OTTAWA – It might be as rare as scoring front-row tickets to Arcade Fire, but the Conservatives are getting opposition praise for one of their budget moves.
Guaranteeing money for the Canada Music Fund and other arts programs in perpetuity also got applause from various industry groups.
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Now government and opposition MPs are on the same page about a Commons study into the music industry as a whole, set to begin this week.
It’s the first time the Canadian Heritage committee has undertaken such a study.
Liberal MP Stephane Dion, who proposed the idea, says it’s long overdue.
In the last decade, the music industry has gone through a revolution as consumers shifted to digital downloads from CDs.
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