The Massey Commission, established on 8 April, 1949. Appointed by Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent, chaired by Vincent Massey. Another name for, Royal Commision on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences. This would help shape Canada into a new culture introducing new music, drama and dance. However, before the Massey Commission got introduced, Canada had a lot of American culture influences with very few books published in Canada, and movie theatres playing American films. There was also very little Canadian musical performances due to the fact that there was a high cost of copying orchestral parts and scores. It was a big step for the Canadian culture to do such a huge thing, and it did cost a lot, but it did have a significant
