CERTIFICATION ORDER
WHEREAS the Union des artistes was certified under the Status of the Artist Act by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on July 24, 1998;
AND WHEREAS since April 1, 2013, the Canada Industrial Relations Board is responsible for the administration of Part II of the Status of the Artist Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Canada Industrial Relations Board hereby confirms that the
UNION DES ARTISTES
is certified to represent a sector composed of all independent contractors engaged by a producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act to perform the duties of director in a French-language stage production of a literary, musical or dramatic work or a mime, variety, circus or puppet show.
AND that, for the purposes of section 28(2) of the Status of the Artist Act, the original date of the certification remains July 24, 1998.
ISSUED at Ottawa, Ontario, this 29th day of April 2013.
Elizabeth MacPherson
Chairperson
Order no.: 10420-U