Minister MacLeod Presents Sector Strategy for Renewal

• Celebrate Ontario: "A more ambitious and redesigned Celebrate Ontario"
• "Reinforce the work of the Ontario Trillium Foundation's $83 million Resiliency Fund and their annual $103 million budget"
• "Destination Ontario will work with our Regional Tourism Organizations and other organizations related to tourism to develop a plan to kickstart tourism in our gateway cities—Ottawa and Toronto—while also establishing a rural and remote tourism strategy"
• "We will build out a strategy with the Ontario Arts Council to preserve and protect Ontario's core cultural institutions"
• "After the provincial budget next week (November 5th), planning will begin for a consultation process with the industry and sector partners on how best to achieve this vision, with a White Paper consultation starting in late November"
• "The discussion around this white paper will take place over a four-week period leading up to Christmas, and the feedback will inform the five-year plan that will be released and costed by mid-winter."
• "This work will be done in conjunction with two teams I've appointed. The first, looking at long-range planning and branding around our programs and investments within the Ministry. A second will drill down into how we can best protect and build community capacity for all of our sectors at the local level."

Watch the full webcast HERE.

The Honourable Lisa MacLeod, Ontario's Minister of Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture Industries, will address delegates at the first virtual Ontario Museum Association Annual Conference 2020 at 10:10am on Thursday, November 5, 2020. 

Hear from Minister MacLeod about MHSTCI's plans for supporting resilience and renewal of the tourism and culture sectors—the hardest hit by COVID-19.