Ottawa film studios worry Trump’s threatened tariffs could mean the end [Video]

Some Ottawa film studios are concerned that U.S. President Donald Trump’s threatened tariffs on foreign films could spell the end for their industry within months. 

On Sunday, Trump posted on his social media platform Truth Social that “the movie industry in America is dying a very fast death,” and authorized the Department of Commerce to initiate the process for imposing  tariffs on films produced outside the U.S.

Shane Boucher, president and CEO of Ottawa-based film studio 1Department Entertainment Services, said he found Trump’s comments upsetting.

“We’ve been working with the U.S. for many years,” Boucher said. “The studio can literally cease to function in a matter of months if we don’t have enough productions that are booked.”

Boucher’s studio handles between eight and 15 small- to mid-size …