OTTAWA – The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission will no longer impose Canadian Content quotas on pornographic websites, leading to the cancellation of several upcoming productions starring Corner Gas‘ Eric Peterson.
The regulatory change has removed all Canadian content requirements for adult programming, meaning that numerous porn films whose government funding relied upon casting Canadian stars, featuring Canadian themes, and in some cases, filming in Manitoba in order to take advantage of several regional tax credits.
Peterson’s upcoming slate of porn appearances was part of the former regulatory framework. The Gemini Award winning actor was slated to appear as a down-on-his-luck Nova Scotian cod fisherman in Maritime MILFS vol 14. After that he was set to star as an aging patriarch amid the backdrop of the October Crisis who reunites with his sexy step-sibling, and then finally reprise his role as the rascally Oscar in Corn-hole Ass.
“It’s hard out there for a Canadian actor these days, what will all the US content coming across the border, not to mention their porno industry cranking out 500 films a day,” explained Peterson from his Toronto home. “Not to mention the Canadian porn directors, Canadian porn screenwriters, and the poor Canadian fluffers.”
Peterson is not the only one losing work. Sarah Polley has reportedly lost funding for her next directorial effort starring Don McKellar as a Quebecois pizza delivery man, while Paul Gross may not be also to film his all gangbang remake of 2008’s Passchendaele.
“Look, it’s hard enough getting content made in Canada, and Passion-dale was going to be huge – literally,” explained Gross between calls with potential international co-producers. “It’s always been a challenge to get Canadians to watch Canadian stories, but they would at least tune in for Canadian hole.”
While the entire Canadian porn industry waits on the edge, federal regulators are moving onto their backup plan: hope Netflix starts making porn, and then decides to make literally anything in Canada.
