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Appendix R: Terms Pertaining to AQPM Members Only

Appendix R: Terms Pertaining to AQPM Members Only

LETTER OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE AQPM AND THE WGC WITH RESPECT TO HARMONIZATION ISSUES

WHEREAS, as agreed to in the Memorandum of Settlement entered into between the APFTQ, the CFTPA and the WGC on June 26 and 27, 2006, the parties have harmonized the 2003-2005 APFTQ/WGC IPA and the 2003-2005 CFTPA/WGC IPA into one national agreement;


WHEREAS, certain provisions of the 2003-2005 APFTQ/WGC IPA could not be merged into the national agreement since they resulted from specific negotiations between the APFTQ and the WGC;


NOW, THEREFORE, the AQPM and the WGC agree as follows:

  1. The following provisions outlined below shall continue to apply to AQPM members only:
  2. TELEVISION DOCUMENTARY
    A1109 Division of Production Fee and Distribution Royalties Among Credited Writers
    Where it is necessary to divide any Production Fee or Distribution Royalty among the credited Writers, the division shall be as follows:
    c. Documentaries  
     
    iii. When a credited Continuity Writer has been contracted as a Continuity Writer for a Documentary, such Writer shall receive a percentage of the Production Fee and Distribution Royalties based on the number of minutes such Writer has written in the program divided by the total number of minutes in the Program.
  3. C507 Continuity Writer
    For up to five (5) minutes of continuity writing per half hour of broadcast:

 

Budget 2015 2016 2017
$60,000-$70,000 $1,122 $1,133 $1,145
$70,000-$100,000 $1,173 $1,184 $1,196
over $100,000 $1,284 $1,297 $1,310

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Letter of Agreement to be executed this 16th day of March, 2015.

 

______________________________ Writers Guild of Canada ______________________________ AQPM

 

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