Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, it's exactly that. Ten years ago it was an industry that wasn't significant. It's been in the past four years.

Canadian Heritage committee  Sorry, could I ask you to rephrase the question in the context of feature film visual effects in the service sector?

Canadian Heritage committee  Absolutely. In my opinion, we need to be careful of not chasing the highest tax credit that exists in the world. That is a losing battle. I think if we are consistently evaluating our tax credit to where there is success in other parts of the globe and making sure we are competi

Canadian Heritage committee  The system is and has been working for B.C. for a long period of time. The system for visual effects in Quebec currently is working. One of the challenges—and I do not have the solution for this at all—is that we compete globally for this work, and we also compete within Canada

Canadian Heritage committee  We came here when Technicolor, which existed in Canada already in Quebec, B.C., and Ontario, looked at moving into the realm of feature films. They purchased a U.K.-based company because that's where there was significant talent. The motivation for MPC was to be able to move inte

Canadian Heritage committee  The talent is our single most significant challenge. We're growing faster than we can create Canadian talent. We're creating new Canadian talent at an incredible pace, but we have to keep having open borders so visual effects talent can move, and they can come to MPC to work on B

Canadian Heritage committee  Sure. In terms of tax credit as a first line, in the service sector the most difficult thing for our clients is uncertainty, if they feel that tax credits in the jurisdiction are not solid or are wavering. They're planning their budgets so far ahead that seeing this jurisdictio

Canadian Heritage committee  Good afternoon. I'd like to thank the chair and the committee for inviting me to speak with you today. My name is Michelle Grady, and I have been fortunate enough to be involved in the Canadian feature film industry for over 20 years. For the past seven years I have been head o