Lobbying Information
Subject Matters
- Arts and Culture
- Broadcasting
- Economic Development
- Employment and Training
- Immigration
- Industry
- Intellectual Property
- International Trade
- Labour
- Taxation and Finance
- Telecommunications
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
- Canada Income Tax Act relating to Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit program and to Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit Program
- Seeking to ensure the interests of CMPA members are considered in any modifications to the current foreign ownership requirements under the Telecommunications Act or the Broadcasting Act.
Policies or Program
- 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 re-establishment of the Department of Canadian Heritage's Trade Routes program or the creation of an equivalent program
- Ensuring the continuation and expansion of the CRTC's tangible public benefits policy (Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2007-53, paragraph 109)
- Ensuring the maintenance of independent production requirements for licensed Canadian television broadcasters
- Participating in guideline consultations for the Telefilm Canada and Rogers Group of Funds Theatrical Documentary Program
- Participating in the assessment and review of all guidelines related to the Canadian Feature Film Fund (CFFF) through the CFFF Working Group
- Promoting allocation of a portion of funds raised through wireless spectrum auctions to the creation of new media content by the independent production sector
- Seeking CRTC-mandated contributions by Internet service providers, wireless service providers and Internet broadcasters to the development and creation of Canadian new media content by the independent production sector
- Seeking creation of fund to be used to support productions that qualify as international treaty co-productions
- Seeking strengthening of Canadian content and programming of national interest requirements as part of broadcasters’ licence renewal proceedings at the CRTC
- Seeking that the CRTC continue to impose a condition of licence on all Canadian broadcasters to adhere to Terms of Trade
- Seeking the adoption of a National Digital Strategy for Canada that helps ensure that content created by Canadians is available to Canadian and international audiences.
- Seeking the creation of new private investment incentives through modifications to the Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit programme and to the Film or Video Production Services Tax Credit programme.
- Seeking to ensure that producers are able to receive labour market opinions in a timely manner
Policies or Program, Regulation
- Seeking that the Governor in Council issue a policy direction to the CRTC, pursuant to section 15 of the Broadcasting Act, requiring the Commission, when reviewing a change of ownership or control of a broadcasting licence, to ensure that the applicant has fair and equitable arrangements in place with the independent production sector in respect of the ownership and exploitation of digital rights
Regulation
- Broadcasting Distribution Regulations relating to CRTC-mandated contributions by cable, satellite and telecommunications television service providers to certified independent production funds
- Seeking to ensure that appropriate Temporary Foreign Workers (TFWs) in the film and television industry are exempt from the 4-year cap on working in Canada as provided in the Regulations Amending the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations.
Communication Techniques
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Written communication
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Oral communication
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Grass-roots communication
Government Institutions
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Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
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Canada Industrial Relations Board (CIRB)
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Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
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Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)
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Canadian Heritage (PCH)
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Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT)
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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)
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Competition Tribunal (CT)
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Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
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Finance Canada (FIN)
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Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
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House of Commons
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Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
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Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
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National Film Board (NFB)
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Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
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Privy Council Office (PCO)
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Public Safety Canada (PS)
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Telefilm Canada
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Transport Canada (TC)
In-house Organization Details
Description of the organization's activities
As a non-profit trade association, the CMPA 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 an online GUIDE, Canada's production industry directory. With offices in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, the CMPA is always there for the independent Canadian producer.
Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration
Reynolds Mastin,
President and Chief Executive Officer
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
No government funding was received during the last completed financial year.
In-house Organization Contact Information
Address:
601 Bank Street
Second Floor
Ottawa, ON K1S 3T4
Canada
Telephone number:
613-233-1444
Lobbyists Details
Employees who lobby for the organization
- Emily Holtby,
Director of Government & Policy Affairs |
No public offices held
- Reynolds Mastin,
President & CEO |
Public offices held
- Nicholas Mills,
Director, Resarch |
No public offices held
- Warren Ross,
National Director, Industrial Relations |
Public offices held
- Marc Seguin,
Senior Vice-President, Policy |
Public offices held
- Victoria Shen,
National Director, Industrial Relations & Counsel |
No public offices held
- Liz Shorten,
Managing Vice-President, Operations and Member Services |
No public offices held
- Jay Thomson,
Vice-President, Broadcasting Policy and Regulatory Affairs |
Public offices held
- Susanne Vaas,
Vice-President, Business Affairs and Secretary Designate |
Public offices held
