Amid threats of a 100 per cent U.S. tariff on foreign films, Surrey stakeholders are advocating for policy amendments to the film sector to remain competitive.
“The entire Lower Mainland should have the same tax breaks,” said Scott Wheatley, executive director of the Cloverdale District Chamber of Commerce. “We should have an even playing ground with the other communities.”
He told BIV an amendment to the physical boundaries of B.C.’s film and television tax credit could make it cheaper for film companies to record in communities like Cloverdale, which currently sits on the designated Vancouver area, right on the border with the regional area that Langley is a part of.
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