All of the major political parties have now released their election platforms. Here is a quick snapshot of what they have to say about culture – but we encourage you to check them out for yourself!
Bloc Quebecois
Key Sections:
Hilights of New Commitments:
- Include clauses in trade agreements to protect culture, workers’ rights
- Ensure that the federal government increases its support for our culture and contributes to its development.
Conservative Party
Key Sections:
- Digital Economy Strategy
- Support for Culture and the Arts
Hilights of New Commitments
- A Conservative Government will also reintroduce and pass the Copyright Modernization Act.
- Build Canada’s digital content through additional support for the Canada Media Fund.
Green Party
Key Sections:
Hilights of New Commitments:
Liberal
Key Sections:
- Promoting Arts and Culture and Home-grown Content in a Digital Canada
- Digital Canada of Tomorrow
Hilights of New Commitments
- Stable and predictable funding for CBC and Radio-Canada
- Doubling the budget for the Canada Council for the Arts, from $180 million to $360 million over the next four years.
- Pass effective copyright legislation, including a private copying compensation fund instead of any new tax on consumers.
New Democratic Party
Key Sections:
- Ensuring Canada’s Arts and Culture Thrive
- Building Home-grown Film and TV Production
- Investing in our Shared Cultural Heritage
Hilights of New Commitments
- Will ensure Canadian TV and telecom networks remain Canadian-owned by maintaining effective regulations on foreign ownership;
- Will re-focus the mandate of the CRTC to promote and protect Canadian cultural industries;
- Will provide sustained funding for the Canada Media Fund and Telefilm Canada, enhance federal film incentives and develop a targeted strategy for the promotion of domestic films in Canada;
- Will set license requirements for broadcasters based on clear, binding and enforced performance standards for broadcasters, including increased Canadian drama.
- Will increase public funding for the Canada Council and implement tax averaging for artists and cultural workers
- Will strengthen public broadcasting with long-term stable funding for CBC, Radio-Canada and other public broadcasters
