{"id":32,"date":"2013-10-08T00:36:41","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T07:36:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/corinabizim\/?p=32"},"modified":"2013-10-08T00:38:15","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T07:38:15","slug":"32","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/corinabizim\/2013\/10\/08\/32\/","title":{"rendered":"Film Frenzy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"\"<\/a>2013 has been a slow year for the newly unemployed professionals of the British Colombia film industry. Formerly the third largest film center in North America, British Colombia is currently facing external threats from Ontario and Quebec\u2019s tax incentives, and is unable to compete. This is an example of when financial goals interfere with purpose. The premier of British Colombia, Christy Clark, is on a mission to balance the province\u2019s budget, a task that does not allow for a tax credit at 25% of labor costs, the level at which it is in Ontario and Quebec. Rather, at 33% of labor costs, this credit is simply not attracting producers to British Colombia (Current production list: http:\/\/www.bcfilmcommission.com\/about_us\/film_list.php<\/a>, shrunk from its high of 30 TV series at one time). It is incidents as such in which the issue of finance and regulation stops a company (or in this case an entire industry) from performing at its optimal potential. It raises the question as to whether a company should risk financial stability for innovation and potential for growth, or operate in favor of good financial statements. For the film industry, perhaps it would be wise to slightly lower the tax gap between the provinces, to ensure that workers don\u2019t have to constantly move to where the next \u2018A-List\u2019 tax cut is.<\/p>\n

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Popular American TV series shot in Vancouver<\/p><\/div>\n

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One of the largest film franchises of the decade, filmed in Vancouver<\/p><\/div>\n

News coverage from a North Shore Studios film industry rally:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/player\/Embedded-Only\/News\/BC\/ID\/2328286131\/<\/p>\n

sources:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/arts\/b-c-film-industry-seeking-ways-to-survive-1.1402436<\/a><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/british-columbia\/b-c-film-industry-rally-draws-thousands-1.1393384<\/a><\/p>\n

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