Status of the Artist Act

Certification Order

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

Canadian Federation of Musicians / Fédération canadienne des musiciens

certification to represent a sector composed of all independent contractors who are professional artists under the Status of the Artist Act engaged by any producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act to perform the function of instrumental musician, conductor, leader, vocalist or arranger, with the exception of:

1. artists within the scope of the certification issued to the Canadian Actors' Equity Association by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on April 25, 1996 and subject to the 1996 understanding between Canadian Actors’ Equity Association and the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada;
   
   
2. artists within the scope of the certification issued to the ACTRA Performers Guild by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on June 25, 1996 and subject to the agreement between the ACTRA Performers Guild and the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada dated May 14, 1996;
   
   
3. artists within the scope of the certification issued to the Union des Artistes by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on August 29, 1996;
   
   
4. artists when represented by Local 406 of the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, known as the Guilde des musiciens du Québec, under the terms of the agreement dated October 23, 1996 between the American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada and the Guilde des musiciens du Québec.

Ottawa, January 16, 1997
Amended December 10, 2007
Amended September 22, 2010

[Last renewed for an additional three years on January 16, 2012]