Media Centre
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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...
read moreWhat 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...
read moreThe 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...
read moreC-32: An Act to modernize or to expropriate copyright?
Date: January 25, 2011 Time: 5 pm — 6:30 pm Location: University of Ottawa, Desmarais Building, 12th floor, Room 110 Join us in a debate on Bill C-32, a bill before Parliament to modernize the Copyright Act. You will hear a variety of perspectives on this controversial issue from a panel of artists, legal experts and representatives from the education community. In its current form, Bill C-32 proposes several exceptions for educational institutions and other users...
read moreNothing 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...
read moreThe 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...
read moreOf 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...
read moreOf 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...
read moreWhy 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...
read moreThe 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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