Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage (CHPC) - Work during the 42nd Parliament
The Committee undertook the following studies:
Online Secondary Ticket Sales Industry
Purpose: Identify impacts on Canada’s creative industries and how it is affecting Canadians ability to access live performances.
Duration: May to June 2019
Appearance: None
Report: Tabled on June 12, 2019
Government Response: Not applicable
Canada Council for the Arts
Purpose: Study how the Canada Council for the Arts is managing their increase from Budget 2016 and their transition to a modernized funding model to ensure that artists no matter where they live in Canada have the support they need to contribute to the creative sector.
Duration: May to June 2019
Appearance: None
Report: None
Government Response: Not applicable
Mandate of CBC/Radio-Canada as it relates to the Broadcasting Act
Purpose: Examine the mandate of CBC/Radio-Canada
When: May 30, 2019
Appearance: None
Report: None
Government Response: Not applicable
Remuneration Models for Artists and Creative Industries
Purpose: As part of the review of the Copyright Act, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology (INDU), asked CHPC to conduct a parallel study on the remuneration models for artists and creatives industries.
Duration: May 2018 to May 2019
Appearance:
Witnesses: PCH Officials (as part of a technical briefing)
May 22, 2018
Report: Tabled on May 15, 2019
Government Response: Requested via a motion not specifying a tabling deadline (not tabled).
Indigenous Participation in Sport
Purpose: Find best practices to increase Indigenous participation in sport from across North America; make recommendations which will encourage increased participation in amateur and professional sport as well as increased fitness levels / health of Indigenous citizens, with a focus on youth.
Duration: January to February 2019
Appearance:
Witnesses: PCH Officials
February 7, 2019
Report: None
Government Response: Not applicable
Gender Parity on the Boards and Senior Leadership Levels of Canadian Artistic and Cultural Organizations
Purpose: Fully identify the problem, and to make recommendations that will lead to gender parity.
Duration: May to December 2018
Appearance: None
Report: Tabled on January 29, 2019
Government Response: Tabled on May 28, 2019
Lead: PCH
Cultural Hubs and Cultural Districts in Canada
Purpose: Understand their economic impacts, their effects on arts and culture in Canada, the role they play in city building, and how the federal government can foster and support their development.
Duration: February to September 2018
Appearance:
Witnesses: PCH Officials
Date: February 13, 2018
Report: Tabled on October 1, 2018
Government Response: Tabled on January 29, 2019
Lead: PCH
The State of Canadian Museums
Purpose: Paint a portrait of the state of Canadian museums.
Duration: June 2016 to June 2018
Appearance:
Witnesses: PCH Officials
Date: June 9, 2016
Report: Tabled on September 18, 2018
Government Response: Tabled on January 16, 2019
Lead: PCH
Systemic Racism and Religious Discrimination
Purpose: Develop a whole-of-government approach to reducing or eliminating systemic racism and religious discrimination including Islamophobia, in Canada (study undertaken by the adoption of motion M-103).
Duration: September 2017 to April 2018
Appearance:
Witnesses: PCH Officials
Date: September 18, 2017
Report: Tabled on February 1, 2018
Government Response: Tabled on June 1, 2018
Lead: PCH
Canadian Women and Girls in Sport
Purpose: See how the Department of Canadian Heritage can increase participation and involvement in both amateur and professional sport.
Duration: October 2016 to June 2017
Appearance:
Witnesses: Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities (Qualtrough) and PCH Officials
Date: October 27, 2016
Report: Tabled on September 27, 2017
Government Response: Tabled on January 17, 2018
Lead: PCH
The Media and Local Communities
Purpose: Observe how local communities are informed about local and regional experiences through news, broadcasting, digital and print media; the unintended consequences of news media concentration and the erosion of local news reporting; and the impact of new media.
Duration: February 2016 to June 2017
Appearances:
Witnesses: PCH Officials
Dates: February 23 to October 6, 2016
Report: Tabled on June 15, 2017
Government Response: Tabled on October 16, 2017
Lead: PCH, ISED and Department of Finance
Reinvestment Plan of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
Purpose: Explain the plans and strategies of the Crown Corporation, in light of the reinvestment announced in the 2016-17 federal budget.
When: October 25, 2016
Appearance: None
Report: None
Government Response: Not applicable
The Activities of the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Committee on the Eve of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic and Paralympic Games
Purpose: Provide an update on the activities on the eve of the 2016 Olympic Games.
When: June 7, 2016
Appearance: None
Report: None
Government Response: Not applicable
The Committee studied the following Private Members’ Business:
C-210, An Act to amend the National Anthem Act (gender)
C-311, An Act to amend the Holidays Act (Remembrance Day)
C-369, An Act to amend the Bills of Exchange Act, the Interpretation Act and the Canada Labour Code (National Indigenous Peoples Day)
C-376, An Act to Designate the Month of April as Sikh Heritage Month
C-391, An Act Respecting a National Strategy for the Repatriation of Aboriginal Cultural Property
The Committee studied the following Senate Public Bills:
S-218, An Act respecting Latin American Heritage Month
S-232, An Act respecting Canadian Jewish Heritage Month
S-236, An Act to recognize Charlottetown as the birthplace of Confederation
The Committee studied the following Government Bill:
C-91, An Act respecting Indigenous languages
Witnesses: Minister of Canadian Heritage (Rodriguez) and PCH Officials
Date: February 19, 2019
Other Appearances not part of a study:
2018-19 Supplementary Estimates B
Witnesses: Minister of Canadian Heritage (Rodriguez) and PCH Officials
Date: April 9, 2019
2018-19 Supplementary Estimates A
Witnesses: Minister of Canadian Heritage (Rodriguez) and PCH Officials
Date: December 4, 2018
2018-19 Main Estimates
Witnesses: Minister of Canadian Heritage (Joly) and PCH Officials
Date: June 7, 2018
Briefing on the Government's New Cultural Policy
Witnesses: Minister of Canadian Heritage (Joly) and PCH Officials
Date: November 2, 2017
2017-18 Main Estimates
Witnesses: Minister of Canadian Heritage (Joly) and PCH Officials
Date: May 30, 2017
2016-17 Supplementary Estimates B
Witnesses: Minister of Canadian Heritage (Joly) and PCH Officials
Date: November 29, 2016
2016-17 Main Estimates
Witnesses: Minister of Canadian Heritage (Joly) and PCH Officials
Witnesses: Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities (Qualtrough) and PCH Officials
Date: April 14, 2016
Statistics:
Appearances by the Minister of Canadian Heritage: 8
