Leah Kline has worked as a set designer on films and TV shows in Hamilton and Toronto for the past eight years. She said in her experience, American-based shows that film in Ontario are required to hire Canadian crew members.
"This time last summer the work was just off the chain, like there would be jobs opportunities every two weeks to work on different things," she said.Leah Kline, a set designer based in Hamilton said film work in Hamilton has slowed down dramatically during the WGA and SAG strikes in the United States."I'm not sure what the percentage is, but the majority needs to be local, like Ontario residents who are working on projects that are filmed in Ontario," she said.
"There's a lot of people in this industry right now talking about switching careers again and that's a downer for sure," Zohr said.Canadian writers and actors are not on strike and filming is going ahead with Canadian projects, but Zohr said there isn't enough work to go around.