The 22% drop in Canadian screenwriter earnings has been devastating to our members.
Out of work writers are switching careers.
Others are leaving the country.
Writers Guild of Canada
Our domestic industry is dying.
Read the WGCs submission here.
These series arent Canadian, they arent written by Canadians, and they dont have an authorial Canadian voice.
We need to confirm Canadian shows get produced too.
We cant just be a branch production plant for Hollywood.
We cant have foreign service production count as Canadian content through window dressing.
Canadian content must be Canadian-written.
And the status quo isnt enough.
Otherwise,screenwritingis finished as a profession in this country.
Median weekly writer-producer pay has declined 4% over the last decade, the WGA says.
Adjusting for inflation, the decline is 23%.
The WGC has said it will support the WGA during its strike to the fullest extent possible.
