Status of the Artist Act

Certification Order

The Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal hereby grants to the

The Writers' Union of Canada

certification to represent a sector composed of independent contractors who are Canadian citizens or landed immigrants, engaged by a producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act as:

1. authors of literary works in languages other than French, intended for publication in volume, electronic or multimedia form; or
   
   
2. authors of literary works in languages other than French, initially published in volume, electronic or multimedia form, offered for performance or adaptation into other media including audio, audiovisual, multimedia and other electronic forms,
   
   but excluding:
   1. authors covered by the certification granted to the Periodical Writers Association of Canada by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on June 4, 1996;
      
      
   2. authors covered by the certification granted to the Writers Guild of Canada by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on June 25, 1996; and
      
      
   3. playwrights covered by the certification granted to the Playwrights Union of Canada by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on December 13, 1996.

Ottawa, November 17, 1998

[Last renewed for an additional three years on November 17, 2010]