The Motion Picture Association – Canada (French: Association Cinématographique – Canada), or MPA-Canada, is a film industry trade group that speaks for and represents the major U.S. producers and distributors of motion pictures, streaming media, and television programming in Canada.
[1][2] It is the Canadian counterpart of the American Motion Picture Association (MPA).
Through the Motion Picture Classification Corporation of Canada (MPCCC), MPA-Canada administers the Canadian Home Video Rating System.
It lobbies at the provincial and federal government levels to advance its agenda.
[3] The organization functions as copyright advocate, and directs an anti-piracy initiative.