Trailer Park Boys, Cathy Jones protest outside N.S. legislature

Trailer Park Boys cast Mike Smith, Patrick Roach, Robb Wells and John Dunsworth, left to right, join other members of Nova Scotia's film and television industry in a protest outside the legislature in Halifax on Wednesday, April 15, 2015. (Andrew Vaughan / THE CANADIAN PRESS)

HALIFAX - Members of Nova Scotia's film and television industry including actors from the Trailer Park Boys are rallying outside the provincial legislature today to protest a proposed cut to a tax credit.

People in the film and TV sector say the $24 million annual incentive should be left untouched because it is vital to their industry.

The Liberal government has proposed cutting the tax credit to $6 million as of July 1, saying it can't afford to keep it as it is.

The entertainment industry would also have access to a $6 million creative sector fund under changes announced in last week's budget.

Some people working in the industry met with Finance Minister Diana Whalen on Tuesday and said they felt a compromise can be reached to resolve the dispute.

At the rally today in Halifax, actor Jonathan Torrens -- who co-hosted Street Cents and has starred as the character J-Roc in the Trailer Park Boys -- called on the government to change course.