Canadian Library Association 2014 Advocacy Review

The Canadian Library Association (CLA) has published a short review of its advocacy initiatives for 2014.

These included:

• the promotion of Canadian Library Month
• statements on the funding of prison libraries, budgets cuts to Statistics Canada, the federal cybercrime bill, rural broadband access and on the Royal Society of Canada report on libraries
• continuing concerns relating to budget cuts at Library and Archives Canada
• the federal government's Open Government initiative
• copyright
• federal pre-budget consultations