Status of the Artist Act

Certification Order

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

Canadian Artists' Representation / Le front des artistes canadiens

certification to represent a sector composed of all independent professional visual and media artists in Canada who are authors of original artistic works of research or expression commissioned by a producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act and expressed in the form of painting, sculpture, printmaking, engraving, drawing, installation, performance art, craft-based media, textile art, fine art film and video art, fine art photography or any other form of expression of the same type, excluding:

1. artists covered by the certification granted to the Conseil des métiers d'art du Québec by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on June 4, 1997 as amended June 26, 1998;
   
   
2. artists covered by the certification granted to the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on April 15, 1997;
   
   
3. artists covered by the certification granted to the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on April 26, 1996;
   
   
4. artists covered by the certification granted to the Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on December 30, 1997; and
   
   
5. artists 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
   
   
6. artists who identify themselves as craftspeople rather than visual artists.

Ottawa, December 31, 1998