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Launched in April 2010, the Canada Media Fund (CMF) is funded by the Government of Canada and cable, satellite and Internet Protocol Television distributors to support the creation of Canadian audiovisual content across multiple platforms. The Government stabilized funding to the CMF as part of Budget 2018 to compensate for declining contributions from the private sector, investing up to $172 million over five years. In 2021-22, these additional funds represent an investment of $29.7 million in the CMF. In addition, Budget 2021 provided $60 million over three years, starting in 2021-22, to the CMF to “increase support for productions led by people from equity-deserving groups working in the Canadian audiovisual industry.’’ Budget 2021 also included $5 million over two years from the Recovery Fund for Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport sectors to support ethnic and third language producers through the CMF program.
Launched in April 2010, the Canada Media Fund (CMF) is funded by the Government of Canada and cable, satellite and Internet Protocol Television distributors to support the creation of Canadian audiovisual content across multiple platforms. The Government stabilized funding to the CMF as part of Budget 2018 to compensate for declining contributions from the private sector, investing up to $172 million over five years. In 2021-22, these additional funds represent an investment of $29.7 million in the CMF. In addition, Budget 2021 provided $60 million over three years, starting in 2021-22, to the CMF to “increase support for productions led by people from equity-deserving groups working in the Canadian audiovisual industry.’’ Budget 2021 also included $5 million over two years from the Recovery Fund for Arts, Culture, Heritage and Sport sectors to support ethnic and third language producers through the CMF program.
Agricultural sector stakeholders in Quebec have raised concerns regarding Service Canada delays in Labour Market Impact Assessments (LMIA) processing
A department wide Anti-Racism survey in November 2020 revealed that perceptions of the existence and nature of racism in the department varied significantly based on respondent racial and ethnic background, and that significant proportions of racialized employees consider racism to be a problem within the department.
Costs to Provincial, Territorial and Municipal RCMP contract policing partners resulting from the new collective agreement with the National Police Federation.
The City of Surrey is transitioning from the RCMP and establishing its own municipal police force.
There is an overrepresentation of Indigenous and Black offenders in Correctional Service of Canada institutions. The Service also recognizes that there are specific needs for other ethnocultural populations, such as Black offenders.
The 2019-2020 Annual Report of the Office of the Correctional Investigator made four recommendations to the Correctional Service of Canada and two to the Minister of Public Safety related to Sexual Coercion and Violence in institutions.
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