sigh, i have butted heads with other well-respected contributors on this board about said topic in the past.  It is wonderful that so many people in the domestic tv/film industry have achieved their dreams of a career in the medium.  Tax breaks and media funds certainly have played a role in that development.

However, as the article points out, many of these productions receiving tax incentives or other funds do not reflect our country's stories. "These are shows where Canadian culture and stories take a back seat, allowing our country to instead take on an anonymous, everyplace quality."

to be fair, i haven't watched Handmaid's tale in awhile, but one of the protagonists fled persecution and ended up in canada's welcoming arms, so i guess that's ok.

I will ask the question.  do the tax credits and media funds weigh the allocation money based on the relevance of subject matter to Canadians, or based on the number of jobs created nationally?

Muffy, timmies is relevant to this discussion in reverse.  an international company pretending to be Canadian!
 

geeze, Media Observer.  Imagine an online world where we could actually disagree without calling each other names or disparaging character! 

i would like to ask how the international media groups are eligible for gov't support, while national companies like bombardier, snc, or even national print media are vilified for asking for the same consideration? (political scandal(s) aside)