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Understanding Canada’s Cultural Spaces Fund – Webinar Content Now Available
In our previous post, the Canadian Arts Coalition thanked the government for their recent investment in Budget 2017 – $300 million over 10 years to the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund (CCSF). On May 24th and 25th, Canadian Arts Coalition, in partnership with the Canadian Arts Presenting Association (CAPACOA) and Global Public Affairs, hosted a webinar […]
The Canadian Arts Coalition Thanks the Government for Investment in Infrastructure
The Canadian Arts Coalition (CAC) is pleased to see an investment of $300 million over 10 years for the Cultural Spaces Fund. This is part of a larger $1.6 billion investment for cultural and recreational infrastructure in the 2017 federal budget which bear the potential to yield significant societal benefits, in addition to economic impact. […]
Art as a fail-safe on democracy
At this time of the year, the federal and provincial and territorial governments are putting the final touches on their respective budgets. Last year’s federal budget included historical investments of $1.9 billion for arts and culture. The arts sector is rejoicing about this long awaited influx of new parliamentary credits, but it is important to […]
The Canadian Arts Coalition participates in the 2017 Alternative Federal Budget
Once again, the Canadian Arts Coalition is honoured to participate in the Alternative Federal Budget. The 2017 Alternative Federal Budget, entitled High Stakes, Clear Choices, is spearheaded by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). We have participated as the contributor of the chapter on Arts & Culture. Each year, the CCPA creates the Alternative Federal Budget (AFB) as […]