Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Media Producers Association / Association canadienne des producteurs médiatiques. / Reynolds Mastin, President and Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Canadian Media Producers Association / Association canadienne des producteurs médiatiques.
Previous in-house organization names
Responsible Officer Name: Reynolds Mastin, President and Chief Executive Officer
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2004-01-15
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 916743-259

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 608

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 11

Version 4 of 73 (2009-02-26 to 2009-02-26)

Registration versions:

Version 4 of 73 (2009-02-26 to 2009-02-26)

Lobbying Information

Subject Matters

Arts and Culture
Broadcasting
Canadian Television Fund (CTF)
Employment and Training
Intellectual Property
International Trade
Labour
Taxation and Finance
Telecommunications
Terms of Trade

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Funding from Canadian Heritage for the production of annual research report "Profile: An Economic Report on the Canadian Film and Television Industry"
Request funding for the creation of a mentorship program aimed at developing skill sets and acquiring work experience in the film, television and interactive media industry.

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Bill C-10: An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, relating to the Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit program and the Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit program, particularly related to potential withdrawal of tax credits if subject matter of films is deemed objectionable
Bill C-60 - An Act to Amend the Copyright Act with respect to amendments to the Copyright Act to protect against piracy, such as illegal copying of copyrighted subject matter
Canada Income Tax Act relating to Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit program and to Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit Program

Policies or Program

Benefits Policy relating to CRTC certified independent production funds and tangible public benefits involving television ownership transactions (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-53, paragraph 109)
CRTC Canadian program certification relating to criteria used to determine Canadian content of productions
Canadian Audio-Visual Certification - relating to criteria for obtaining CAVCO certification of a production
Department of Canadian Heritage co-production policy with regard to international production treaties
Ensuring continuation of Canada New Media Fund
Ensuring re-establishment of the Department of Canadian Heritage's Trade Routes program or the creation of an equivalent program
Participating in the development of the funding criteria for Telefim Canada's Canadian Feature Film Fund (CFFF) through the CFFF Working Group
Promoting allocation of portion funds raised through wireless spectrum auction to creation of new media content by the independent production sector
Seeking changes to the criteria used in the funding and licensing criteria for television programming by the Canadian Television Fund, as set out in CRTC Report to the Minister of Canadian Heritage on the Canadian Television Fund
Seeking creation of fund to be used to support productions that qualify as international treaty co-productions
Seeking strengthening of Canadian content requirements through changes to criteria outlined in CRTC Public Notice 1999-97 - "Building on Success - A Policy Framework for Canadian Television"
Seeking that the CRTC continue to require the adoption of Terms of Trade by Canadian broadcasters pursuant to Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2008-4 - "Regulatory Policy - Diversity of Voices" (paragraph 149)

Regulation

Broadcasting Distribution Regulations relating to CRTC certified independent production funds and tangible public benefits involving television ownership transactions

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication
Grass-roots communication

Government Institutions

Canada Labour Relations Board (CLRB)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
Competition Tribunal (CT)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAITC)
Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC)
Industry Canada
Members of the House of Commons
National Film Board (NFB)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Revenue Canada (RC)
Transport Canada (TC)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

As a non-profit trade association, the CFTPA represents almost 400 film, television and interactive media companies across the country. We negotiate and manage labour agreements, and actively lobby the federal and provincial governments on various policy areas including taxation, trade, copyright, broadcasting and film. Our National Mentorship Program trains young people to meet the demands of this evolving industry. The association also holds an annual networking conference, Prime Time in Ottawa, where we release Profile, our state of the industry report featuring the industry's most comprehensive statistics. We also publish GUIDE, Canada's production industry directory. With offices in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, the CFTPA is always there for the independent Canadian producer.

