CCA Appears in Standing Committee on Finance Pre-budget Hearings
CCA Bulletin 39/07December 10, 2007
Just the Facts CCA National Director Alain Pineau appeared before the Standing Committee on Finance on Friday December 7 as part of the Committee’s pre-budget consultations. The meeting, held in Montreal, was the last one in this year’s process. The Canadian Conference of the Arts (CCA) thanked the government for a series of investments in the cultural sector that included;
The CCA argues however that there are still crucial areas where additional progress and investment are required from the federal government. They are;
Tell Me More The CCA has participated in these pre-budget consultations for three decades and regards them as important opportunity to inform Parliamentarians about the priorities and changes within the arts and culture sector. This year’s presentation was based on the written CCA pre-budget brief sent to the Committee in August The CCA was one of eight organizations making simultaneous presentations to six members of the Standing Committee on Finance. The only other presenter related to culture was Magazines Canada: its President, Robert Goyette, concentrated on the remarkable successes of the Canadian magazine industry and on the vital importance of maintaining the Canada Post subsidy for the distribution of Canadian magazines, a position fully shared by the CCA. It must be noted that other arts and culture interveners have appeared in front of the Standing Committee during its various hearings across the country. The next important piece of budget related news before the 2008 federal budget will be details regarding the billion dollar reallocation program. As reported by the CCA, the 2007 program has targeted the Department of Canadian Heritage and several Portfolio agencies . The potential to affect programs and services is a real one which the CCA is following with interest. What Can I Do? Stay tuned to the CCA for additional news on these and other federal policy developments. |