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Why is CASST critical to the Canadian reporting profession?
Here are just three points highlighting the philosophies that led to the creation of our national association. Feel free to add your comments on the contact page.
1. Political importance: Currently Canadian court reporters, CART providers, and captioners have no power to lobby provincial or federal government. And for each political struggle our professionals encounter, they face a lack of respect by bureaucrats. In essence we are seen as a small, divided group that is of little significance at election time.
| CASST mandate: To provide a unified political voice for all Canadian reporting professionals who support our organization and to lend consistency to the roles of both English and French members comprising the Canadian industry. |
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2. Respect: In every Canadian province, our professionals lack the legal right to discipline their peers. Without CASST's presence, Canadian reporters may never satisfactorily demonstrate their value, integrity, and solidarity to those who use our services. Currently we cannot assure the Canadian public that we are accountable for our actions. This adversely affects the professional respect we receive.
| CASST mandate: To have our members and our stakeholders establish a standard that all Canadian reporters will follow and acquire recognition of that standard by federal government through an act of parliament. |
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3. Hope for a better future: Any profession without a national body is without some highly important legitimacy. The entire future of reporting is filled with uncertainty. Laypeople will remain ignorant of the role our professionals perform in public service. Training facilities will continue to fight for funding in what is mistakenly seen as a dead profession.
| CASST mandate: To provide a foundation for public awareness and the education of new reporting professionals, and to assure the quality of our members through continuing education. |
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| Mission statement: CASST / ACTSS, the national, bilingual voice for those who capture and preserve the spoken word, fosters professional ethics based on a Canadian standard and promotes awareness of member services to the public and private sectors. These objectives are achieved through training and certification, communications, and advocacy of state-of-the-art technology. |
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