{"id":4771,"date":"2025-11-13T17:05:49","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enpiste.qc.ca\/communique-de-presse\/the-front-commun-pour-les-arts-turns-to-the-federal-government-and-responds-to-the-carney-administrations-budget\/"},"modified":"2025-11-18T20:10:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T20:10:21","slug":"the-front-commun-pour-les-arts-turns-to-the-federal-government-and-responds-to-the-carney-administrations-budget","status":"publish","type":"communique-de-presse","link":"https:\/\/enpiste.qc.ca\/en\/communique-de-presse\/the-front-commun-pour-les-arts-turns-to-the-federal-government-and-responds-to-the-carney-administrations-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"The Front commun pour les arts turns to the federal government and responds to the Carney administration&#8217;s budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A few days beneficial to reflection and consultation have passed since Mark Carney&#8217;s government tabled its first budget. Last Friday, at a press conference, Minister Steven Guilbeault described the investments in the arts community as \u201chistoric,\u201d stating that this is the largest budget ever allocated to culture. <br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Let&#8217;s welcome the renewals and enhancements<\/h4>\n\n<p>Primarily geared toward supporting the audiovisual industries, this budget is welcomed by the film, television, and digital platform sectors, which will see their production and distribution capabilities strengthened thanks to the confirmation of substantial financial support. The 2025 budget also announces the federal government&#8217;s intention to create a resale right system in the visual arts, which has been rightly demanded for nearly 20 years. <\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cThe resale right, which allows artists to receive a share of the value of their works when they are resold, will make a tangible contribution to improving the income and working conditions of artists across Canada.\u201d<br\/>Camille Cazin, Executive Director of the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Another source of relief: Festivals and presenters will benefit from the renewal of funding for the Canada Arts Presentation Fund and Building Communities through Arts and Heritage programs.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Identifying the shortcomings<\/h4>\n\n<p>However, this is not a time for celebrations. For artists, companies and organisations supported by the Canada Council for the Arts (CCA), the budget points to difficult years ahead. <br\/>We fully recognize the value of the federal government&#8217;s decision to finally exempt the CAC from the 15% cut imposed by the Comprehensive Expenditure Review (CER). However, we unanimously express our deep concern about the very limited increase in funding allocated to the CAC. Last year, we repeated tirelessly that artistic production and dissemination costs are skyrocketing and that inflation is undermining the living and working conditions of artists and cultural workers alike. It is imperative that the funds allocated to the various arts councils keep pace.<br\/><br\/>In March 2025, Qu\u00e9bec recognized this fact, and the budget of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qu\u00e9bec was significantly increased to $200 million. It is worth noting the commitment made by the new mayor of Montr\u00e9al to significantly and rapidly increase funding for the Conseil des arts de Montr\u00e9al from approximately $22 million to $30 million by 2028. However, the $2 million per year increase in the CAC&#8217;s budget, barely 0.5% of its total budget, is considered clearly insufficient. This contribution falls well short of the sector&#8217;s actual needs, estimated at $140 million by the Canadian Arts Coalition. New investments are needed to support creators, meet the high standards of quality required for artistic production, and ensure competitiveness in all markets. The funds allocated to the CAC do not bode well for maintaining what has been achieved or for the long-awaited improvement in working conditions. It should not be forgotten that the CAC has already had to cut its budget by 2.7% in the last year and that the disruption to services is already being felt despite all the efforts made by the Crown corporation.            <\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cSeveral testimonials from artists and organizations in Qu\u00e9bec and across Canada mention that they have not received any support since 2023, either for projects or for operations. The erosion of the ecosystem is palpable on the ground and continues to create disastrous situations in terms of the creation and dissemination of works.\u201d<br\/>Sonia Pelletier, Executive Director of REPAIRE<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p>Higher education institutions are also left behind, with yet another stagnation recorded over the last 15 years in the Canada Arts Training Fund (CTFA), affecting their operating budgets. This new freeze comes after an incomplete and imperfect initial upgrade of the fund.