Canadian Conference of the Arts President: All together now!
Submitted by Steve on April 25, 2012
From Kathleen Sharpe, president of the Canadian Conference of the Arts:
After months of silence, we finally know where we stand: the federal government has confirmed officially it will put an end to 46 years of funding to the Canadian Conference of the Arts by March 31, 2013. The good news is: we can count on some transition funding. We trust that Minister Moore’s decision to grant final funding to the CCA is an acknowledgment of the pertinence of our business plan and of our serious intent to transform the organisation.
I won’t deny however that we are disappointed with the final decision, as our plan called for transitional support over two years in order to allow the changes to take place in a more orderly fashion. The challenge ahead of us will put enormous pressure on board and staff to accelerate the implementation of the new business model and to generate new forms of earned revenue in a very short period of time. And this will not be possible without your commitment to do it with us.