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ACTRA puts key issues affecting Canadian performers front and centre during the election so you can find out where the candidates and parties stand before you cast your vote. Let’s Keep Canada on our Screens by putting Canadian stories and talent at the heart of our next government’s cultural policy.  

Included below are downloadable campaign resources, such as posters, backgrounders and social media messaging, that shine a spotlight on the key cultural issues at stake in this election.

Key questions to ask candidates:
Downloadable resources:
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Let your voice be heard in this federal election! Snap a photo of yourself holding one of these downloadable window signs and share your photo on social media using the hashtag #KeepCanadaOnOurScreens
Yannick Bisson
Sydney Scotia
An Artist Lives Here Signs
Window Sign
Window Sign B&W
Door Hanger Colour
Door Hanger B&W
Keep Canada on our Screens Window Signs
Social Media Toolkit
Facebook
Instagram
Twitter
Sample posts:

Let’s #KeepCanadaOnOurScreens by putting Canadian stories and talent at the heart of our next government’s cultural policy #cdnpoli #canadavotes #ACTRA #justask2019

[insert candidate’s twitter handle] will you level the playing field so all players in the Canadian market are required to contribute to the creation of Canadian content?  #cdnpoli #canadavotes #ACTRA #KeepCanadaOnOurScreens #justask2019

[insert candidate’s twitter handle] will you support long-term stable funding to #CBC, #CanadaMediaFund, #NationalFilmBoard and #Telefilm? #cdnpoli #canadavotes #KeepCanadaOnOurScreens #ACTRA #justask2019

[insert candidate’s twitter handle] will you deliver a made-in-Canada copyright solution that respects audiovisual performers & ensures we’re properly compensated for our work? #cdnpoli #canadavotes #ACTRA

Branch election campaigns:
ACTRA Toronto
UBCP/ACTRA

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