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Proactive Disclosure
Proactive Disclosure
Publications Assistance Program
Canada Periodical Fund to replace the Publications Assistance Program
This is the final year of operations for the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) and new applications are no longer being accepted. A new program, the Canada Periodical Fund (CPF), will be starting in 2010 to replace both the PAP and the Canada Magazine Fund.
Visit the CPF Transition Web page for more information on the new program.
The Publications Assistance Program (PAP) of the Department of Canadian Heritage provides a postal subsidy to eligible Canadian magazines and non-daily newspapers mailed in Canada for delivery in Canada. The program enables Canadians in every part of Canada to have access to magazines and non-daily newspapers from across the country.
The objectives are to ensure:
- that Canadians continue to have access to Canadian magazines and non-daily newspapers with high levels of Canadian content;
- that Canadian magazines and non-daily newspapers reflecting diverse Canadian communities continue to be available to Canadians; and
- that Canadian creators of content continue to have Canadian magazines and non-daily newspapers showcasing their work distributed to Canadian readers.
Currently, the Publications Assistance Program provides support to:
- over 200 million copies of Canadian publications;
- magazines and non-daily newspapers, as well as publications serving ethnocultural, aboriginal and minority official language communities; and
- over 1,150 publications.
