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Current Policy Priorities
CIMA's advocacy work is felt big time across the country through crucial forums and campaigns on behalf of our collective industry.
To give you an example, we roared into 2024 with public advocacy campaigns and movements :
- Permanently increase funding to the Canada Music Fund-which funds FACTOR and Musicaction - and we succeeded!
- Prevent increases to the costs of visas to the US.
- Consult on copyright, AI, and broadcasting reform, employment insurance, creative export, and housing affordability. If you are currently working in the music industry and would clike to participate in our research on this topic, click here!
Let Your Voice Be Heard!
tell your Liberal representatives how important it is that they honour their election promise to permanently increase the Canada Music Fund (CMF)! The music industry is a significant contributor to Canada’s GDP, to local economies, and the intellectual property created and monetized through this important investment tool is a renewable resource that continues to contribute to the economy. The ROI comes back in spades, and the cultural impact is immense. One working artist promoting a project creates tons of jobs in admin, production, manufacturing, marketing, finance, law, venues, transportation, hospitality — the list goes on.
The CMF is an important public-private partnership that results sound economic returns, a renewable product, and a strong Canadian creative economy. The the Liberal Government to keep their promise!