Regulations on Canadian content under the CRTC have not just seeped their way in to radio stations. They have seeped their way in to the movie/TV production industry as well. With the United States consistently going to Canada to film their movie/TV shows due to "Vancouver’s talented technical labour pool, comprehensive studio infrastructure, and a low Canadian dollar", the United States threatens to culturally imperialize the Canadian movie/TV production industry. To preserve Canadian movie/TV content the CRTC has established a system in which Canadian screenwriters must follow in order to have their movie/TV show be considered Canadian.
The system established by the CRTC is a 10 point system. For a movie/TV show to be considered Canadian it must total 8 points or more. Recently though the CRTC lowered this requirement. Instead of a movie/TV show being required to have 8 points or more, movies/TV shows are required to have 6 points or more to be considered Canadian.
However, if a person wants 10 points (as well as money from the CTF) for their movie/TV show to be considered Canadian the following requirements must be met. First and foremost, a certain percentage of the workers must be Canadian. The information below list the roles found in movie/TV show productions who must be Canadian citizens in order for their movie/TV show to be considered Canadian. Each role is also given a point amount which all together adds up to the 10 point requirement for a movie/TV show to be considered Canadian (10 points is the highest amount of points a movie/TV show can get in order to be considered Canadian).
"Canadian director (two points); screenwriter (two points); highest paid and/or second highest paid lead performers (one point each); director of photography (one point); art director (one point); music composer (one point); and picture editor (one point). The only non-negotiable pre-requisite — excluded from the points system — is that the producer be - Canadian" (Marchand, Canadian Screenwriters see red after recent CRTC funding rule changes, Vancouver Sun).
Also, the Canadian Radio- television and Telecommunications Commission states that the CRTC has established regulations for video services. When discussing video services their are two kinds. The first is video-on-demand service. With video-on-demand service Canadians are able to watch the movies/TV shows they want and are able to fast forward, rewind or even pause at their convenience. The second is pay-per-view. With pay-per-view Canadians are required to pay a fee in order to watch a particular movie/TV show. With both of these services they " must offer a 1:20 ratio of Canadian to non-Canadian films and a 1:7 ratio of Canadian to non-Canadian events, and distribute no fewer than 12 Canadian feature films each year" (Canadian Culture in a Global World, Government of Canada) .
However, with the point system being changed from 8/10 to 6/10 points, the CRTC has a reason for it. Not only will more movie/TV shows be eligible to receive funding from the CTF, but the CRTC states that the Canadian movie/TV industry needs help from other national movie/TV companies if they wish to succeed in a demanding market. However, some Canadians do not support this idea of other nations such as the United States coming in to their countries.
For example, if Canada let's nations such as the United States produce movies/TV shows in their nation they are giving the US the chance to culturally imperialize their industry. The United States culturally imperializing their movie/TV industry will devalue their Canadian culture represented in the movies/TV shows as well as Americanize the Canadian movie industry. The United States will also force Canadian producers, screenwriters, directors, actors, etc. to find work else where. This is because Americans that are coming to make movies/TV shows in Canada are taking over their jobs. Hopefully Canada's movies/TV shows do not lose there unique intrinsic value, Canadian diversity or culture.