B.C. tries to build up Hollywood North
Last Updated: Friday, November 13, 1998 | 11:22 PM ET
CBC News
Clark and representatives from the B.C. film industry have been wooing some of the biggest movers and shakers in Hollywood. Clark is pushing his province as a destination for U.S. movie-making dollars.
Canada's film production industry pulls in $2.8 billion a year. Recently other provinces have been competing for their share of the booming business, offering up tax incentives to foreign studios.
Americans like filming in B.C. The Canadian dollar stretches their production budgets. Vancouver is in the same time zone as Los Angeles. There is an abundance of scenic locations, trained crews and well-equipped studios.
But other provinces are offering better tax incentives. This week Clark said he'll soon make Hollywood an offer of incentives, in order to protect the province's $630-million-a-year industry.
Share Tools
Top News Headlines
- Harper chief of staff resigns amid Senate expense scandal
- Nigel Wright has resigned as Prime Minister Stephen Harper's chief of staff, following revelations he wrote a $90,000 cheque to repay living expenses claimed by Senator Mike Duffy. more »
- Jeep driver apologizes after stunt kills Edmonton woman
- A man claiming to be the driver of a Jeep that struck and killed a spectator at a charity event in Edmonton says he is sorry for what happened. more »
- Senior Pakistani politician Zahra Shahid shot dead
- Voting in Karachi goes ahead a day after gunmen killed a senior member of Imran Khan's Movement for Justice (PTI) party outside her home in Karachi. more »
- Saudi coronavirus work stymied at Canadian lab
- The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg is working with a sample of the new coronavirus that's causing clusters of infections abroad - but can't share the material with other researchers across the country despite the public health urgency. more »
Must Watch
- Remains found on murder suspect Millard's Ontario farm
- Petition looks to rename Victoria Day
- Vancouver man attacked, killed in Costa Rica
- Jeep driver apologizes after stunt kills Edmonton woman
- Rob Ford should resign if allegations true, councillors say
- Harper chief of staff resigns amid Senate expense scandal
- Missing Toronto woman's parents unfazed by Millard link
- Saudi coronavirus work stymied at Canadian lab
- Man charged in stabbings near Kingsway transit station
