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Originally Posted by AWDTurboLuvr
Still, that's 40% only on labour, which is pales in comparison to ONT and QC which offer tax credits to the entire production. Which is why you see VFX work still in Vancouver but live-action shooting dropping in BC.
I honestly think the general public wouldn't want more money than last year ($437m) spent on an economy largely benefitting US studios. Don't get me wrong, I work in the CGI industry and I love it, but it's not an essential service.
How would the teachers union feel when the Film industry gets an increase in the budget but not higher education?
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It's a different set of priorities; essentially the difference between spending on marketing (making more money) and HR (training existing staff to do better).
I think as long as everyone gets respectfully listened to, there'll be progress. I'm in the middle of working right now, but my essential feelings about the teachers especially is that they'll back the fuck off from wage demands as long as someone fucking
listens to their need for more support roles; LAC and Special Needs in particular. One of the reasons the teachers have pushed for money over the last few cycles is because the one time they accepted a 0/0/0 three year contract in exchange for more hiring and smaller classes, the province went "oops, we thought we had more money than we did, no new teachers for you" and then went ahead and legislated in a new contract that stripped a lot of rights. This is where the strike and essential services came in.
Also, only jurisdiction in the world that has teaching as an essential service. Just saying.