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CCA urges the government to keep investing in arts and culture beyond Canada’s Economic Action Plan
CCA Bulletin 21/10 August 16, 2010 Just the Facts On Friday August 13, the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) submitted its pre-budget brief for 2011 to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. In it, the CCA frames the manner in which the federal government should invest in arts and culture, and emphasizes the need for the government to continue its commitment of stable funding for arts and culture as we come to the end of Canada’s Economic Action Plan. The CCA...
read moreThe Long-Form Census Controversy and the Arts
CCA Bulletin 20/10 July 20, 2010 Just the Facts On June 26, as Canadians were focused on the G-8 and G-20 meetings in Toronto, the government discretely announced its decision that the long-form census would no longer be compulsory. The census, which is sent every five years by Statistics Canada to a fifth of Canadian households, would be replaced by a voluntary survey of a full third of Canadian households. The short version of the national census, which contains only eight ...
read moreWhat are the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Priorities for 2010-11?
CCA Bulletin 19/10 July 19, 2010 The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) is still working on its detailed Analysis of the 2010 Federal Budget, which is delayed as we wait for answers from the government on a number of issues. As part of its Budget Analysis on arts, culture and heritage, the CCA examines the Department of Canadian Heritage’s Report on Plans and Priorities published in the spring. This document is the expenditure plan for the Department. It provides...
read moreArts, Culture and a National Digital Strategy
CCA Bulletin 18/10 July 12, 2010 Just the facts In a brief filed as part of the nation-wide consultation launched last May, the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) urges the government to make content creation a centrepiece of the national strategy for the digital economy. The consultation, which was due to end on July 9, has been extended to July 13, midnight. The CCA’s fundamental approach to a national strategy is based on the belief that infrastructure, wires, ...
read moreCanadian Conference of the Arts Announces Details for National Policy Conference
Ottawa, ON (June 29, 2010) – The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) has announced details for its upcoming National Policy Conference, Artists: Powering the Creative Economy?, taking place November 1–3, 2010 at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The conference will feature panels, presentations and whiteboard sessions exploring policies and issues affecting the arts, culture and heritage sector within the creative economy. As Canada and other countries move towards an...
read moreThe House of Commons is off for the summer
CCA Bulletin 16/10 June 22, 2010 Just the Facts Last week, members of the House of Commons left the Hill for the summer, with MPs returning to their ridings to mull over the work ahead in the fall. Meanwhile, the Senate is still trying to deal with the massive omnibus budget bill, C-9. Members of its Finance Committee are saying that they will stay as long as it takes to get through the 904 page document. So, from the arts and culture perspective, what has been accomplished in the...
read moreAmending the Copyright Act: What’s in it for Artists?
CCA Bulletin 15/10 June 3, 2010 Analysis Yesterday, the Conservative government tabled for first reading in the House of Commons Bill C-32, an Act to modernize the Canadian Copyright Act. This much awaited piece of legislation has been the object of speculation and concern from both sides of what has been, and will no doubt continue to be a hot public debate. The document has 65 pages of references for changes to the current Act and deciphering all of this...
read moreHarmonized Sales Tax: What does it mean for the arts?
CCA Bulletin 14/10 May 25, 2010 Just the Facts In December 2009, the Ontario legislature and the House of Commons and Senate enacted legislation for a harmonized sales tax (HST) to be implemented on July 1, 2010. Bill C-62 received Royal Assent in the House of Commons on December 15, 2009 and laid out the Provincial Choice Tax Framework Act. This legislation replaces Ontario’s retail sales tax (RST) with the HST. The HST will have a combined sales tax rate of 13% (combining...
read moreTowards a Canadian national digital strategy?
CCA Bulletin 13/10 May 13, 2010 Just the facts This week, the federal government launched a nation-wide consultation on the development of a national digital strategy. The announcement was made jointly by Ministers Clement (Industry), Moore (Heritage) and Finley (Human Resources and Skills Development) at the Canada 3.0 Conference on digital media. Minister Moore said, “Our government is committed to ensuring that creators, inventors and...
read moreThe Canadian Conference of the Arts urges the CRTC to put communities back in community television
Ottawa, ON (May 4, 2010) — Today, Alain Pineau, National Director of the Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA), urged the CRTC to put communities back in community television. He also deplored the lack of data made available for a full evaluation of how cable operators use the $ 130 million they collect for community television. The current hearing explores how best to achieve the social and cultural objectives of community broadcasting as set in the Broadcasting Act. ...
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