Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.0.6249.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from quoted-printable to 8bit by chin.gc.ca id j07LkPB08243 X-Loop: [log in to unmask] Resent-From: [log in to unmask] Resent-Message-Id: <"CieNG.0.212.oCmt11"@spiff> Resent-Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:46:26 -0500 (EST) X-Mailing-List: <[log in to unmask]> archive/latest/3745 Resent-Sender: [log in to unmask] X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at proteksystems.net X-MailScanner-From: [log in to unmask] X-PCH-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-PCH-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-PCH-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam, SpamAssassin (score=-4.9, required 4,autolearn=not spam, BAYES_00 -4.90) content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: [onmuse-l] Culture highlighted in report of the Standing Committee on Finance Date: Fri, 7 Jan 2005 16:46:14 -0500 Message-ID: <012d01c4f502$50656ae0$927ba8c0@comcomputer> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "OMA" <[log in to unmask]> To: "oma listserv (E-mail)" <[log in to unmask]> The Standing Committee on Finance recently released its report and makes some positive recommendations for culture. The Canadian Conference of = the Arts Bulletin has highlights of the report. CCA BULLETIN / BULLETIN DE LA CCA FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT RELEASED Ottawa, January 7, 2005 - The report of the Standing Committee on = Finance (Moving Forward: Balancing Priorities and Making Choices for the Economy = of the Twenty-First Century) was released just prior to the Christmas = break. It can be found at http://www.parl.gc.ca/committee/CommitteePublication.aspx?SourceId=3D9673= 3 The report contains a separate chapter for Culture, with three sections: what the federal government provides; what the witnesses said; and what = the Committee believes. The recommendation at the end of this chapter = states: Recommendation 11 The federal government provide stable, long-term funding to the = following elements of federal support for arts and culture: the Tomorrow Starts = Today program; the Canada Council for the Arts; Telefilm Canada; the Museums Assistance Program; the Community Access Program; the Canadian = Television Fund and initiatives designed to promote Canadian culture = internationally