CERTIFICATION ORDER
WHEREAS the Writers Guild of Canada was certified under the Status of the Artist Act by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on June 25, 1996;
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
WRITERS GUILD OF CANADA
is certified to represent, for the purposes of professional relations, a sector composed of independent contractors engaged by any producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act as:
a. an author of a literary or dramatic work in English written for radio, television, film, video or similar audiovisual production including multimedia; or
b.
an author who adapts or translates literary or dramatic works
originally written in a language other than English, as an English language
script for radio, television, film, video or similar audiovisual production
including multimedia;
but excluding directors acting in their capacity as directors.
AND that, for the purposes of section 28(2) of the Status of the Artist Act, the original date of the certification remains June 25, 1996.
ISSUED at Ottawa, Ontario, this 29th of April 2013
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Elizabeth MacPherson
Chairperson
Order no.: 10399-U