Public Notice 1998-1

Application for Certification:
The Writers' Union of Canada and League of Canadian Poets
Tribunal File No. 95-0014-A

In accordance with subsection 25(3) of the Status of the Artist Act, the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal hereby gives notice that it has received a joint application for certification from The Writers' Union of Canada and the League of Canadian Poets to represent a sector composed of all independant contractors engaged by a producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act as:

1. authors of literary works, in languages other than French, initially published in volume, electronic or multimedia form; or
   
   
2. authors of literary works, in languages other than French, initially published in volume, electronic or multimedia form and offered for performance or adaptation into other media including audio, audiovisual, multimedia and other electronic forms,

but excluding:

1. authors covered by the certification granted to the Periodical Writers Association of Canada by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on June 4, 1996;
   
   
2. authors covered by the certification granted to the Writers Guild of Canada by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on June 25, 1996; and
   
   
3. playwrights covered by the certification granted to the Playwrights'

Union of Canada by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on December 13, 1996.

Any artists' association that wishes to make a competing application for certification in respect of the same sector or any part of the same sector must file its application for certification no later than April 22, 1998. Any individual or organization that wishes to make representations to the Tribunal regarding the application must notify the Tribunal in writing of their interest no later than April 22, 1998.

Competing applications for certification and expressions of interest must be sent either by facsimile or mail to the:
Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal
8th Floor West, 240 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1A1
Facsimile No. (613) 947-4125.

Elizabeth Macpherson
Secretary General