Compared to Hollywood, Canada91裸聊视频檚 screen industry is tiny. And by all accounts, there are fewer egos, bullies and power-trippers on the scale of Harvey Weinstein within it.

91裸聊视频淏ut of course there91裸聊视频檚 been sexual harassment here. Absolutely. No question,91裸聊视频� Emmy-nominated Canadian writer-director Patricia Rozema said in a recent interview.

91裸聊视频淭here are definitely, definitely cases of people who have been systematically sexually harassing young actors, female actors, and getting away with it, and people looking the other way.91裸聊视频�

Canada91裸聊视频檚 performers91裸聊视频� union, ACTRA, has invited industry stakeholders to a closed-door meeting on Thursday to discuss how to implement practical, concrete measures to tackle the issue here in a way that also leads to cultural change.

91裸聊视频淚s there a specific thing I would like to see come out of that meeting? Action,91裸聊视频� said actor Lyriq Bent.

91裸聊视频淭his isn91裸聊视频檛 something that is new, this is something that91裸聊视频檚 been going on for a long time, which is why a lot of what we91裸聊视频檙e hearing about has been 20, 30 years ago91裸聊视频�. Now, an opportunity came along where people have to listen. So let91裸聊视频檚 purge. Let91裸聊视频檚 purge ourselves of all of this sickness and move forward. It91裸聊视频檚 about time.91裸聊视频�

While sexual misconduct has long been a part of the Canadian industry, it91裸聊视频檚 a problem that seems to be growing, said actress-writer Susan Coyne, co-creator of 91裸聊视频漇lings and Arrows and screenwriter of the new film 91裸聊视频淭he Man Who Invented Christmas.91裸聊视频�

For the past year, she91裸聊视频檚 been holding ad-hoc meetings in Toronto living rooms and coffee shops about sexual misconduct in the industry. The latest meeting had about 25 women in attendance.

91裸聊视频淲hat I was hearing from younger actresses is things have gotten worse than when I and my friends, like Martha Burns, were younger and were their age and starting out,91裸聊视频� said Coyne.

91裸聊视频淎nd I don91裸聊视频檛 understand how that could be. It was so disturbing.91裸聊视频�

The smallness of Canada91裸聊视频檚 screen industry makes it 91裸聊视频渁lmost harder to speak up, because there91裸聊视频檚 just so much less work and we don91裸聊视频檛 have the stars who can lead the charge either,91裸聊视频� she added.

91裸聊视频淲e work a lot, not just on Canadian sets, but we have a lot of American shows that come up here, too. And Canadians have even less power there, working on an American show; it91裸聊视频檚 so easy to replace you.91裸聊视频�

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Atom Egoyan said ACTRA needs to take 91裸聊视频渁 much firmer stand91裸聊视频� going forward.

91裸聊视频淭here are situations clearly in history where ACTRA was told of abuses and didn91裸聊视频檛 react properly and I think that can never, ever happen again,91裸聊视频� said Egoyan.

91裸聊视频淚 think obviously 91裸聊视频� and ACTRA is quite aware of the fact that 91裸聊视频� they bowed to pressure.91裸聊视频�

Actress Mia Kirshner is also critical of the way ACTRA has handled the topic of sexual harassment and abuse.

91裸聊视频淭oo little, too late. I don91裸聊视频檛 believe that ACTRA is actually interested listening to union members,91裸聊视频� Kirshner tweeted recently.

91裸聊视频淚 believe that this committee is being created for the purpose of public relations.91裸聊视频�

She wrote that she declined to be a part of a new committee created by ACTRA to deal with the issue and instead has co-created a group called #AfterMeToo to push for change.

Jennifer Jonas, producer and owner of New Real Films, said Thursday91裸聊视频檚 industry meeting should address the need for parity and equality on TV and film sets.

91裸聊视频淪exual harassment, I guess you could boil down to being a kind of bullying where the power dynamic is in someone else91裸聊视频檚 favour,91裸聊视频� said Jonas.

91裸聊视频淲hat I91裸聊视频檓 happy to be seeing with the #metoo (hashtag) and all the different industry people 91裸聊视频� both in Canada and the United States 91裸聊视频� coming out with their statements and everything right now is that people are recognizing that if you make sure there91裸聊视频檚 more gender parity, more diversity, take the power away from the bullies, that things will necessarily and structurally improve.91裸聊视频�

Rozema suggested industry workers also need a better method to report information about offenders.

91裸聊视频淩ight now we have a system where people can do whatever they want, but only if you have enough information to convict someone can you do anything about it,91裸聊视频� she said.

91裸聊视频淭here needs to be a system in place where there can be anonymous reports. So if you get 60 reports on some dude, you can start to say, 91裸聊视频榃here there91裸聊视频檚 smoke, there91裸聊视频檚 fire.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

Writer-director Michael Dowse added that a responsibility also lies with agents in ensuring they don91裸聊视频檛 put their clients 91裸聊视频渋n harm91裸聊视频檚 way.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淥bviously nobody should be doing that thing, but there should be an awareness of reading those situations and avoiding private meetings with directors,91裸聊视频� said Dowse.

Actor Shawn Doyle, who is a councillor for ACTRA Toronto, insisted the union is taking the situation and this moment in time 91裸聊视频渧ery, very seriously.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淚 think it91裸聊视频檚 really important that at the end of that meeting there comes out a firm set of guidelines, that we can move forward as an industry together,91裸聊视频� he said. 91裸聊视频漇omething that can be enforced across the board. Something that doesn91裸聊视频檛 allow wiggle room.

91裸聊视频淭here are going to have to be consequences for people committing any kind of harassment or bullying or abuse of any sort. And my hope is that we can find a speedy way to get to some resolve and protect our members.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频� With files from Maija Kappler

Victoria Ahearn, The Canadian Press