Canadian Heritage (PCH) Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic – Key Messages

Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations – Up to $500M to help alleviate the financial pressures of affected organizations:

$72M to the sport sector

$198.3M to the arts and culture sector

$53M to the heritage sector

$55M to the Canada Council for the Arts

$115.8M to the audiovisual sector

$3.5M for the digital Citizen Initiative to combat false and misleading COVID-19 information

Canada Book Fund and Canada Periodical Fund

Celebrate Canada Program

Flexibility for Funding Agreements

New Funding Applications

Security and Safety at PCH

Government-Wide Response

Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)

Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)

Canada Emergency Business Account

Business Credit Availability Program

Deferral of all Goods and Services Tax/Harmonized Sales Tax (GST/HST) payments

Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA)

Help for Students and Recent Grads

Prepared by: Cabinet and Parliamentary Affairs, February 2020

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