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Oh, Canada: Why The Nation’s Creative Sector Is On Tenterhooks Months After The U.S. Strikes Drew To A Close
Canada is the nation that brought Schitt’s Creek, Run the Burbs and Letterkenny into the world, but it has been a rough period for a country that peered over the border last year and watched …
Talks between the Canadian Media Producers Association(CMPA) and the Writers Guild of Canada(WGC) are set to resume this week over a new deal, amid tensions around falling fees, mini-rooms and AI, and we have spoken to multiple connected sources to assess the state of play. In December, more than 100 live-action and animation screenwriters signed an open letter to the CMPA urging its negotiating team to “engage with our bargaining committee in a respectful and good faith effort to address the needs of writers and creators in a swiftly changing world.” What Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish’s admission this week that the company is refocusing to make “fewer local, international originals for our platforms” (apart from for its free-to-air channels in the UK, Australia, Argentina and Chile) means isn’t yet known.
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