Premier Horgan Issues Mandate Letter to Minister Mark
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Melanie Mark. Image: Dan Toulgoet.
Premier John Horgan his issued his ministerial mandate letter to new Minister of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport Melanie Mark, outlining her priorities and responsibilities.
Says the letter, in part:
Over the course of our mandate, I expect you will make progress on the following items:
Support the tourism, arts, culture and sport sectors through the COVID-19 response and recovery, setting them up for success in the years ahead.
Work with the Tourism Task Force to bring together leaders from business, labour, First Nations and not-for-profits to support the tourism industry as it moves toward recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, including by delivering the critical supports for the industry that are part of our government’s economic recovery plan, StrongerBC.
Continue to collaborate with sport organizations on building a resilient recovery from COVID-19.
Support the creation of dedicated arts and culture spaces by using capital funding through our new Recovery Investment Fund to expand our government's Arts Infrastructure Program to help communities build new cultural spaces and renovate existing ones.
Continue the redevelopment of the Royal BC Museum.
Work with the Minister of State for Trade to continue the development of the Chinese Canadian Museum.
Start work to create a first-of-its-kind museum to document the history, art and contributions of South Asian people in BC
Honour the Japanese-Canadian community by providing lasting recognition of the traumatic internment of more than 22,000 Japanese-Canadians during World War II in libraries, communities and at the BC Legislature.
Provide provincial funding to support the redevelopment of the Jewish Community Centre of Greater Vancouver, delivering a new state-of-the-art community centre along with hundreds of new child care spaces.
To assist you in meeting the commitments we have made to British Columbians, you are assigned a Parliamentary Secretary for Arts and Film. You will work closely together and ensure your Parliamentary Secretary receives appropriate support to deliver on the following priorities, outlined in the mandate letter issued to them:
Work with the creative sector to identify strategies to drive a strong recovery from the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Support the Minister of Finance to re-establish the government-film sector task force to recommend the size and term of a new visual effects tax credit based on production costs.
You can read the complete letter here.
