Kevin White and Virginia Thompson have again linked up on a sitcom, and this summer will shoot the spy comedy InSecurity for CBC.

White, most recently attached to CTV’s Dan for Mayor, will copro the half-hour sitcom through his Company Name Here Productions, in tandem with Thompson’s Vérité Films. White previously ran the last two seasons of Vérité’s Corner Gas, and before that wrote for This Hour Has 22 Minutes.

White and Thompson exec produce with Robert de Lint (Corner Gas, Hiccups), who will also direct.

The Ottawa-set series shoots this summer in Saskatchewan and the national capital with Natalie Lisinska (Chloe, Young People Fucking) in the lead as a rookie agent at an under-funded stand-in for CSIS. Quebec’s highly bankable Rémy Girard also stars, playing a jaded veteran, with William deVry (The Bold and the Beautiful), Matthew MacFadzean (Murdoch Mysteries), Richard Yearwood (The Plan) and Grace Lynn Kung (Being Erica).

The shoot arrives in the Prairie province just as many others are leaving. A severe production slump recently led equipment renters William F. White and PS Production Services to withdraw from Saskatchewan. The provincial government is also shutting down its educaster SCN.

Equipment for the InSecurity shoot will likely be brought in from Manitoba or Alberta, says SaskFilm CEO Susanne Bell. ‘Producers are used to trucking equipment wherever it needs to go,’ she says. ‘We worked that way for years so we’re accustomed to it.’

The first season is budgeted at $9.6 million. The series is supported by SaskFilm’s new Series Incentive Initiative, also unveiled Monday, which backs pilots and first seasons on series.