While the union many of Canada’s TV actors has told its members not to report for work today, programs like the Rick Mercer Report and the Royal Canadian Air Farce, will not be disrupted by a strike because ACTRA and CBC have an interim agreement.
     Members gave its union an overwhelming 97.6 per cent strike mandate and a limited work stoppage has begun in four provinces.
     ”Across Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, our members are being told now that they cannot report for work, unless they’re working for producers who have been engaged with ACTRA on an interim agreement,” said an ACTRA official. ACTRA is set to strike in Quebec on Wednesday, with other provinces following from there.
     Jeff Brinton of the Canadian Film and Television Production Association has said producers would seek a judge’s order to force actors to perform in the event of a mass walkout.

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