Amber Dowling The Canadian government’s CAD$50 million ($38 million) backstop scheme to support homegrown programs and co-productions unable to obtain insurance for COVID-19 filming interruptions and shutdowns has been met with relief from producers, though pressing questions remain about how exactly the fund will function.“This is going to open up the door and the floodgates for a number of productions, smaller productions and producers with less financial means to get their shows up and running again,” says Aren Prupas, VP of business and legal affairs at Muse Entertainment, whose The CW-acquired “Coroner” is currently in production in Toronto.
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