The U.S. writers strike began 1 month ago. Here's how it's affecting the Canadian industry

The Ontario film and television industry had a record-breaking year in 2022, with substantial growth partly thanks to U.S.-produced shows like The Handmaid's Tale and The Boys, which shoot in Canada.

The strike began one month ago — and the Canadian industry has steeled itself for the ripple effects of a labour action that has shut down scores of Hollywood film and television productions.

Feature films rarely begin shooting without a finished script; Canadian independent productions that work with Writers Guild of Canada members are untouched by the strike south of the border.

Canadian scribes are experiencing many of the same issues plaguing their U.S. peers: smaller writers rooms and a shorter timeline to develop projects at a faster pace, he added.

They might be winning the PR battle, but the writers guild has "terribly miscalculated their leverage" against the Hollywood studios, said Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at New York University.

From traditional networks like ABC to streaming giants like Netflix, studios have been preparing for an action with so-called "strike-proof" lineups — mostly a combination of non-scripted reality shows, and international series like the aforementioned CanCon, though you'll see South Korean and Indian exports pop up in your algorithm too.