Status of the Artist Act

Certification Order

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

Writers Guild of Canada

certification 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:

1. an author of a literary or dramatic work in English written for radio, television, film, video or similar audiovisual production including multimedia; or
   
   
2. 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.

Ottawa, June 25, 1996

[Last renewed for an additional three years on June 25 2011]