The Canadian Arts Coalition will be holding its second-ever Arts Day on the Hill, on November 4, 2010 in Ottawa. Meetings with 90 Members of Parliament have been scheduled. Seventy-five arts leaders will have the opportunity to make the same two key recommendations to the federal government that Coalition co-chair Eric Dubeau will be making to the Standing Committee on Finance on October 21 – to wit:

Recommendation 1: That the Government of Canada invest in Canadian creativity and Canadian communities by increasing the base budget of the Canada Council for the Arts by an additional $30 million per year in each of the next four years, bringing the Council’s funding base to $300 million per annum by 2015.

Recommendation 2: That the Government of Canada acknowledge the role that arts and culture plays in enhancing Canada’s reputation internationally and put Canadian artists on the world stage by investing $25 million in strategic international market access and development initiatives.
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The Canadian Arts Coalition is also organizing an arts community meet-up and celebration (with cash bar), at Parliament Pub (on Wellington across from Parliament, next to the Info Centre) from 2:00 – 5:00 pm.