CONSEIL NATIONAL DE LA PRESS ET DES MEDIAS ETHNICQUES DU CANADA

                                                                                       

R E S O L U T I O N

   

The members in attendance at the 1st Conference sponsored by the Ministry of CANADIAN HERITAGE and the NATIONAL ETHNIC PRESS & MEDIA COUNCIL OF CANADA, during the business of the Conference, decided and affirmed the following:
 

  •      The necessity of the Ethnic Press of the Country as a vital part for the success of the policies of multiculturalism in the Canadian society;

 

  •      A group insurance should be sought by the Council, to cover the needs of the members;

 

  •      A retirement fund should be pursued and established in cooperation with the government, in order to cover the needs of the publishers and editors of the ethnic press;

 

  •      Government advertisement should be re-negotiated so that it would really help in establishing worthy publications and put a stop to the usurpation by the various advertising agencies;

 

  •      The Editorial Assistance Program of the Canadian Heritage for Canadian magazines, should be extended to include and qualify ethnic publications, under new set of rules of the new inclusive policies of the Department.

 

  •      GST on ethnic publications should be eliminated, as it is with the Canadian periodicals;

 

  •      Communications Canada should be approached to raise the portion of the Government advertising budget for ethnic media to 15%;

 

  •      Publications Assistance Program should eliminate the provision of 50% subscription of the total circulation, in order an ethnic publication to qualify for the program;

 

  •      Portion of 20% of the total advertising budget of the Government of Canada’s contracts to private sector, must be given to ethnic media;

 

  •      Negotiations should start forthwith with schools of Journalism in order to secure the best education for our members.

 

DATED at Toronto, this eleventh day of October in the year two thousand and three.

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THOMAS S. SARAS                               MAXWELL WYNTER

PRESIDENT                                             A. Vice President

 

ANGELA DIMOU-KABOURIS

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY