Party Platforms

Maintain funding for arts and culture at or above existing levels.

Improve effectiveness of arts allocations. The prime minister says he wants to "shift spending to programs that are the most effective."

Create a new, refundable tax credit of up to $500 for children under age 16 enrolled in arts or cultural activities. Make this credit accessible to low-income families.

A new Conservative government will not reintroduce rules that would allow government to rescind tax credits from film or TV shows considered “unsuitable.”

Prohibit spam to collect personal information under false pretences and to engage in crime.

Give self-employed Canadians the opportunity to access maternity and paternity benefits.

Reintroduce federal copyright legislation that brings intellectual property protection in line with other international jurisdictions and protect artists, consumers and creators.

Improving enforcement on counterfeiting and privacy.

Increase the threshold for foreign investment review (the policy does not say whether this would be applied in the broadcast industry).

Work to ensure that appointments to federal agencies reflect the diversity of Canada.

Guarantee alternating French- and English-language CRTC chairs; guarantee one English, one French vice-chair.

25 per cent of CRTC committee members to be francophone and Quebec broadcast hearings to have majority of French-speaking members on their panels

Increase funding to TV5, the international French-language television network by $25 million over five years.

Promote national recognition of important historic occasions, including the 400th anniversary of English settlement in Newfoundland, the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812 and the 150th anniversary of Confederation.