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CCA TO CRTC: PROTECT CONSUMERS BY REGULATING CABLE AND SATELLITE RATES

The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) weighed in yes­ter­day on the pub­lic debate on whether cable and satel­lite oper­a­tors should be called upon to pay over-the-air (OTA) tele­vi­sion broad­cast­ers for the dis­tri­b­u­tion of local signals. The CCA sup­ports the intro­duc­tion of a value for sig­nal pay­ment, pro­vided that the CRTC also imposes Cana­dian pro­gram­ming expen­di­ture require­ments on OTA broad­cast­ers equiv­a­lent to 6% of their rev­enue.  In order to pro­tect the inter­ests...

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Privatized Culture in Bad Times: Evaluating the American System of Cultural Patronage

CCA Bul­letin 26/09 Octo­ber 29, 2009     Just the Facts On Tues­day, Octo­ber 20, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA), in part­ner­ship with the Uni­ver­sity of Ottawa, pre­sented a lec­ture by Pro­fesseur Kevin Mulc­ahy, Shel­don Bey­chok Dis­tin­guished Pro­fes­sor in the Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence at Louisiana State Uni­ver­sity, who dis­cussed the evolv­ing model of Amer­i­can cul­tural pol­icy within the con­text of the eco­nomic downturn. Tell me more The...

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The CCA urges the government to keep investing in musical development and diversity

CCA Bul­letin 25/09 Octo­ber 28, 2009   Just the facts Last week, the CCA appeared in front of the Stand­ing Com­mit­tee on Her­itage which is cur­rently study­ing the impacts of los­ing two pro­grams abol­ished by the fed­eral gov­ern­ment: invest­ing in the record­ing and mar­ket­ing of “spe­cial­ized” Cana­dian music. These pro­grams gave grants to musi­cians pro­duc­ing works which, while not cur­rently com­mer­cially viable, are deemed artis­ti­cally inno­v­a­tive and capa­ble of...

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CCA Cultural Policy Workshop: The Politics of Arts and the Art of Politics

CCA Bul­letin 24/09 Sep­tem­ber 30, 2009     The Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) is bring­ing its Cul­tural Pol­icy Work­shop to you!  In coor­di­na­tion with local arts groups from around Canada, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) will host work­shops, avail­able in both offi­cial lan­guages, which will inform par­tic­i­pants about how pub­lic pol­icy shapes the nature of arts, cul­ture, and her­itage in Canada. We hope to show you the best ways of mak­ing an impact on these...

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The CCA in front of the Finance Committee: First priority, market development!

CCA Bul­letin 23/09 Sep­tem­ber 21, 2009   Just the facts Last Thurs­day, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) appeared in front of the Stand­ing Com­mit­tee on Finance to present and defend its 2010 pre-budget sub­mis­sion. The rules guid­ing the sub­mis­sions to this annual con­sul­ta­tion are quite restric­tive, with each brief lim­ited to five pages, com­pris­ing no more than three rec­om­men­da­tions. Given the unique breadth of the CCA man­date, in our writ­ten sub­mis­sion, we...

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The CCA’s 2009 Federal Budget Analysis: Finding Solid Ground?

CCA Bul­letin 22/09 Sep­tem­ber 10, 2009     Today the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) pub­lishes its 2009 Bud­get Analy­sis which exam­ines fed­eral fund­ing for arts, cul­ture and her­itage from 2008/09 — 2009/10. This analy­sis looks at orga­ni­za­tional and fund­ing changes within the Depart­ment of Cana­dian Her­itage (DCH); fed­eral fund­ing of key pro­grams across the arts, her­itage and cul­tural agen­cies and indus­tries as well as crown agen­cies. It also cov­ers other...

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Pre-Budget Submission: The CCA urges Ottawa to make strategic investments in the creative economy

CCA Bul­letin 21/09 August 17 , 2009       Just the Facts On Fri­day August 14, 2009, the Cana­dian Con­fer­ence of the Arts (CCA) filed its writ­ten pre-budget sub­mis­sion with the House of Com­mons Stand­ing Com­mit­tee on Finance. In it, the CCA calls for the gov­ern­ment to tackle three broad pri­or­i­ties within the arts, cul­ture and her­itage port­fo­lio: fos­ter­ing mar­ket devel­op­ment for Cana­dian arts and cul­ture both in Canada and abroad; invest­ing in the cre­ative econ­omy, and...

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Review of Summer 2009 Consultations

CCA Bul­letin 20/09 July 16, 2009   Who said that sum­mers were a period of rest and hol­i­days? As the CCA rolls through its own ver­sion of sum­mer, prepa­ra­tions for impor­tant con­sul­ta­tions are underway. The 2009 pre-budget consultation The CCA has sub­mit­ted this year again a request to appear in front of the Stand­ing Com­mit­tee on Finance for the 2009 pre-budget con­sul­ta­tions. In the mean time, con­sul­ta­tions within our mem­ber­ship are under­way as we pre­pare our writ­ten...

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Renewal of art funding for five years and the Heritage Standing Committee Report on the TV industry

CCA Bul­letin 19/09 June 30, 2009     Just the Facts: Fed­eral Fund­ing for the Arts On Fri­day June 26th, the Hon­ourable Min­is­ter James Moore announced that the Depart­ment of Cana­dian Her­itage would be renew­ing a num­ber of pro­grams under the cul­ture port­fo­lio, for the next five years. Minister Moore stated that “the cul­tural sec­tor needs sta­bil­ity in this time of eco­nomic uncer­tainty. With ongo­ing invest­ments by our Gov­ern­ment, artists and arts orga­ni­za­tions can plan their...

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FROM THE DESK of Alain Pineau: News from the CCA

CCA Bul­letin 18/09 June 29, 2009     The warm weather seems to have finally arrived to the East­ern part of the coun­try… but with­out the promise of a sum­mer of leisure for the CCA! We have com­pleted our move to our new office space and are emerg­ing from our boxes. Phones are back in order and so is our email, both hav­ing stayed the same despite the change of premises. The CCA Sec­re­tariat is now back in busi­ness after a short inter­rup­tion and will take advan­tage of the sum­mer to plan for what promises...

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