CCA Status of the Artist in Canada Report

The Canadian Conference of the Arts has released its report Status of the Artist in Canada – An Update on the 30th Anniversary of the UNESCO Recommendation Concerning the Status of the Artist. (The text of the original UNESCO recommendation is available here.) As the report notes, “Status of the Artist describes a category of legislation and other public policies directed at improving the economic and social status of professional artists”. The report covers a variety of legal areas, including taxation, collective bargaining, federal and provincial policies and health and safety issues.

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About Bob Tarantino

Bob Tarantino is Counsel at Dentons Canada LLP and focuses his practice on the interface between the entertainment industries and intellectual property law, with an emphasis on film and television production, financing, licensing, distribution, and IP acquisition and protection. His clients range from artists and independent producers to Canadian distributors and foreign studios and financiers at every stage of the creative process, from development to delivery and exploitation.