Finance committee  There have been occasional investments into the parliamentary appropriations of the Canadian Council for the Arts over about the last six decades. It's been growing occasionally with increases, the last one being $30 million in 2007, but there hasn't been any further increase sin

Finance committee  That is part of it. We've heard for decades that artists are great ambassadors and tools for ambassadors to actually do their business abroad. Cultural promotion in the embassies could mean presentation of artists abroad by the embassies, but we also need some support from the em

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the opportunity to appear before this committee today. Before providing you with more information on the recommendations from the coalition's brief, I'd like to share with you some information from research reports that came out recently and that addres

Finance committee  The last of our recommendations is to investigate the revenue models to support Canadian cultural digital strategy that would enable creation, dissemination, and engagement of cultural content online. We are concerned about the decrease in the use of traditional broadcasting an