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Budget 2025 Recommendations to the Standing Committee on Finance from the Canadian Independent Music Association
Submitted August 2, 2024
Contact: Andrew Cash, President and CEO
andrewcash@cimamusic.ca
Following is a list of CIMA’s recommendations:
Recommendation 1: Fulfill the Government commitment for a permanent increase to the Canada Music Fund (CMF) to $50 million in Budget 2025, along with an additional $10 million for new live programming for a total of $60 million.
Recommendation 2: Move forward with amendments to the Copyright Act in an expedited fashion and support reforms that benefit Canadian-owned independent music.
Budget 2025 Recommendations
- Fulfill the Government commitment for a permanent increase to the Canada Music Fund (CMF) to $50 million in Budget 2025, along with an additional $10 million for new live programming for a total of $60 million.
- Move forward with amendments to the Copyright Act in an expedited fashion and support reforms that benefit Canadian independent music.
- amending the definition of ‘sound recording’ under the Act;
- narrowing the radio royalty exemption (i.e., repealing the $1.25 million broadcaster exemption)
- making the private copying regime technologically neutral