OTTAWA, ONTARIO, Nov 12 (MARKET WIRE) --
On Monday, November 16 Canadian stars will host a Day of Action for
Canadian TV in the nation's capital with a morning press conference and
afternoon rally to demand more Canadian programming on Canadian TV.
Additional events will take part across the country.
ACTRA's decade-long fight to get more Canadian drama back in prime time
is entering the final round on November 16 as the CRTC starts hearings to
re-write the rules for Canadian TV. Canadian TV drama has all but
disappeared since the CRTC's last policy hearings in 1999, this time we
need to get it right, our culture and our voice depends on it.
DATE: Monday, November 16, 2009
WHO: ACTRA National President Ferne Downey will be joined by some of
Canada's top stars including Dalmar Abuzeid (Degrassi), Nick
Campbell (Da Vinci's Inquest/ZOS), Jackson Davies (Beachcombers),
Mark McKinney (Kids in the Hall/Slings & Arrows), Grace Park
(The Border/Battlestar Galactica), Carlo Rota (Little Mosque/24),
Zaib Shaikh (Little Mosque/Metropia), R.H. Thomson (October 1970/
The Englishman's Boy) and Tonya Lee Williams (The Border, The Young
and the Restless).
EVENT: Press Conference to mark opening of CRTC TV Policy Hearings
TIME: 10:30am EST
WHERE: Conference Centre, Phase IV, Room COM-10,
140 Promenade du Portage, GATINEAU, QC
EVENT: Rally on Parliament Hill for "OUR TV"
(1) musical appearance by award-winning recording artist Gordie
Sampson
TIME: 1:00pm EST
WHERE: Parliament Hill, OTTAWA
ACTRA will appear before the CRTC's policy hearings on November 25,
2009.
ACTRA (Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists) is the
national organization of professional performers working in the
English-language recorded media in Canada. ACTRA represents the interests
of 21,000 members across Canada.
Gordie Sampson appears courtesy of AFM Canada, supporters of ACTRA's
campaign.
Contacts:
For more information and to schedule
interviews with performers:
ACTRA - Carol Taverner, Public Relations Officer
Cell: (416)768-3336
ctaverner@actra.ca
ACTRA
Chris Faulkner
Public Relations Officer
Cell: (647)227-3318
cfaulkner@actratoronto.com
www.actra.ca
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