CERTIFICATION ORDER
WHEREAS the Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec was certified under the Status of the Artist Act by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on December 30, 1997;
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
ASSOCIATION DES RÉALISATEURS ET RÉALISATRICES DU QUÉBEC
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 functions of a director, and who:
a. are domiciled or resident in the province of Quebec and who direct an audio-visual production in the French language or in any language other than English; or
b. direct an audio-visual production in the French language or in any language other than English when the shooting takes place primarily in the province of Quebec;
Excluding professional independent contractors in the field of visual arts engaged in video art who are covered by the certification granted by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal to the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec on April 15, 1997.
AND that, for the purposes of section 28(2) of the Status of the Artist Act, the original date of the certification remains December 30, 1997.
ISSUED at Ottawa, Ontario, this 29th day of April 2013.
Elizabeth MacPherson
Chairperson
Order no. 10402-U