While most Canadians love their American neighbors, they also loathe the idea of becoming the ‘51st’ US state, citing millions of cheap hand guns, a two-tier justice system, bankrupting medical costs, wide spread financial fraud and a corrupt ‘Deep State’ that goes back further than the ‘American Revolution’. Now US President Trump wants to impose a 100 per cent tariff on movies produced outside his country, a move timed to change the Canadian film landscape, although its not clear, how such a tax would work, given how intertwined the global film industry is:
Will the tariffs apply to movies on streaming services as well as those shown in theaters, or would they be calculated based on production costs and box office revenue ?
With major US studios and streamers in Canada, shooting originals, big budget tentpoles…
….TV series and indie features…
“…everybody benefits down the line…
“…according to Eoin Egan, co-managing partner and COO at Toronto’s Cinespace Studios.
“Toronto’s unique combination of stable incentives, world-class infrastructure, and unmatched crew talent….
“..establishes it as a premier Canadian destination for film and television production.
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