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Consultation on a Modern Framework for Online Intermediaries
Copyright is essential to the work that we do and is a key pillar of the creative economy. Copyright supports the continued creation and publication of written works in all genres and for a variety of markets. The online environment continues to...
ACP welcomes Budget 2021 commitments and seeks targeted support for book publishers in its implementation
The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) welcomes the tabling of Budget 2021, which charts the course for Canada’s economic recovery from COVID-19. In addition to targeted support for the arts and culture sector, the budget includes a...
Consultation on how to implement Canada’s CUSMA commitment to extend the general term of copyright protection
Copyright is essential to the work that we do and is a key pillar of the creative economy. Copyright supports the continued creation and publication of written works in all genres and for a variety of markets. ACP recognizes that the Government of...
Resilience, Agility & Innovation: Canadian Publishers and COVID-19 Recovery
Written Submission to the Department of Finance from the Association of Canadian Publishers Summary of Recommendations Increase Canadian publishers’ competitiveness and support their recovery from COVID-19 by enhancing the Canada Book Fund for...
Canadian independent publishers call for review of sale of Simon & Schuster to Bertelsmann/Penguin Random House
The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) is calling on the Competition Bureau and the Department of Canadian Heritage to review the pending sale of Simon & Schuster (S&S) to Bertelsmann, parent company of Penguin Random House (PRH). The...
Association of Canadian Publishers statement on bookstores and COVID-19
All Canadians have a role to play in fighting COVID-19. For booksellers, that role includes serving communities and keeping Canadians reading. When Amazon deprioritized shipping of “non-essential” goods in the spring, bookstores ensured continued...
Resilience, Agility & Innovation: Canadian Publishers and COVID-19 Recovery
Written Submission to Canadian Heritage (Update to September 2020 brief) Summary of Recommendations 1. Increase Canadian publishers’ competitiveness in a post-COVID-19 economy by immediately increasing the permanent annual budget of the Canada...
Resilience, Agility & Innovation: Canadian Publishers and COVID-19 Recovery: Written Submission to Canadian Heritage
Written Submission to Canadian Heritage Summary of Recommendations 1. Increase Canadian publishers’ competitiveness in a post-COVID-19 economy by immediately increasing the permanent annual budget of the Canada Book Fundfrom $38.4M to $58.4M. 2....
ACP’s 2021 Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance
ACP has made available its 2021 Pre-Budget Submission to the Standing Committee on Finance. Though existing programs are helping publishers in the immediate crisis, publishers will face the mainstay of challenges in early 2021 and beyond. An...
Resilience, Agility & Innovation: Canadian Publishers and COVID-19 Recovery
Written Submission for the Pre-Budget Consultations in Advance of the 2021 Budget Summary of Recommendations 1. Increase Canadian publishers’ competitiveness in a post-COVID-19 economy by immediately increasing the permanent annual budget of the...
ACP to honour publisher Margie Wolfe and bookseller Sharon Budnarchuk with annual awards
The Association of Canadian Publishers (ACP) is pleased to announce that Margie Wolfe, president and publisher of Second Story Press, will receive the 2020 President’s Award. ACP is also delighted to award Sharon Budnarchuk, bookseller...
A statement from the ACP Board of Directors
As members of the Association of Canadian Publishers, we stand in solidarity with those who have taken to the streets in protest against the ongoing, brutal, and systemic anti-Black racism that remains foundational in our culture. This racism is...