ACTRA "optimistic" that CRTC alludes to more spending on Cancon

TORONTO – ACTRA said that its “pleased” and “optimistic” by the CRTC’s announcement that it will consider reinstating programming expenditures for Canadian programming this Fall. But the actors union also expressed disappointment that the broadcasting regulator “passed on the opportunity to put the brakes on private broadcasters’ Hollywood spending sprees” in the short-term. “We’re relieved that the CRTC is putting minimum expenditures for Canadian programming back on the table this Fall,” said national president Richard Hardacre, in a statement. “We’ve been calling on the CRTC to force private broadcasters to invest in Canadian programming since expenditure requirements were removed in...