Item - 2025.FB7.4
Tracking Status
- This item was considered by Film, Television and Digital Media Advisory Board on May 20, 2025 and was adopted with amendments.
FB7.4 - Staff Updates
- Decision Type:
- Presentation
- Status:
- Amended
- Wards:
- All
Board Decision
The Toronto Film, Television, and Digital Media Board:
1. Endorsed the following measures to protect the future of production in Toronto:
a. enhancements to the Ontario Production Services Tax Credit, the Ontario Computer Animation and Special Effects Tax Credit, and the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit including mechanisms for faster payment;
b. greater direct investment in domestic production through existing Federal and Provincial funds;
c. access for the production industry to current or future Provincial and Federal funds supporting sectors harmed by tariffs; and
d. a review of EI requirements to ensure gig workers in these industries, sometimes ineligible for this benefit, are able to access it in order for the industry to retain workers;
and requested the Chair of the Film, Television, and Digital Media Board to advise City Council of these emergency measures.
Decision Advice and Other Information
The Manager, Permitting Film and Entertainment, the Program Manager, Film Sector Development and the Film Commissioner and Director of Entertainment Industries provided verbal updates.
Summary
Film Office staff will give a report on recent scouting, production volumes and workforce development programs for 2025.
Motions
That the Toronto Film, Television, and Digital Media Board:
1. Endorse the following measures to protect the future of production in Toronto:
a. enhancements to the Ontario Production Services Tax Credit, the Ontario Computer Animation and Special Effects Tax Credit, and the Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit including mechanisms for faster payment;
b. greater direct investment in domestic production through existing Federal and Provincial funds;
c. access for the production and post production industries to current or future Provincial and Federal funds supporting sectors harmed by tariffs; and,
d. a review of EI requirements to ensure gig workers in these industries, sometimes ineligible for this benefit, are able to access it in order for the industry to retain workers,
and request the Chair of the Film, Television, and Digital Media Board to advise City Council of these emergency measures.