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

John Barrack, National Executive V-P and Counsel

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Membership: (A)General: Voting membership and First Works Membership in the Corporation shall be limited to individuals who are Canadian Citizens or permanent residents, and majority-Canadian owned and controlled corporations or partnerships, (collectively, “Persons” and individually a “Person”). (B)Voting Members: Classes of Voting Members - Voting Membership in the Corporation shall be granted in one of the following classes: (a)General: General membership shall be limited to those Persons who are engaged in film, television and/or interactive media production. (b)Services Provider: Services Provider membership shall be limited to those Persons who provide necessary and valuable services (including, without limitation, financial, legal, facilities or other like services). (c)Interactive Media: Interactive Media membership shall be limited to those Persons whose primary business is producing content for interactive media or Persons who produce a significant amount of content for interactive media in addition to film, and/or television production. (d)Broadcaster Affiliate: Broadcaster Affiliate membership shall be limited to those Persons who are engaged in film and/or television production or the production of content for interactive media, and are affiliated with a private broadcaster or broadcast distribution undertaking. For the purposes of these By-Laws, two companies shall be affiliated if one company beneficially owns, directly or indirectly, voting securities carrying 30 per cent or more of the voting rights attached to all voting securities of the other company. In addition, if a company (A) is affiliated to another company (B) pursuant to the foregoing, and the other company (B) is affiliated to a third company (C) pursuant to the foregoing, then the company (A) is affiliated with the third company (C). (C)Non Voting Members - Non-Voting Membership in the Corporation shall be granted in one of the following classes: (a)First Works: First Works membership shall be limited to Persons who have never been or, none of whose principals (i.e. partners, shareholders, officers and directors) have ever had an ownership interest of any kind in a Person which was, a film, television and/or interactive media producer, and have received a producer-related credit. This class of membership shall not be available to Persons after they have been First Works members for two years. (b)Honorary: Honorary membership may be granted to those in the film, television and interactive media industry who have made extraordinary contributions to the Corporation or to the film, television or interactive media industry. (c)Permittee: Permittee membership shall be limited to those film, television and interactive media production companies not otherwise eligible for membership who wish to work under the Corporation’s collective or guild agreements on a per project basis only. A Permittee membership shall be valid only for the project in respect of which it was granted. (d)Special: Special membership may be granted in extra-ordinary circumstances to those who are not otherwise eligible for membership in the Corporation.

Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2008-03-31

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canadian Heritage (PCH)	$138,570.00	Yes
National Film Board (NFB)	$22,196.00	Yes
Service Canada (ServCan)	$312,458.00	Yes

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
902 - 151 Slater Street
Ottawa, ON K1P 5H3
Canada

Telephone number: 416-304-0280 Ext. 227
Fax number: 416-304-0499

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

John Barrack, National Executive VP & Counsel | No public offices held
Karla Bobadilla, Director, Ontario Affairs & New Media Children's & | No public offices held
Reynolds Mastin, Associate Counsel | Public offices held
Jayson Mosek, National IR Manager, IR & Production Relations | No public offices held
Mario Mota, Sr. Director, Broadcast Relations & Research | No public offices held
Marc Seguin, VP, Feature Film & New Technology | Public offices held
Anne Trueman, Director of Communications | Public offices held
Susanne Vaas, VP, Business Affairs | Public offices held
Tracey Wood, Vice-President, Industrail & External Relations | No public offices held

Canadian Media Producers Association/Association canadienne des producteurs médiatiques.

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

Name	From	To
Canadian Media Producers Association/Association canadienne des producteurs médiatiques.	2016-02-22	current
Canadian Media Production Association/Association canadienne de production de média	2010-08-12	2016-02-22
Canadian Film and Television Production Association (CFTPA)/Association canadienne de production de films et de télévision (ACPFT)	2008-07-02	2010-08-12

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

CANADIAN FILM AND TELEVISION PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION (CFTPA)

Canadian Media Producers Association / Association canadienne des producteurs médiatiques.

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Reynolds Mastin	2015-07-30	Current
MICHAEL HENNESSY	2012-06-18	2015-07-30
Norm Bolen	2009-04-15	2012-06-18
John Barrack	2009-02-26	2009-04-15
GUY MAYSON	2004-01-15	2009-02-26

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Director of Communications Parliament of Canada, Office of Irwin Cotler, Member of Paliament	January 2006 to February 2006	Not a designated office
Director of Communications Ministry of Justice, Office of the Minister of Justice	November 2005 to December 2005	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Legal Counsel and Articling Student CRTC, Legal Directorate	September 2005 to July 2006	Not a designated office
Student Employment Officer Human Resource Development Canada, Student Employment Office	May 2002 to August 2002	Not a designated office
Parliamentary Guide Parliament of Canada, Library of Parliament	May 1998 to May 1999	Not a designated office
Student Employment Officer Human Resources Development Canada, Student Employment Office	May 1997 to August 1997	Not a designated office
Official Languages Monitor Department of Canadian Heritage, Official Languages Branch	September 1996 to May 1997	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Manager, Film and Video Policy and Programs Department of Canadian Heritage, Film and Video Policy and Programs	May 2003 to August 2004	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Director of Communications Parliament of Canada, Office of Irwin Cotler, Member of Paliament	January 2006 to February 2006	Not a designated office
Director of Communications Ministry of Justice, Office of the Minister of Justice	November 2005 to December 2005	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
A/Manager, Business and Legal Affairs Department of Canadian Heritage, CAVCO	February 1998 to April 2002	Not a designated office

Date Modified:: 2025-06-03

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Registration - In-house Organization

Canadian Media Producers Association / Association canadienne des producteurs médiatiques. / Reynolds Mastin, President and Chief Executive Officer

Registration Information

Associated Communications

Version 4 of 73 (2009-02-26 to 2009-02-26)

Version 4 of 73 (2009-02-26 to 2009-02-26)

Subject Matters

Subject Matter Details

Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit

Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution

Policies or Program

Regulation

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization