From Grant Robertson of the Globe and Mail:

• Tension mounts in TV fund dispute
  “Jim Shaw, chief executive officer of Shaw Communications Inc., the CTF’s largest single contributor, has questioned whether the fund can continue operation, despite the efforts to fix it, since no sides can agree on a strategy to make it work.”

From the Canadian Press:

• Hopefuls pitch potential TV hits to executives at Montreal’s Just for Laughs
  “No firm commitments were made to anyone – at least in the room – but someone will walk away with the top prize of a CBC development deal by the end of the festival on Sunday, organizers said.”

John Doyle of the Globe and Mail on the reaction to the proposed changes to the Canadian Television Fund:

• What’s sending a shiver through Canadian TV writers, actors
  “Essentially this means that the money from the cable and satellite companies would be directed solely to commercial, hit programs. The other money, from the government, would go to “cultural programs.” The culture stuff would have to be 100-per-cent Canadian. That is, according to the arcane points system for assessing Canadianness, the project would get 10 out of 10 points. In the other area – the drama and comedy series, the made-for-TV movies and miniseries, essentially – the project would only be required to get eight out of 10 points.