Canadian Heritage committee  We need to make a case for the visual arts as an integrated system that operates with many parts and that recognizes the complexities of today's figure of the artist and his or her remuneration. Without that, it's really hard for us to make a case because there's no agreement on

Canadian Heritage committee  I believe you're saying that they're under-represented—

Canadian Heritage committee  Artist-run centres have been representing cultural communities in minority situations since the beginning. AGAVF—L'Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones—is a member of the Visual Arts Alliance, and we have indigenous artist-run centres. We have had indigenous artis

Canadian Heritage committee  The question of copyright is directly related to intellectual property. Converting creative processes to property is something we've been doing for a long time. It's just not generating the same kind of revenue we wish it did. There's no question that exhibition fees are essentia

Canadian Heritage committee  All cultural production that is fixed on a medium is protected by copyright in Canada. There is no process for having copyright. The expense might come when one is paying a collective agency. They might take a little bit of a percentage fee for managing copyright for the benefit

Canadian Heritage committee  The short answer to this is that for the longest time there was no extra funding to admit new organizations into the fold of core funding at the Canada Council for the Arts. A lot of these organizations are receiving funding through their municipal and provincial art councils. T

Canadian Heritage committee  I don't believe ARCA has a position on the artist's resale right because it is not a measure that really immediately touches artists who are supported by the not-for-profit, artist-run network. At the Visual Arts Alliance, there is no consensus currently around the artist's res

Canadian Heritage committee  Is that specifically with regard to the artist's resale right?

Canadian Heritage committee  It is hard for me not to cite the artist-run centres' best practices. I am accompanied here by my colleague Jason Saint-Laurent, who is an artist, curator and director of SAW Gallery here in Ottawa, which you may be familiar with. If we look to examples such as the SAW Gallery,

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I would like to thank the committee members for inviting us to appear today. My presentation will be mainly in English, with a few short paragraphs in French. I work for a national association whose members are mainly in Canada. So I work a lot