A decline in industrial Canadian production could provide Canadian producers with the opportunity to make truly Canadian TV shows, an industry panel noted at a recent law conference. Six-point Canadian production, or production that is deemed less Canadian and made primarily to be sold internationally, is becoming increasingly difficult to finance as the international TV and film markets dry up. "This should provide Canadian producers with the opportunity to produce true Canadian drama," said Maureen Parker, executive director of the Writers Guild of Canada, during a session on Canadian TV drama in crisis at the New Developments in Communications Law and Policy conference in Ottawa last month.

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