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December 31: Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (CWLB) is now available to professional musicians in Quebec.

NEW! Your membership card is now available digitally, online in your member area.
ATTENTION: In order to reduce our environmental impact, the GMMQ membership cards will no longer be sent in paper format.

IMPORTANT: Please note that the Musicians' Pension Fund of Canada must receive contributions for the year 2021 by March 1, 2022.
In order to meet this deadline, we would appreciate receiving your 2021 contracts by February 15, 2022.

Montreal, December 21, 2021 - In the wake of Quebec's announcement of new lockdown measures that will result in the closure of performance venues, Quebec's arts and culture associations (APASQ, AQAD, ARRQ, FNCC-CSN, GMMQ, SARTEC, TRACE, UDA and UNEQ) are calling on the federal government to make the new The Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit available as soon as possible. [Press Release in french].

Discover the 2nd event of the series organized by the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ), at the new space dedicated to music at the Grande Bibliothèque: Le Pavillon (in partnership with the GMMQ).

We need your help to keep the pressure on. 
Write to your MP now to make your position known and to support us. The act respecting the professional status of artistsis a key piece of legislation whose revision could significantly improve the socio-economic status of artists in Quebec. 

Congratulations to all our members who are nominated for the 2021 ADISQ Galas! Discover below the list of nominees and winners (in red).

As of December 1, 2021, CBC/Radio-Canada will require that all third parties (suppliers, contractors, guests, independent producers, etc.) who work or visit any of our facilities (including those we rent) be fully vaccinated.Proof of vaccination may be requested and anyone who cannot provide such proof will be denied access to a CBC facility.

Your association's digital magazine, fall edition, is out!
Portrait: Brandyn Lewis, audiences crave diversity! Enjoy reading.

Press Release - As some shows and music festivals resume in Quebec, the Quebec Musicians' Guild (GMMQ) surveyed professional musicians to find out if their professional and financial situation was improving. The results show that 40% of them are still experiencing financial difficulties, and 44% describe their professional situation as difficult. Although venues have been allowed to resume operations with restrictions, the recovery is slow in coming for many. [in french]

Please note that as of July 15, audition notices will be sent by email only (for Quebec symphony orchestras).

François Legault's government has committed to introducing a bill to reform the Status of the Artist Act in the National Assembly during the current mandate. To this end, the Minister of Culture initiated consultations last winter: several stakeholders were invited to present their thoughts and the improvements they would like to see made to the legislative framework governing the work of artists, creators and professionals in the cultural sector. [Text in french].

After the adoption in extremis of Bill C-10 at third reading by the parliamentarians of the House of Commons, the Quebec artists' associations deplore the blockage immediately announced by some Conservative senators. While Ottawa seems to be running out of time to adopt this bill to reform the broadcasting law, the APASQ, AQAD, ARRQ, FNCC-CSN, GMMQ, SARTEC, TRACE, UDA and UNEQ deplore the fact that the possibility of finally subjecting digital giants to the same rules as Canadian companies has been squandered, despite the sustained efforts of Liberal and Bloc Québécois MPs and the support of the NDP. See the Press Release in french.

CFM - Dear Madam, Many of us in the arts community have shown tolerance to your wildly inaccurate objections to Bill C-10, and even been lightly amused by your confusion between the Charter of Rights and The Broadcast Act. However, your latest proclamations regarding Canadian artists, particularly in Quebec, has served to do nothing but cost you the respect of artists across this country.

The APASQ, AQAD, ARRQ, FNCC-CSN, GMMQ, SARTEC, TRACE, UDA and UNEQ are pleased with the acceleration of parliamentary work resulting from the adoption in the House of Commons of a delay clause allowing the study of Bill C-10 to be completed. For these associations of artists, authors and professionals in the arts and culture sector in Quebec, the use of the delaying tactic had become necessary because of the obstruction practiced by certain MPs in Ottawa. [french Press Release]

Montreal, June 6, 2021 - From May 12 to June 6, GMMQ members were invited to vote electronically to elect the GMMQ MTL Vice President. With a participation rate of 34%, and with 61% of the votes, Geneviève Plante is elected vice-president Montreal of the GMMQ. Congratulations to her!

Letter from CFM President Alan Willaert in support of Bill C-10. 
We ask that you please lend your voices in support of B-10 through social media and contact your MP.

Montreal, May 5, 2021 - APASQ, AQAD, ARRQ, FNCC-CSN, GMMQ, SARTEC, TRACE, UDA and UNEQ salute the commitment of the Members of the National Assembly who today unanimously adopted the motion recognizing that artists have been hard hit by the pandemic and that their exceptional work needs to be better supervised by an in-depth reform of the Status of the Artist Acts. [translated, Press Release in french]

APASQ, AQAD, ARRQ, FNCC-CSN, GMMQ, SARTEC, TRACE, UDA and UNEQ welcome Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's budget and the strong signal sent by the Canadian government for the recovery of the cultural sector. This budget not only underscores the importance of culture as a pole of economic recovery and tourism in the country, but also how crucial it is to continue to support artists and creators in this time of health crisis. [translated]

Le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, appuyé par le ministère de la Culture et des Communications du Québec, met à leur disposition un fonds pour défrayer les honoraires de consultation auprès d’intervenants psychosociaux tels des psychologues, travailleurs sociaux, médiateurs, planificateurs financiers, conseillers juridiques, etc. La liste détaillée des intervenants se trouve ci-dessous. Un maximum de 10 rencontres est prévu pour chaque personne. 

Montréal, le 12 avril 2021 — Grâce au soutien financier du gouvernement du Québec, la Fondation des artistes, en collaboration avec la Guilde des musiciens et des musiciennes du Québec (GMMQ) et l’Union des artistes (UDA), se réjouit d’annoncer le renouvellement du Fonds d’urgence pour les artistes et travailleurs culturels du milieu des arts vivants. Doté de 3 M$, le fonds vise à offrir un soutien financier direct aux artistes et travailleurs culturels.