The 21 organizations of the Common Front for the Arts present their pre-budget brief to the Quebec government.<\/p>\n\n
In the autumn, the Common Front sounded the alarm and already called for clear actions to guarantee the sustainability of the cultural sector and to face the challenges that are shaking the artistic community:<\/p>\n\n
\u00b7 Increase the permanent credits of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qu\u00e9bec (CALQ) to $200 million starting next fiscal year;<\/p>\n\n
\u00b7 Aim to consolidate CALQ budgets by making all of its credits permanent;<\/p>\n\n
\u00b7 Systematize the indexing of CALQ programs;<\/p>\n\n
\u00b7 Make local culture a real government priority with a long-term vision for the thousands of artists and cultural workers in the sector.<\/p>\n\n
Investment is essential to curb the deterioration of the cultural ecosystem. The significant increase in costs, which has accelerated in recent years, is seriously undermining the creation, production, and dissemination of works, as well as the careers of artists and cultural workers. <\/p>\n\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not asking for these investments for development, we\u2019re asking for them to maintain operations. We saw the programming cuts that broadcasters have been announcing since the beginning of the year coming. That\u2019s what we\u2019ve been telling the government all fall.\u201d \u2014 Julie-Anne Richard, Executive Director, RIDEAU<\/p>\n\n
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Very real consequences for our culture
The consequences have been clearly presented to the Quebec government for several budgetary years. This year again, the cultural sector submitted a rigorous pre-budget brief to the offices of the Prime Minister, as well as the Finance and Culture departments, demonstrating the now-perceptible effects of insufficient funding: <\/p>\n\n
\u00b7 Devitalization of our ecosystem: suspension of audience development projects and activities, reduction in support for the next generation and reduction in the international influence of our culture;<\/p>\n\n
\u00b7 Reduction in the offer to citizens: fewer shows and exhibitions, increase in ticket costs; fewer tours and regions of Quebec less well served in terms of cultural offers;<\/p>\n\n
\u00b7 Deterioration of working conditions for thousands of artists (already in precarious situations) and cultural workers.<\/p>\n\n
\u201cWe must act in the next budget year to save an entire part of the Quebec artistic ecosystem, which is rich in our cultural identity and our values, and which does us proud.\u201d \u2014 Caroline Gignac, Executive Director, Conseil qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois du th\u00e9\u00e2tre (CQT)<\/p>\n\n
\u201c100% of the population consumes cultural products across all disciplines. It\u2019s time we started thinking about investing in local cultural products before customers change their habits and invest massively in cultural products from elsewhere, which are costing us all money.\u201d \u2014 Fran\u00e7ois Colbert, full professor at HEC Montr\u00e9al and holder of the Carmelle and R\u00e9mi Marcoux Chair in Arts Management<\/p>\n\n
\u201cOne of the fundamental pillars of our society, Culture, what makes us who we are, is no longer simply weakened; rather, it has been exposing deep cracks for several days and is literally threatening to collapse\u201d \u2014 Tania Kontoyanni, President, Union of Artists (UDA)<\/p>\n\n
Representatives of Common Front organizations, from left to right: Nadia Drouin, \u00c9mmanuelle H\u00e9bert, Mo Carpels, Dominic Trudel, Caroline Gignac, Camille Cazin, Julie-Anne Richard, Catherine Bodmer and Fran\u00e7ois Colbert during the presentation of the brief. Photo Mariane Beauchamp <\/p>\n\n
About the Common Front for the Arts
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Member Organizations of the Common Front for the Arts
Association of Parallel Cinemas of Quebec (ACPQ)<\/p>\n\n
Professional Association of Show Promoters \u2013 RIDEAU<\/p>\n\n
Quebec Council of Arts and Crafts (CMAQ)<\/p>\n\n
Quebec Music Council (CQM)<\/p>\n\n
Quebec Theatre Council (CQT)<\/p>\n\n
DOC Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n\n
En Piste, National Circus Arts Group<\/p>\n\n
National Federation of Communications and Culture (FNCC-CSN)<\/p>\n\n
Quebec Musicians’ Guild (GMMQ)<\/p>\n\n
Independent Arts Research and Experimentation Peer Group (REPAIRE)<\/p>\n\n
Street Arts Group (RAR)<\/p>\n\n
Association of Visual Artists (RAAV)<\/p>\n\n
Association of Self-Managed Artist Centers of Quebec (RCAAQ)<\/p>\n\n
Quebec Storytelling Group<\/p>\n\n
Quebec Dance Association (RQD)<\/p>\n\n
Culture 360\u00b0 Network (CRC)<\/p>\n\n
Quebec Cultural Periodicals Development Society (SODEP)<\/p>\n\n
Quebec Museum Society (QMS)<\/p>\n\n
Union of Artists (UDA)<\/p>\n\n
Union of Quebec Writers (UNEQ)<\/p>\n\n
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