[BCMA Members Only] BCMA Advocacy Update: Provincial Budget Consultation

[BC Museums Association - Member Broadcast Email Network]

BCMA was pleased to submit a summary of funding needs for BC museums to the
Select Standing Committee on Finance and Government Services as part of the
2018 Budget Consultations. We also shared the submission with Minister Beare
and our colleagues in the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture. You can
read the submission here
http://museumsassn.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/BCMA-2018-Budget-Submission.pdf

The Select Standing Committee has now released its report, which can be
found here

https://www.leg.bc.ca/content/CommitteeDocuments/41st-parliament/2nd-session/FGS/Budget2018Consultation/FGS_2017-11-15_Budget2018Consultation_Report.pdf

Some key recommendations of interest to museums are noted below:

90. Provide funding for public education initiatives at museums and other
memory institutions to engage with Indigenous communities to advance
reconciliation through programming.

113. Double investment in the BC Arts Council over four years to ensure
that funding for core operations and programming is provided across the
province.

115. Increase funding to small museums, Indigenous cultural centres, and
organizations in the heritage sector throughout the province in order to
protect and conserve BC’s historical and cultural legacies. Infrastructure

116. Create a capital arts infrastructure fund to provide cultural
facilities and museums throughout the province, and to enable communities
to leverage investment opportunities offered by federal and municipal
governments, and private sector supporters.

Although the consultation phase is now complete, it is not too late to let
your local MLA know that you support these recommendations and reiterate
the positive impact they will have on your community.

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*Alyssa Polinsky*
Interim Executive Director

BC Museums Association || 675 Belleville Street  || Victoria, BC || V8W 9W2

Direct: 250-356-5694 || Office: 250-356-5700  || www.museumsassn.bc.ca
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