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The CCA com­mu­ni­cates reg­u­larly with its mem­bers and the pub­lic regard­ing its work pro­mot­ing and defend­ing the arts, cul­ture and her­itage sec­tor. From time to time, Alain Pineau adds his per­sonal touch as pre­sented in this blog. Read on and share your thoughts by post­ing replies.

 

 

Arthur Drache among Canadian cultural figures honored at home and abroad

Ottawa, Jan­u­ary 28th, 2004 – Long­time arts advo­cate and char­i­ta­ble sec­tor lawyer and advo­cate Arthur Drache was among those appointed by Her Excel­lency, the Right Hon­ourable Adri­enne Clark­son, to the Order of Canada yesterday. The Ottawa-based Drache is a respected lawyer who has spent years guid­ing arts and non-profit orga­ni­za­tions through the per­ilous maze of fed­eral tax law. He has shared a wealth of knowl­edge with many arts orga­ni­za­tions through pro bono work, and...

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IT’S CHALMERS TIME AGAIN!

Ottawa, Jan­u­ary 11, 2004 - The 2004 Chalmers Con­fer­ence is slated for Fri­day 27 Feb­ru­ary, at the National Arts Cen­tre in Ottawa.  Build­ing on infor­ma­tion from the last con­fer­ence, held in May 2003, the Feb­ru­ary event will explore in more detail the issue of advo­cacy specif­i­cally as we head into a fed­eral elec­tion period.  Posi­tion­ing arts fund­ing as an elec­tion issue is the pri­mary out­come artic­u­lated by CCA mem­bers for the conference. Who’s on the...

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