Inquiring Reporter: Should Victoria offer more tax credits to the film industry?

 

 
 
 
 
Casey Smith, North Vancouver: "No, I don't. I think they already give generous tax breaks to the film
industry. . . . What other industries are they going to give tax breaks to?
 

Casey Smith, North Vancouver: "No, I don't. I think they already give generous tax breaks to the film industry. . . . What other industries are they going to give tax breaks to?

Photograph by: submitted , North Shore NEWS

WITH lights, cameras and action going east, British Columbia's film industry is reeling. Many of the 4,000 plus professionals who attended a meeting at North Shore Studios Tuesday are looking to the provincial government to match tax credits offered by Ontario and Quebec for 25 per cent of all production costs. B.C. currently offers tax credits on 33 per cent of labour costs.

Should the government do more to keep Hollywood North from fading out, or are other provinces overspending?

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Casey Smith, North Vancouver: "No, I don't. I think they already give generous tax breaks to the film
industry. . . . What other industries are they going to give tax breaks to?
 

Casey Smith, North Vancouver: "No, I don't. I think they already give generous tax breaks to the film industry. . . . What other industries are they going to give tax breaks to?

Photograph by: submitted , North Shore NEWS

 
Casey Smith, North Vancouver: "No, I don't. I think they already give generous tax breaks to the film
industry. . . . What other industries are they going to give tax breaks to?
Max Barnard, North Vancouver: "It gives a lot of money to other industries, but I don't know enough about
the percentages (of tax credits) to give you a good answer."
Sean Heath, North Vancouver: "It'd be good for the film industry as well as tourism, so yeah, incentives
would be a good idea."
Judy Sadler, North Vancouver: "Yeah. If it would help the industry."
Lorne Martin, North Vancouver: "If government can give $9.5 million for the Indian (Bollywood) awards, then
it should be able to help Canadian and U.S. filmmakers."