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Industry Players Launch United Voice for Production Industry

An unprecedented meeting of Canada’s film and television organizations representing over 70,000 cultural workers, and more than 500 production companies nation-wide have officially formed The Canadian Film & Television Industry Council. The newly formed group, which includes French and English unions, guilds and industry associations, unanimously adopted the following mandate yesterday: “The council will address, with a single voice, national issues that affect the Canadian film and television industry.”

The council immediately identified four public policy issues that are essential to the future of the industry: strengthening the role of the CRTC; assuring permanent funding for the Canadian Television Fund; maintaining and enhancing federal Canadian tax credits; and ensuring a healthy public broadcasting system.

“This was an amazing first, getting so many diverse interests and voices together in a common cause,” said Patrick Whitley, chair of CFTIC.

The Canadian Film & Television Industry Council includes: Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), Alberta Motion Picture Industry Association (AMPIA), L’Association des producteurs de films et de television du Quebec (APFTQ), BC Council of Film Unions, Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada (CEP), the Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA), the Canadian Media Guild (CMG), the Canadian Motion Picture Distributors Association (CMPDA), Directors Guild of Canada (DGC), Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC), FilmOntario, Film Producers Association of Newfoundland, International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees (IATSE), Manitoba Motion Picture Industry Association (MMPIA), Motion Picture Production Industry Association of British Columbia (MPPIA (BC)), National Association of Broadcasting Employees and Technicians (NABET), Nova Scotia Film & Video Producers Association, Societe des auteurs de radio, television et cinema (SARTEC), Saskatchewan Motion Picture Industry Association (SMPIA), Syndicat des techniciennes et techniciens du cinema et de la video du Quebec (STCVQ), Union des artistes (UDA), Union of British Columbia Performers, (UBCP), and Writers Guild of Canada, (WGC).

For more information on this, please contact:

Jane L. Thompson
Director of Communications
Canadian Film and Television Production Association

Tel: 613 233 1444 ext 227