Please Support the Film and Television Industry in Nova Scotia #NSFilmJobs
In my full-time job, I work as a Production Accountant, at Arcadia Entertainment in Halifax, NS. My position and many other film jobs in Nova Scotia rely on the financing of our productions, to stay employed. Financing for film and television comes from many sources, but arguably the most important is the Nova Scotia Film Tax Credit. Our Liberal government made a promise to maintain our Nova Scotia Film Tax Credit for 5 more years!
This financing source is now in jeopardy and so is our entire industry in Nova Scotia, because our current Minister of Finance, Diana Whalen, has an agenda to reduce, or eliminate, the Nova Scotia Film Tax Credit. (She won’t tell us what the changes are until April 9th when the budget is released!) DON’T STOP READING! I know this might sound unimportant to some of you – why should you care about this? Well let me tell you. [Read more…]