, 2011   Just the facts Sev­eral seem­ingly con­tra­dic­tory num­bers have been quoted over the course of the debate on the finan­cial impacts of Bill C-32 on artists and other copy­right holders. In order to help facil­i­tate debate on this most impor­tant issue, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA), with the coop­er­a­tion of its mem­bers and other stake­hold­ers, has pre­pared a list of rev­enue sources for artists and rights hold­ers which are at risk unless...

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The cultural sector mobilizes around copyright reform

CCA Bul­letin 5/11 Feb­ru­ary 3, 2011   Just the Facts Ear­lier today, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) par­tic­i­pated in a press con­fer­ence held on Par­lia­ment Hill in Ottawa to make pub­lic Canada’s Cul­tural Indus­tries’ joint state­ment on Bill C-32, the Copy­right Mod­ern­iza­tion Act. The state­ment is signed by 88 national and provin­cial arts ser­vice orga­ni­za­tions from all arts and cul­ture dis­ci­plines. Bill C-32 is cur­rently the object of study by a spe­cial...

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Nothing like a CRTC submission to start the year off right!

CCA Bul­letin 3/11 Jan­u­ary 24, 2011   Just the facts On Feb­ru­ary 1, the CRTC will begin hear­ings on the appli­ca­tion by Bell Canada Enter­prises Inc. (BCE) to acquire full con­trol of CTV­globe­me­dia Inc. (CTVgm) and its licensed broad­cast­ing sub­sidiaries. The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) has filed a short brief in which it presents its posi­tion on the two fun­da­men­tal issues raised by BCE’s appli­ca­tion, namely: the nec­es­sary pub­lic ben­e­fits pack­age to be...

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The US government turns up the heat on cultural diplomacy: Can we hope that Ottawa will do the same?

CCA Bul­letin 2/11 Jan­u­ary 17, 2011     Just the facts For the past four years, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) has deplored the fact that the fed­eral gov­ern­ment no longer has a coor­di­nated strat­egy for the pro­mo­tion of Cana­dian artists and cul­tural works to national and inter­na­tional audi­ences and mar­kets. Beyond the purely eco­nomic aspects, we have also expressed con­cerns about the fact that Ottawa has all but aban­doned cul­tural diplo­macy as part of its for­eign...

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Of this and that and other things: A pre-holiday wrap up (Part 2)

CCA Bul­letin 32/10 Decem­ber 20, 2010       This will most likely be our last bul­letin of the year, but before we wish you all the best for the New Year, we must fin­ish our year-end wrap-up of a num­ber of impor­tant issues: An update on the 2010-11 fed­eral budget An update on the Canada/European Union negotiations The lat­est on the long-form census Cul­ture Days 2010 revisited Fed­eral Bud­get 2010-11: the CBC does not fare as well as ini­tially thought! The gov­ern­ment released the sec­ond set of...

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Of this and that and other things: A pre-holiday wrap up (Part 1)

CCA Bul­letin 31/10 Decem­ber 16, 2010     Well, it’s that time of the year again. Par­lia­ment Hill is ablaze with hol­i­day lights, the House of Com­mons is in recess until Jan­u­ary 31 and we are all fret­ting for a well deserved break after a remark­ably busy fall. Before wrap­ping the season’s gifts, it is time to wrap-up a num­ber of issues before we all take off.  In this first bul­letin, you will find the lat­est on: C-32 — Revi­sion of the Copy­right Act The next fed­eral bud­get: no input...

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Why Bill C-470 should be defeated

CCA Bul­letin 30/10 Novem­ber 17, 2010   Just the facts As reported in CCA Bul­letin 22/10, Bill C-470 has passed sec­ond read­ing in the House of Com­mons and is now head­ing for study by the stand­ing com­mit­tee on finance. Intro­duced by the Hon. Albina Guarnieri (Lib­eral, Mis­sis­sauga East – Cooksville), this pri­vate member’s bill would allow the Min­is­ter of National Rev­enue to dereg­is­ter any char­i­ta­ble orga­ni­za­tion, pub­lic foun­da­tion or pri­vate foun­da­tion that has paid...

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The Economic Update: what does it mean for the cultural sector?

CCA Bul­letin 28/10 Novem­ber 8, 2010     Just the facts On Octo­ber 12, fed­eral Finance Min­is­ter Jim Fla­herty deliv­ered his Eco­nomic and Fis­cal Update. The speech pro­vided updated infor­ma­tion on Canada’s eco­nomic and fis­cal con­text, but did not con­tain any spend­ing announce­ments, as has some­times been the case in past years. On the eco­nomic side, so far, Canada is per­form­ing quite strongly in rela­tion to its G7 coun­ter­parts, notably the United States. On the fis­cal side,...

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After 30 years, what has UNESCO’s Recommendation concerning the Status of the Artist achieved?

CCA Bul­letin 27/10 Octo­ber 26, 2010   Just the Facts This year marks the 30th anniver­sary of the UNESCO Rec­om­men­da­tion con­cern­ing the Sta­tus of the Artist. With the sup­port of the Cana­dian Artists and Pro­duc­ers Pro­fes­sional Rela­tions Tri­bunal, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) has con­ducted a crit­i­cal review of this ini­tia­tive in Canada.  After 30 years of efforts, what exactly has been achieved for artists and cre­ators in this coun­try and abroad? The ques­tion...

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