Comparative Chart – updated October 24, 2003

Provincial Political Party Positions on Arts and Culture

The Saskatchewan Arts Alliance asked the provincial political party leaders to articulate their position and measures they plan to establish to support the arts and culture sector. Highlights of their responses are in the chart below. The complete responses can be found at Arts Sector Questionnaire. Note: the Liberal Party responses are derived from its Statement on Arts and Culture which can be found at the bottom of the same link.

	Liberal Party (derived from Arts and Culture Platform Policy)	New Democratic Party	New Green Alliance	Saskatchewan Party
1. Amendment to Status of the Artist Act	Not referenced in Statement on Arts and Culture	Qualified support upon review	Affirms support	Qualified support upon review
Formation of a Status of the Artist Commission	Qualified support	Qualified support dependent on Ministerial Advisory Committee identified issues		Qualified support upon review based on 5 criteria
2. A pro-active pan-departmental arts and culture policy	Qualified support	Commits support	Affirms support	Encourages sector to be proactive
3. Saskatchewan Arts Board funding	Commits to maintaining funding levels	Commits to increase funding by $1.5 million by 2005	Affirms support	Will maintain current level of existing funding to arts
4. Lottery funding to culture	Supports this form of funding	Supports this form of funding	Affirms support	Supports this form of funding
5. Advancement of 1997 Cultural Industries Development Strategy	Qualified support for a strategy	Commits to ongoing funding to Cultural Industries Development Council and to work with community using strategy as framework	Affirms support	Increased revenue from economic growth could have positive impact on key Strategy elements.
6. Dedicated government department	Not referenced in Statement on Arts and Culture	Commits to maintain a separate department	Affirms support	Would review nature and scope based on 5 criteria.