Canadian Actors Union ACTRA Strikes Tentative Production Agreements With CMPA & AQPM

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Canada‘s actors are set for a new deal with the country’s producers. Over the holiday period, actors union ACTRA struck a tentative agreement for a new Independent Production Agreement (IPA) with the Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) and the Association Québécoise de la Production Médiatique (AQPM), which respectively handle English- and French-language content in the country.

ACTRA is asking its members to review and ratify the new agreement when the details become public. This will begin on Tuesday.

January 14 at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT, and close a week later on January 21. A townhall webinar is being held on January 13 to discuss terms.

This comes after a period of bargaining and negotiations between the parties, with ACTRA saying in a short statement that talks have been “especially critical” given there are “so many major challenges facing our industry.” The Writers Guild of Canada struck a new agreement with the CMPA last year, following a tense negotiation that at one point threatened to end in a strike.