As is our custom, Orchestras Canada recently submitted recommendations to the Federal Standing Committee on Finance as part of that group’s pre-budget consultation process. In our brief, we thank the government of Canada for their rapid response to our sector at the height of the pandemic; summarize the situation, contributions and needs of Canadian orchestras during this time of pandemic recovery; and make the case for
- The funding, rapid design and delivery of targeted 3-year supplementary investments in sector recovery, in acknowledgment that rebuilding performing arts audiences to pre-pandemic levels and beyond will be a multi-year process.
- The commissioning and funding of rolling benchmark research on the state of the arts and culture sector, to shape better and more responsive cultural policy and funding in future.
- Ensuring that the proposed modernization of the Employment Insurance program considers the interests of arts and culture organizations and self-employed artists and cultural workers in the design of the new program.
You can read the complete brief here.