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Stakeholders applaud Ontario’s on-going support of film, TV, digital interactive industries


TORONTO - Organizations including ACTRA Toronto, Interactive Ontario, and FilmOntario offered a collective thumbs-up to the Ontario government’s decision to continue supporting the industry at existing levels in the 2016 Budget, released Thursday.“In a fully globalized and highly competitive business, the Ontario Government’s stable production tax credit program has helped secure Ontario’s position as the third largest production centre in North America”, said ACTRA Toronto president David Sparrow, in a statement.  “…The 31,000 skilled and talented Ontarians employed in this sector are working hard to take us to the next level in the near future.”Interactive Ontario said that it was “heartened”...