COUNTERSTRIKE: THE 1995-96 FEDERAL CULTURAL BUDGET A Public Finance
Analysis of Federal Support of Arts, Cultural Industries, Heritage &
Heritage Sites, Multiculturalism & Heritage Languages, Native Culture,
Official Languages, Parks, Recreation and Sports

	The 1995 federal budget represents a revolution for federal
cultural policy.  'Real' and painful cuts have been announced.  There will
be major policy reviews of the C.B.C., National Film Board and Telefilm
Canada.  Secondary cultural support programs offered by Human Resources
Canada will be scaled back or eliminated; regional economic
diversification and associated cultural partnership agreements with the
provinces may be killed.  Some well-established granting programs will
continue; some will be eliminated; some will be converted from direct to
matching grants requiring profound change in the business strategies of
arts and cultural organizations and institutions.

	Counterstrike provides an easy to read, well-organized analysis -
in text, tables, graphics and optional Lotus (copyright) 2.4 spreadsheets
- of winners and losers reported in the 1995-96 federal budget and
spending estimates for departments and agencies.  It reduces the size and
complexity of federal budget documents into a manageable and meaningful
report.  At a glance, it reports the capital, operating and personnel
requirements of federal cultural departments and agencies as well as
individual grants and contributions.  It clarifies accounting practices
and procedures of the federal government, especially comparing Estimate to
Estimate versus Estimate to actual spending. 

	Counterstrike provides a 1,000 line data base covering the entire
federal government to individual grants and contributions.  Spreadsheets
allow easy projection of alternative cuts or increases to specific
programs or grants.  Users can create tailored-made  comparisons and
calculations.

	Counterstrike allows national, regional and local arts and
cultural businesses, corporations, institutions and organizations;
government agencies and departments; artists, athletes and
recreationalists to talk back to Parliament, to the Government or to
Cabinet in their own language - the dollars and cents of the 1995-96
budget.  Already the federal government is tacking its fiscal sails in
response to changing political winds.  Power up the credibility of
submissions and briefs to government and other funding sources - at all
levels - with Counterstrike. 

Format: on payment: 2 laser-printed copies -1 bound, 1 unbound; plus Lotus
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Cost: 

$500.00 to public and for-profit departments and agencies (right of
internal reproduction granted)
	
$250.00 to nonprofit institutions and organizations (right of internal
reproduction granted)

$125.00 to individuals (no Lotus spreadsheets, no reproduction rights)



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Payable: 	Harry Hillman Chartrand
		Cultural Economist
		706 Lansdowne Avenue
		Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, S7N 1E5
		Telephone/Fax: (306) 242-1779

	Mr. Hillman Chartrand received his MA Economics (1974) from
Carleton University prior to operating his own consultancy - FUTURES. 
Clients included: the Canadian Federation of Mayors and Municipalities,
Tri-Level Task Force on Public Finance, Bureau of Intellectual
Properties, Secretary of State, Canada Council and Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council.  From 1981 to 1989, he served as Research
Director for the Canada Council.

	From September 1989 to July 1994, Mr Hillman Chartrand was Chief
Economist of Kultural Econometrics International.  Clients included: the
Canadian Conference for the Arts, International Cultural Relations Bureau
of External Affairs & International Trade Canada; the National Endowment
for the Arts in Washington; and, the World Arts Forum in Geneva
Switzerland.

	In July 1994 he moved to Saskatoon and set up private practice. 
Clients have included: the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington
D.C.; the Canadian Bureau for International Education; the Arts, Cultural
Industries and Multiculturalism Branch of Saskatchewan Department of
Municipal Government, the Saskatchewan Arts Alliance, and the Ukrainian
Canadian Congress, Mr Hillman Chartrand has written and published
extensively concerning cultural economics and policy.  He is past
vice-president of the Association for Cultural Economics and consulting
editor for the Journal of Arts Management, Law & Society.