The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday, Nov. 6, edition that the Carney government is planning a 160th birthday celebration for Canada while strengthening arts institutions, highlighting culture's role in national sovereignty. The Globe's Stephanie Levitz writes that Thursday's spending blueprint allocates $4-billion in cash over five years for national museums and art galleries, new measures for the journalism industry, permanently free access to certain cultural sites for those under 25 and a new national digital library. Canada's anniversary in 2027 will funded by $325-million. In May, the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission announced a plan to make foreign streamers fund Canadian content by imposing a 15-per-cent levy. The move was part of the implementation of the Online Streaming Act, consistently labelled a trade irritant by the U.S. In June, Ottawa cancelled the CRTC's plan and said it would give $600-million to Canadian content creators instead. The new arts and culture funding expands a tax credit for journalism organizations to help offset newsroom wage costs. The government is now opening the funding up to qualifying private audio and audiovisual news organizations.