‘We’re all hurting’: culture and sports groups say they need added funds, emergency support extended

The government says it’s developing a new portal in ‘record time’ to help fund arts, culture, and sport organizations, while opposition MPs say a plan for the sector has been too slow.

Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault says the government’s priority has been focused on the first phase of the crisis and it will ‘work together’ with the sector on how to support it post-COVID-19. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

May 27, 2020

Opposition MPs and arts, sports, and cultural organizations are calling for more clarity on government support, warning the economic impact of the coronavirus on the sector’s survival will require longer-term planning and aid than other industries to address. The seasonal and events-focused natur...

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