[BCMA] Fwd: Budget 2021: Investments for the heritage sector // Budget 2021: Investissements pour le secteur du patrimoine

[Moderated BCMA subscriber listserv]

Minister Freeland presented Budget 2021
<https://www.budget.gc.ca/2021/home-accueil-en.html> today and here are a
few highlights with you when it comes to museums.


   - Investments for the *digitisation of information and collections* by
   non-national museums and heritage institutions, which will allow these
   institutions to create original content such as educational materials,
   apps, or other virtual activities to enhance the visitor experience ($23M
   over 3 years to the * Museums Assistance Program*, starting in 2021-22).
   - $371.8 million in *new funding for Canada Summer Jobs* in 2022-23 to
   support approximately 75,000 new job placements in the summer of 2022. This
   is in addition to 2020 Fall Economic Statement funding for approximately
   94,000 additional job placements in 2021-22.
   - New funding to help upgrade arts and heritage organisations to meet
   public health guidelines. $15 million in 2021-22 to the *Canada Cultural
   Spaces Fund*.


   - Extension of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy, the Canada Emergency
   Rent Subsidy and the Lockdown Support until September 2021. The subsidy
   rates would gradually decline over the July-to-September period to target
   sectors that are slower to recover
   - To promote recovery from the pandemic for heritage, arts, and sport
   sectors that contribute so much to the cultural life of Canada, we propose
   to invest $300 million over two years, starting in 2021-22, to Canadian
   Heritage to establish a Recovery Fund for Heritage, Arts, Culture, Heritage
   and Sport Sectors.
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