<br\/><br\/>Finally, we regret the absence of clear measures regarding the social safety net for artists, which has been repeatedly demanded by the community and promised during the election campaign. Last spring, the Front commun pour les arts prioritized the implementation of a process that would lead to a comprehensive, inclusive, and well-documented proposal. Many disciplinary associations and Qu\u00e9bec unions have since entrusted Comp\u00e9tence Culture, our sectoral workforce committee, with the mandate to conduct rigorous research and consultation aimed at defining a protection model adapted to the multifaceted realities of artistic work. Concrete responses regarding federal financial support for this responsible and ambitious project are still pending.     <\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">\u201cThe chronic precariousness of artists is not inevitable: it is the result of a public framework that is ill-suited to the realities of artistic work. It is high time that the government ensured that artists, through various complementary measures, enjoy living conditions worthy of their immense contribution to society.\u201d<br\/>Parise Mongrain, Executive Director of the Regroupement qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de la danse.<br\/><br\/><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Call to action<\/h4>\n\n<p>We, a collective of disciplinary, union, and territorial associations based in Qu\u00e9bec, call on Minister Steven Guilbeault, as Qu\u00e9bec Lieutenant of the Liberal Party of Canada, and Minister of Finance and National Revenue, Fran\u00e7ois-Philippe Champagne to engage in an open and constructive dialogue with us.<br\/><br\/>In March 2025, Qu\u00e9bec did its part. It invested in arts and culture to energize, promote, and showcase its national identity through the work of its artists and artisans. However, the increases granted by the Qu\u00e9bec government to arts and culture cannot compensate for the federal government&#8217;s clear disengagement from artists working in Qu\u00e9bec: while the audiovisual sector has benefited from targeted increases, the performing arts, visual arts, literature, and crafts remain largely neglected.   <br\/><br\/>We must demand greater consistency in government discourse and decisions at the dawn of what appears to be a real public health crisis, characterized in particular by screen addiction and the erosion of social cohesion. In fact, in a world as polarized as ours, culture must be supported more than ever so that it can truly play its role: strengthening the sovereignty, identity, and humanity of its territory. <br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The following members of the Front commun pour les arts have signed this call for collaboration:<\/h4>\n\n<p style=\"line-height:1\">Parise Mongrain, Regroupement qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de la danse (RQD)<br\/><br\/>Caroline Gignac, Conseil qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois du th\u00e9\u00e2tre (CQT)<br\/><br\/>H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Hotton, Union des \u00e9crivaines et des \u00e9crivains qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois (UNEQ)<br\/><br\/>Sonia Pelletier, Regroupement de pairs des arts ind\u00e9pendants de recherche et d\u2019exp\u00e9rimentation (REPAIRE)<br\/><br\/>Catherine Bodmer, Regroupement des centres d\u2019artistes autog\u00e9r\u00e9s du Qu\u00e9bec (RCAAQ)<br\/><br\/>Camille Cazin, Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Qu\u00e9bec ( RAAV)<br\/><br\/>Nadia Drouin, En Piste, regroupement national des arts du cirque<br\/><br\/>Julie-Anne Richard, Association professionnelle des diffuseurs de spectacles &#8211; RIDEAU<br\/><br\/>Guy Bernard, Guilde des musiciens et musiciennes du Qu\u00e9bec (GMMQ)<br\/><br\/>Lily Thibeault, Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 de d\u00e9veloppement des p\u00e9riodiques culturels qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois (SODEP)<br\/><br\/>Dominic Trudel, Conseil qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois de la musique (CQM)<br\/><br\/>\u00c9ric Lord, R\u00e9seau Culture 360\u00b0<br\/><br\/>Fran\u00e7oise Landry, Regroupement des arts de rue (RAR)<br\/><br\/>Tania Kontoyanni, Union des artistes (UDA)<br\/><br\/>Mo Carpels, Regroupement du conte au Qu\u00e9bec (RCQ)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few days beneficial to reflection and consultation have passed since Mark Carney&#8217;s government tabled its first budget.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4775,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[156],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4771","communique-de-presse","type-communique-de-presse","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-commun-pour-les-arts-en"],"acf":{"ville_de_levenement":"Montreal,","name_publieur":"En Piste","entreprise":"","role_du_publieur":"","credit":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - 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