CBC.ca reports....Heritage Minister Bev Oda has announced a permanent $30-million increase in annual funding for the Canada Council for the Arts.
The May 2006 federal budget raised the Canada Council's funding by $20 million in 2006-7 and $30 million the following year, but the increase was not guaranteed in future.
Oda, appearing in Toronto on Friday, announced the funding increase would be rolled into the Canada Council's budget, raising its annual total to $180 million a year...
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