@Ron_26 He is the west coast Conservative party voice so he should take an interest in BC concerns

@StephenG_3 To BC taxpayers: The $285 million film and TV tax incentive is a REBATE not a subsidy. Until two years ago, about $1.2 billion in revenue was generated annually which meant the industry injected almost $1 billion into the provincial economy every year. Because the current Government has refused to remain competitive with other provinces, most productions no longer shoot in BC which has slashed revenue to PRACTICALLY NOTHING and created massive unemployment. Understand that BC taxpayers are NOT SAVING $285 million. You are in reality LOSING the nearly billion dollars of taxable revenue that was invested in the local economy every single year.
•Supports 25,000+ quality jobs – well paying knowledge based, equity employment;
•The production industry contributed on average 1.1 billion dollars in production spending annually for the past decade – that is new money – to the BC economy over the past decade, not including ancillary spending and economic spin off to regional and municipal governments and to other sectors such as hospitality/tourism, and the multitude of small to medium-sized businesses that supply motion picture production in BC;
•The total contribution to the BC economy since the incentive program started is $14.3 billion;


•The total investment (tax credit) from the BC Government since the incentive program started is $1.5 billion, approximately 10%;


•According to the Income Taxation Branch the highest tax credit paid out to date 2011-2012 was $219 million;


•Over 1 billion dollars of private investment in industry infrastructure;
•24 post secondary institutions offering internationally recognized industry education & training for the next generation of production professionals;
•Cornerstone of BC’s creative economy worth a combined $4 billion GDP (making it the fifth largest sectors in the province), representing 85,000 jobs (making it the second largest industrialized sector)*;


•The creative economy is growing at a faster rate than the economy as a whole*;


•Green conscious industry sector with a light footprint on the environment;


•Has created a high profile for British Columbia worldwide, widely benefitting the hospitality and tourism sector;


•BC’s production community is generous and supportive of local arts, education, youth and social causes. Examples: MPPIA annual giving to the Vancouver Food Bank, $10,000+ a year since 2007; more than 20 years of routine and holiday season outreach from across the industry on the downtown eastside; Habitat for Humanity; A Loving Spoonful, AIDS Vancouver to name only a few.