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Politique culturelle fédérale de 1700 à 1799
Federal Cultural Policy from 1950 to 1959
Cultural Policy - Broadcasting - Film - Museums and Heritage
1951 The Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences recommends the creation of a national arts funding organization and a national library
1957 Canada Council Act passes creating the Canada Council responsible for funding the humanities, arts and social sciences
1952 CBC launches its television service
1955 Royal Commission on Broadcasting (Fowler Commission) established
1957 Royal Commission on Broadcasting recommends new Broadcasting Act
1958 New Broadcasting Act is passed, transferring the regulatory role of the CBC to a new Board of Broadcast Governors and establishing the first Canadian content quotas
1958 CBC creates its Northern Service and begins to receive annual parliamentary appropriations
1950 National Film Act passes, expanding the National Film Board’s mandate
1953 National Library Act is passed
1953 Historic Sites and Monuments Act is passed
   
   
   
 
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