Justin Trudeau and Katie Telford launch new Canadian media company
Former prime minister and longtime Liberal strategist unveil scripted and unscripted film and television projects at TIFF.
Former prime minister Justin Trudeau and longtime Liberal strategist Katie Telford are launching a new Canadian media company called Hope and Hard Work.
The company was announced Friday at the Toronto International Film Festival, where Trudeau and Telford unveiled a lineup of scripted and unscripted projects focused on Canadian stories intended to resonate both in Canada and internationally.
The initial slate includes television adaptations of several Canadian novels.
One project, Closer by Sea, based on the bestseller by Perry Chafe, is set in a small Newfoundland fishing village facing collapse. The story follows a 12-year-old boy dealing with his father's death and the disappearance of a local teenage girl.
Another project, Backchannels, is set in the world of politics and follows a new chief of staff navigating the pressures of the job. It is based on The Right Hand, a book featuring conversations with chiefs of staff to powerful political figures.
The company also announced Le Collage, a Montreal private-school drama, an original series from the writers of North of North, and Power Moves, a romantic comedy centred on rivals working in the world of power and politics.
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Lib Ferguson commented 2026-09-15 15:46:30 -0400Well I’m sure Turd will grab all the grants and funding he can. We will end up paying for this company. Will the RCMP still provide protection for him when he travels promoting? He is a gobshite. -
Fran g commented 2026-09-14 18:53:42 -0400Well he has about 5 % popularity here so Im sure it will be a big flop except for the brainwashed of the east. The bastard is on a very inflated pension plan as well as what he stole from us and he gets the highest guards for his miserable life any body has ever had.in Chanada.
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Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2026-09-14 12:40:38 -0400LH: I wouldn’t be surprised if he got the idea from the Obamas, who went over to Netflix a few years ago. That move turned out to be quite profitable for them.
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Lee Helperin commented 2026-09-14 11:09:31 -0400As most Canadian media, especially “creative” media, is heavily subscribed by tax payers, this makes perfect sense for him to find yet another way of stealing money from the the country he and his family stole from for so many years.
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Bernhard Jatzeck commented 2026-09-13 18:24:24 -0400I can’t wait for the “All Justin All the Time” cable TV channel!
