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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink32•2 months agoUh, ok, what? Are we trying to drown out foreign influence now? Like, idk, China? North Korea? Media is our biggest GDP dollar. Donnie is playing with fire here. I’d bet my life savings he backs down, like he has on everything else.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•2 months agoMaybe he’s talking about movies shot in Canada? I think a lot (no idea of an actual percentage) of movies are shot in Vancouver.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 months agoQuébec has done a lot of VFX for movies too. Hallmark movies often film in northern Ontario.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoA lot of TV shows and movies are made in Canada because our dollar is worth less, so American companies get more value for their money.
Uh, ok, what?
Are we trying to drown out foreign influence now? Like, idk, China? North Korea?
Media is our biggest GDP dollar. Donnie is playing with fire here. I’d bet my life savings he backs down, like he has on everything else.
…software is next…
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Maybe he’s talking about movies shot in Canada? I think a lot (no idea of an actual percentage) of movies are shot in Vancouver.
Québec has done a lot of VFX for movies too. Hallmark movies often film in northern Ontario.
A lot of TV shows and movies are made in Canada because our dollar is worth less, so American companies get more value for their money.