Town Hall on Arts and Culture in Parkdale-High Park Arif Virani, MP for Parkdale-High Park @ArifViraniMP @ViraniArif @ArifVirani

Budget 2016 Investing in Arts and Culture To create jobs Strengthen the economy Ensure the Canadian perspective is shared with the world $1.9 billion commitment over five years Largest investment out of all G7 nations

Supporting our National Institutions CBC $675 million over five years to save the CBC Support world class content Give Canadians better access in the digital era

Supporting our National Institutions Canada Council for the Arts $550 million over five years Foster development of the arts through grants, services, and awards for professional Canadian artists and organizations, as well as scholarly awards

Supporting our National Institutions Supporting National Museums $105.9 million over five years to help all national museums address immediate operational and capital pressures $156.4 million over three years to the Canada Science and Technology Museum (to construct a new collection and conservation centre to protect Canadian heritage artifacts) $114.9 million over two years to the National Arts Centre (performing arts) $9.6 million over two years to the National Gallery for repairs

Showcasing Canada’s Cultural Industries to the World Budget 2016 Showcasing Canada’s Cultural Industries to the World $35 million over two years to support the promotion of Canadian artists and cultural industries to the world

Budget 2017 A review and modernization of the Broadcasting Act and Telecommunications Act.

Budget 2017 Strengthening Cultural and Recreational Infrastructure Canada Cultural Spaces Fund: commitment of $300 million over 10 years, to bring artists, cultural entrepreneurs, and organizations together in shared spaces for collaboration. To date, this Fund has invested $410 million in 1,381 projects in every province and territory, e.g. the Kenojuak Cultural Centre in Cape Dorset, Nunavut received a $4.5 million grant, to create an elder gathering space and a home for artists’ studios and exhibition gatherings.

Budget 2017: Taking critical steps to preserve, revitalize and enhance Indigenous languages and cultures, as part of ongoing work toward reconciliation. Commitment to create Indigenous Languages Act in partnership with Indigenous Peoples $69 million to enhance the Aboriginal Languages Initiatives $14.9 million for the Library and Archives Canada to support digitization of existing Indigenous languages and cultural materials, and development of Aboriginal Oral Testimonies Project $6 million to the National Research Council Canada – preserves oral histories by converting speech to text

Budget 2017 $50 million over 10 years to support construction of community educational institutions in official language minority communities

Budget 2017 Youth in Heritage Investments in the Youth Employment Strategy ($395.5 million over three years) will: help more than 33,000 vulnerable youth develop the skills they need to find work or go back to school; create 15,000 new green jobs for young Canadians; and provide over 1,600 new employment opportunities for youth in the heritage sector.

What does this mean for Toronto? Over $137 million total invested in arts and culture in Toronto since 2015 An investment of $5.1 million for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) in the Junction, through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund $3.5 million for the Artscape Launchpad $6 million for Artistic and Cultural Heritage at Evergreen Brick Works

What does this mean for Toronto? $1.6 million for the ROM’s Curatorial Building repairs $8.3 million for the Massey Hall Revitalization Project $230,000 in programming funding for Canadian Multiculturalism Day Celebrations taking place on June 27 at the Harbourfront Centre

Arif Virani, MP for Parkdale-High Park Community Office: 1596 Bloor Street West Toronto, ON M6P 1A7 Contact: 416-769-5072 Arif.Virani@parl.gc.ca Avirani.liberal.ca @ArifViraniMP @ViraniArif @ArifVirani