TORONTO – The Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) and the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA), and the Association québécoise de la production médiatique (AQPM) jointly announced Thursday that they have reached a deal on a new three-year Independent Production Agreement (IPA).
The ACTRA Independent Production Agreement establishes the terms, conditions and rates for on- and off-camera performers engaged on English-language productions in Canada, excluding British Columbia, which operates under a separate collective agreement. The current 2016-2018 agreement is set to expire on December 31, 2018.
The agreement in principle will now be presented to the ACTRA membership and the CMPA and AQPM’s respective Boards of Directors for ratification.
“After having struck deals on two other major agreements with directors and crew members in the past few months, this agreement demonstrates the commitment we share with performers to maintaining stability and predictability in the face of tumultuous change within the Canadian screen-based industry,” said CMPA’s vice-president of national industrial relations and senior counsel Warren Ross, in the statement. “We thank our negotiating partners at the AQPM and ACTRA for their tireless work in achieving this shared goal, which not only benefits our industry as a whole but, most importantly, benefits Canadian audiences.”
“Through the firm resolve and dedication of our 2018 IPA Negotiating Committee, we successfully worked through a complex series of issues to negotiate an excellent settlement,” added ACTRA national president David Sparrow. “We stood together to advocate for the rights of all members – across all of ACTRA’s performance categories – to ensure performers have safer working conditions and improved compensation.”
“The AQPM thanks the members of all the negotiating committees involved,” said AQPM president and CEO of the Hélène Messier. “This agreement will provide stability within the industry for the next three years and maintain the partnership between producers and performers.”
