OTTAWA – While ISED looks a model of stability, Canadian Heritage has seen in the recent months a new minister, Pablo Rodriguez (July 18, 2018) two new Parliamentary Secretaries (August 31st) and announced today a new deputy minister, Hélêne Laurendeau starting October 9th (coming over from Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs) and a new associate DM, Isabelle Mondou, starting on starting October 22nd (moving over from the Privy Council Office.
The previous DM, Graham Flack is going to become DM at the Department…
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WHEN NOW-FORMER Heritage Minister Melanie Joly announced the launch of public consultations with consumers and creators to bring Canada’s cultural properties (everything from the Broadcasting Act to the CRTC) into the digital age, there was great excitement.
That was in April, 2016, nearly two and a half years ago.
Her extensive consultations led to the publication of the Creative Canada Policy Framework in September, 2017, which included a request to the CRTC to examine future programming distribution models and report back to her by June 1, 2018. The Commission used a variety of consultation tools in preparing…
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OTTAWA – Canadian Heritage staffer Nathalie Théberge has been named vice-chair and CEO of the Copyright Board for a five-year term beginning October 1.
Théberge is currently director general of creative marketplace and innovation at Canadian Heritage, and has also held the roles of director general, copyright and international trade; director of international negotiations; and director of copyright policy, planning and research in that department.
In her new role, in which she replaces Claude Majeau whose term expired August 3, Théberge will lead the Board’s work as well as supervise and direct its staff, reads Monday’s announcement. In addition, Adriane Porcin, currently…
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Feds told CRTC to take another look
GATINEAU – In decisions issued today, the CRTC determined that increases in Canadian production spending are required to preserve a Canadian presence in a changing viewing environment, but did not mandate an increase in local content, as the CRTC limited its examinations to issues listed in the Government order. That is, for PNI: short films and short-form documentaries in English – and levels of original programming in French – and music programming for both languages.
For the French-language market, the CRTC now requires each broadcsting group to make adequate investments in the creation of French-language programs, representing…
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OTTAWA – The Minister of Canadian Heritage, Pablo Rodriguez, has his work cut out for him with the continuation of former Minister Mélanie Joly’s work on the renewal of the Broadcasting, Telecom, Radiocommunication and Copyright Acts, in collaboration with ISED Minister Bains.
We note that those Legislative reviews were absent from Joly’s original mandate letter issued on November 12th, 2015. Also included in this new mandate letter:
“Work with the Minister of Finance to implement Budget 2018 commitments to support local journalism and developing business models that better facilitate private giving and philanthropic support for trusted, professional non-profit journalism and local…
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Feds demanded CRTC take another look
GATINEAU – Back on May 15, 2017, the CRTC issued a series of decisions to renew licences for the television services of large English- and French-language private ownership groups (Bell Media, Corus Entertainment, Rogers Media, Groupe V and Quebecor Media).
These outlined new conditions of license which allowed, among other things, broadcasters to spread their Cancon spending collectively over all of their channels, rather than counting it brand by brand. It also standardized a Canadian programming expenditure (CPE) rate of 30% of revenues for each large broadcaster. The Commission also set…
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EDINBURGH, UK – The Canadian arts and television industries were part of a Canadian presence this week at the Edinburgh Television Festival in an effort to deepen their connections in the U.K. market.
Sean Casey, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage, led the Canadian delegation as part of the Feds’ nascent Creative Export Strategy to expand Canada's presence in important global markets, create business opportunities and grow exports.
Almost 30 Canadian companies and organizations attended various activities in Edinburgh. Minister Casey also took part in the Commonwealth Culture Ministers' meeting on international cooperation in protecting and preserving cultural heritage, as well…
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LAST WEEK, CARTT.CA's Greg O’Brien published an edited version of a presentation he gave as a “provocateur” at a roundtable session about the future of Canadian television production at Ryerson University. The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) was, in the best spirit of intellectual engagement and discussion, indeed provoked!
To begin with, the WGC wholeheartedly agrees with O’Brien’s acknowledgement that Canadian film and television production is an important driver of economic activity in Canada. We also agree that the Canadian creative industries need and deserve government support in order to survive and thrive. And we particularly…
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I WOULD IMAGINE a large percentage of Cartt.ca readers own a car of some sort.
So, why did you buy yours? Transportation, right? Gotta get from A to B, and C, D, F… What, though, did you need it to have? My own car needed to be the family truckster, except far less ugly than Clark Griswold’s. I needed space, decent mileage, reasonable price and it had to not be a minivan or SUV. I bought my Toyota Venza new. It’s nearly nine years old now and I have been very happy with it.
This is not a Toyota advertisement, however.
What…
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Look for a more focused Heritage leader
OTTAWA – Pablo Rodriguez, MP for the Montreal riding of Honore-Mercier, was named Minister of Canadian Heritage and Multiculturalism Wednesday as part of a cabinet shuffle announced by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Rodriguez takes on the portfolio from Mélanie Joly, who was shuffled over to become Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie, a new role that was reportedly pulled together from parts of other cabinet ministers’ portfolios. The reporters and other folks who regularly follow Ottawa say that this is a demotion for Joly.
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