Letter Campaign for the Arts

CDA is so thrilled that so many peo­ple answered the Cana­di­an Arts Coali­tion’s call to send let­ters to MPS last fall.

The Cam­paign mobi­lized 10,456 peo­ple who sent 52,280 let­ters over five weeks.

The 2025–26 Cam­paign for Cul­ture was a call on peo­ple to ensure that all Mem­bers of Par­lia­ment sup­port invest­ment in the Arts and Cul­ture sec­tor in Cana­da through new invest­ments of $140 Mil­lion in the Cana­da Coun­cil for the Arts and $190 Mil­lion in Arts Pro­grams of Cana­di­an Her­itage – and no cuts. 

Not only did the Fall bud­get invest in cul­tur­al pro­grams of Cana­di­an Her­itage (PCH), but the Cana­da Coun­cil for the Arts (CCA) was not cut, even though there had been a poten­tial of a sig­nif­i­cant cut, and in fact, the CCA got an extreme­ly mod­est bud­get increase.

The CDA con­tin­ues to advo­cate for the full $140 mil­lion invest­ment in the Cana­da Coun­cil because it has a large and last­ing impact on the sec­tor, from the indi­vid­ual artist and ad hoc col­lec­tives to the largest cul­tur­al insti­tu­tions across the coun­try.

📣 Join the Nation­al Let­ter Cam­paign orga­nized by the Cana­di­an Arts Coali­tion

🖊️ Sign the let­ter and share with your col­leagues, your board mem­bers, audi­ence and friends

❓ Why?

➡️ The Cana­da Coun­cil for the Arts and the Cana­di­an Her­itage bud­gets are at risk!

The Lib­er­al gov­ern­ment has asked all depart­ments to come up with options for a 15% cut to their spend­ing over the next two years.

A poten­tial $54 mil­lion cut to the Cana­da Coun­cil for the Arts would be dev­as­tat­ing. With 90% of its bud­get allo­cat­ed to grant­i­ng pro­grams, such a reduc­tion would direct­ly impact dance orga­ni­za­tions and indi­vid­ual artists across the coun­try. Fur­ther cuts to the Depart­ment of Cana­di­an Her­itage would com­pound the dam­age, poten­tial­ly affect­ing essen­tial sup­port for train­ing pro­grams or pre­sen­ta­tion oppor­tu­ni­ties for exam­ple.

These reduc­tions would under­mine the very ecosys­tem that sup­ports Canada’s dance com­mu­ni­ty.

⚡ We ask for an invest­ment in the arts!
On the cam­paign trail, the Lib­er­al par­ty made promis­es about rein­vest­ing in ways that grow our econ­o­my and our nation, includ­ing spe­cif­ic promis­es about the Cana­da Coun­cil for the Arts.
Invest­ment is essen­tial now and invites you to ask for:
— An increase of $140 mil­lion to the Cana­da Coun­cil for the Arts; and
— An increase of $190 mil­lion to the Depart­ment of Cana­di­an Her­itage

In this fis­cal year, as part of a plan for the Gov­ern­ment of Cana­da to per­ma­nent­ly allo­cate at least 1% of its over­all spend­ing towards arts, cul­ture, and her­itage.