Trump’s Federal Film Credit Push Sparks Canada’s Push for Stronger Subsidies

As Trump champions a federal US film and TV tax credit, Canada’s actors’ union ACTRA urges Ottawa to bolster subsidies and Ontario to raise its tax credits (foreign producers from 21.5% to 25%; local producers from 35% to 40%) to keep production domestic. ACTRA warns that without a stronger domestic framework, Canada risks being hollowed out by American productions or over-reliance on a single foreign client, even as cross‑border trade tensions and incentives from BC and US states reshape the competitive landscape.