Heritage announces $32M in renewed funding for Canada Music Fund

During CBC’s broadcast of the Juno Awards on Sunday night, Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge announced the federal government is renewing and boosting the Canada Music Fund to help Canadian music creators. Federal funding of $32 million will be delivered over the next two years (2024-25 and 2025-26) “to keep supporting initiatives that enhance the careers of Canadian artists, while strengthening the competitiveness and stability of the Canadian music sector,” says a press release Sunday from Canadian Heritage. The funding will be administered by the Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR) for the English-language market and the Fondation Musicaction for...