TV REVIEW: Actors want more mandated drama

OTTAWA – While the broadcasters who air their work were facing the Commission, Canadian actors descended on Ottawa today, too, to talk about what they see as a "drama crisis" in Canadian television. Day one of the CRTC's TV Policy Review hearing is to feature CBC, TQS, CanWest Global and CTV, but ACTRA, the actors union, wanted to be heard on the first day as well as they want to make sure the Commission protects their jobs. "Our culture defines us as a nation yet we can't hear or see ourselves when regulations encourage Canadian broadcasters to show American drama...