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Politique culturelle fédérale de 1700 à 1799
Federal Cultural Policy from 1960 to 1969
Cultural Policy - Arts - Broadcasting - Film - Museums and Heritage - Publishing
1963 Secretary of State assumes responsibility for culture and the cultural agencies
1963 Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism (Laurendeau-Dunton Commission) established. (Final report issued in six volumes - 1967-1970) (a wiki)
1965 House of Commons Standing Committee on Culture established
1965 Department of Secretary of State recommends a cultural policy for Canada
1965 Centennial Commission provides funding for cultural infrastructure and arts festivals in preparation for Canada’s centennial celebration in 1967
1968 Criminal Code amended to allow federal and provincial governments to participate in lotteries
1969 Official Languages Act passed
1969 Federal Cabinet Committee on Culture and Information established
1965 Indian Art Centre established (Department of Indian and Northern Affairs)
1966 National Arts Centre Act passes (National Arts Centre opens in 1969)
1964 Fowler Committee on Broadcasting established to examine the dominance of foreign programming in the Canadian broadcasting system
1965 Fowler Committee recommends broadcasting regulatory body with more powers
1966 Federal White Paper on Broadcasting is published
1968 Federal White Paper on Satellite Communications is published
1968 New Broadcasting Act passes, establishing the Canadian Radio Television Commission (CRTC) to take over broadcasting regulation from the Board of Broadcast Governors and confirming the CBC’s mandate as a national broadcaster
1964 Firestone Committee on the Film Industry established
1967 Canadian Film Development Corporation (now Telefilm Canada) established as recommended by Firestone Committee
1960 National Aviation Museum opens
1967 National Museum of Science and Technology established
1968 National Museums of Canada Act passes creating a corporation to run the four national museums (National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Man (now the Canadian Museum of Civilization), Museum of Nature (now the Canadian Museum of Nature), Science and Technology Museum (now the Canadian Science and Technology Museum)
1968 National Historic Sites Policy announced
1960 Royal Commission on Publications (O'Leary Commission) established
1961 Royal Commission on Publications recommends that advertising costs for split-run magazines be made non-deductible under the Income Tax Act
1964 Income Tax Act amended to restrict tax deductions for advertising expenses to advertising in Canadian magazines
   
   
   
 
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