CMPA calls for federal assistance to get production industry back to work

OTTAWA — The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) today applauded the Quebec government’s announcement yesterday of a $51-million temporary assistance program for the audiovisual sector as film and TV production resumes in the province. At the same time, the CMPA called upon the federal government to create a national program to help productions reopen across the country. So far, Quebec is the only province to announce funding dedicated to helping the production sector to reopen. Part of the government of Quebec’s Cultural Economic Recovery Plan, the assistance program announced yesterday was created by the Society for the Development of Cultural...