Quebec’s film, television and interactive media industries unite against proposed tax credit cuts

MONTREAL – Self-described key players in Quebec’s audiovisual industry have joined forces following last week’s announcement of cutbacks in the latest provincial budget and the “threat” these pose to the industry as a whole.A number of professional associations representing different sectors of the targeted industry, as well as more than 50,000 people, issued a joint press release saying that while they plan to answer the call of Ms. Hélène David, Minister of Culture and Communications, to submit briefs before a parliamentary commission on Quebec's tax systems in September, they deemed it necessary to act in the interim and "inform the government of...