Public Notice 2002-3

Application for Certification
Directors Guild of Canada
Tribunal File No. 1310-02-003

In accordance with subsection 25(3) of the Status of the Artist Act, the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal hereby gives notice that it has received an application for certification from the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC). The DGC is seeking certification to represent a sector composed of all professional independent contractors engaged in all productions by a producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act to perform the function of director, first assistant director, second assistant director and third assistant director, excluding:

1. the artists covered by the certification granted to the Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec (ARRQ) by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on December 30, 1997; and
   
   
2. the assistant directors in Quebec for which an application for certification is pending before the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal (APVQ-STCVQ, file no. 1310-96-0026A).

Any artists' association that wishes to make a competing application for certification in respect of the same sector or any part of the same sector must file its application for certification no later than October 28, 2002. Any individual or organization that wishes to make representations to the Tribunal regarding the application must notify the Tribunal in writing of their interest no later than October 28, 2002.

Competing applications for certification and expressions of interest must be sent either by facsimile or by mail to the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal, 8th Floor West, 240 Sparks Street, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1A1, 613-947-4125 (Facsimile).

Josée Dubois
Executive Director