Important Update to B.C.’s Motion Picture Tax Credit Programs On March 4, 2025, the Minister of Finance announced the following budget proposal to British Columbia’s Motion Picture Tax Credit Programs, subject to the approval of the legislature: Increase the Film...
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Canadian Seesaw Battle to Woo Hollywood Has Vancouver Booming Again
TORONTO – A seesaw battle to woo Hollywood in a Canadian market hooked on tax credits and public subsidies has Vancouver back on top.
"There was a slower period. But for the last 18 months, it's been busy in town. People are optimistic about the business," Richard Brownsey, president and CEO of Creative B.C., told The Hollywood Reporter.
That wasn't the case in January 2013 when angry film producers and workers failed to convince the British Columbia government to match generous tax credits in Ontario and Quebec to stop a feared exodus of talent and work to eastern Canada in search of bigger subsidies.
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