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<span style="font-size:14px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="color:#009add"><b>Additional funding for the arts</b></span></span></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">When can the recovery truly begin and what will it look like? Even if we can’t say for sure, we can prepare.<br>
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In its <a href="https://canadacouncil.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91d51a63476307c44f7e0140c&id=3d8cb5e870&e=72ad71c02f" target="_blank"><span style="color:#009add">2020 Fall Economic Statement</span></a>, the federal government announced $181.5M in additional funds in 2021‒22 for the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Canada Council for the Arts to enhance their support to the arts sector. We expect that the specifics of the funding will be revealed in early 2021.<br>
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With these funds, the Council plans to support projects that create jobs. As soon as we get the green light, we will announce our initiatives, and we intend to distribute the funding very quickly. It is urgent that we support those who have been without work thus far. You should start preparing now.</span></span>
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<li><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">If you have research and creation projects that require hiring collaborators, now is the time to define the broad strokes.</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">If you are part of an artistic group or organization, now is also the time to consider creative projects for new works or adaptations of existing works that will enable you to share your artistic and literary creations with broader audiences via digital technology.</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-size:12px"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica neue,helvetica,sans-serif">We are looking for proposals that require that you hire artists and experts, who need to work to get through the pandemic. Once again, please be ready.<br>
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Before the new funding is made available, we will have the opportunity to discuss the last year and our vision for the future with you and with the broader public. And so I encourage you to add our 2021 Annual Public Meeting to your calendars (it will be held at 4 p.m. EST on January 26, 2021).<br>
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In closing, I want to thank you for your confidence, and I salute your courage and your efforts to fly the arts-and-culture flag high and proud during these difficult times. I wish you restorative holidays. I hope you take time to recuperate—and rest assured that we will be by your side more than ever after the holiday break.<br>
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Simon Brault, O.C., O.Q.<br>
Director and CEO<br>
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Read the <a href="https://canadacouncil.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91d51a63476307c44f7e0140c&id=cc8eb130cd&e=72ad71c02f" target="_blank"><span style="color:#009add">Director and CEO’s full statement</span></a></span></span>
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<span style="font-size:14px"><b><span style="color:#009add">Des fonds additionnels pour les arts</span></b></span><br>
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<span style="font-size:12px">Quand la relance pourra-t-elle vraiment commencer et quelle forme prendra-t-elle? Si on ne peut le dire avec certitude, nous pouvons nous y préparer.<br>
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Le dernier <a href="https://canadacouncil.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91d51a63476307c44f7e0140c&id=bfd92d0f66&e=72ad71c02f" target="_blank"><span style="color:#009add">Énoncé économique du gouvernement fédéral</span></a> annonçait des fonds supplémentaires de 181,5 millions de dollars en 2021-2022 pour le ministère du Patrimoine canadien et le Conseil des arts du Canada afin d’élargir leurs programmes de soutien aux arts. Nous prévoyons que les détails sur ces fonds seront connus dans les premiers mois de 2021.<br>
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Le Conseil compte utiliser les fonds qui lui seront attribués pour soutenir des projets qui créent des emplois. Dès que nous aurons le feu vert, nous annoncerons nos initiatives avec l’intention de procéder très rapidement à l’octroi des fonds. Préparez-vous dès maintenant.</span>
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<li><span style="font-size:12px">Si vous avez des projets de recherche et de création qui nécessitent l’embauche de collaboratrices et collaborateurs, c’est le temps d’en définir les grandes lignes.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size:12px">Si vous faites partie d’un groupe ou d’un organisme artistique, c’est le temps d’envisager des projets de création de nouvelles œuvres ou d’adaptation d’œuvres existantes qui permettront de partager vos créations artistiques et littéraires avec de plus vastes auditoires grâce au numérique.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size:12px"> Nous souhaitons recevoir des propositions qui requièrent l’embauche d’artistes et de spécialistes qui doivent travailler pour passer à travers la pandémie. Encore une fois, soyez prêts.<br>
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D’ici à ce que les nouveaux fonds annoncés soient disponibles, nous aurons la chance de discuter avec vous et avec le grand public de la dernière année et, surtout, de la vision de l’avenir qui se profile. Inscrivez notre Assemblée publique annuelle de 2021<span style="color:#009add"> </span>à votre agenda (26 janvier à<br>
16 h HNE).<br>
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En terminant, je vous remercie pour votre confiance et je salue votre courage et tous les efforts que vous faites pour porter haut le flambeau des arts et de la culture en ces temps gris. Passez des fêtes paisibles et prenez ce temps pour vous ressourcer. Nous serons plus que jamais à vos côtés au retour des fêtes.<br>
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Simon Brault, O.C., O.Q.<br>
Directeur et chef de la direction<br>
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Lisez la <a href="https://canadacouncil.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=91d51a63476307c44f7e0140c&id=0efa102cd2&e=72ad71c02f" target="_blank"><span style="color:#009add">déclaration complète du directeur et chef de la direction</span>.</a></span>
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