Keep film working in Ontario.
Support increasing the Ontario Production Services Tax Credit from 21.5% to 25% and continued work to strengthen Ontario’s screen-production competitiveness, including the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit.
Ontario crew are being encouraged to contact their MPPs and provincial decision-makers with personal stories about how the production slowdown affects their work, families and ability to remain in the industry.
Why support it?
Ontario competes internationally for productions. Service productions employ crew and generate spending across studios, equipment, transportation, hotels, catering, construction, post-production, retail and other local businesses.
This campaign asks the Province to restore the OPSTC to 25% and continue reviewing the OFTTC so Ontario remains competitive while supporting Canadian production capacity.
Important: Backlot Cafe is hosting this Crew Voice campaign. It is not presented as an official IATSE, NABET, DGC or other union campaign unless an organization explicitly partners with or endorses it.
What happens next?
Phase two can turn your optional story into a personalized letter to your MPP and the provincial decision-makers identified by participating industry organizations. We can also add postal-code-to-MPP lookup once we’re ready to launch that workflow publicly.