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From Blackberry to a budding VFX industry and many other sustainable businesses to come out of Canada has always made it seem like a very EU-like philosophy. Th

From Blackberry to a budding VFX industry and many other sustainable businesses to come out of Canada has always made it seem like a very EU-like philosophy. This will be great for fair trade.

NuclearPM 16d ago
Blackberry is a sustainable business?
- bpye 16d ago
  Blackberry might not be, but RIM are still around, QNX is still in use.
musha68k 16d ago
From Glenn Gould to Wayne Gretzky, from ATI to AdLib and Matrox we've always loved Canadian "exports" here in the EU. Let's work together!
- PyWoody 16d ago
  You might want to look into Gretzky's political beliefs before "importing" him.
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alibarber 16d ago
From having worked extensively in it, the VFX industry, apart from being near to Hollywood in terms of time zone, is surely just a tax rebate competition. Which is actually very non-EU philosophy; member states cannot simply subsidise local industries from tax revenue - it is a single market, other members have to have equal access to your market as your local companies. Of course there's plenty of ways around it. In the case of film production, if the script calls for the characters to be in a specific location - then it's now a cultural asset that the government can fund with rebates. The person writing the script is of course aware of this and the incentives available.
whywhywhywhy 16d ago
I mean Blackberry is long gone and missed its full potential, VFX industry only exists there temporarily because of tax credits, once a better deal is offered elsewhere all that will up and leave that’s how that industry works. Not to mention AI is going to obliterate large VFX teams for a lot of productions. So neither of these are good sustainable examples.
- morkalork 16d ago
  The VFX industry is in dire straits here
raydev 15d ago
From a shadow-of-its-former-glory-20-years-ago company to a budding industry reliant on dollars from outside Canada?

From Blackberry to a budding VFX industry and many other sustainable businesses to come out of Canada has always made it seem like a very EU-like philosophy. This will be great for fair trade.

NuclearPM 16d ago

Blackberry is a sustainable business?

bpye 16d ago
Blackberry might not be, but RIM are still around, QNX is still in use.

musha68k 16d ago

From Glenn Gould to Wayne Gretzky, from ATI to AdLib and Matrox we've always loved Canadian "exports" here in the EU. Let's work together!

PyWoody 16d ago
You might want to look into Gretzky's political beliefs before "importing" him.
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alibarber 16d ago

From having worked extensively in it, the VFX industry, apart from being near to Hollywood in terms of time zone, is surely just a tax rebate competition. Which is actually very non-EU philosophy; member states cannot simply subsidise local industries from tax revenue - it is a single market, other members have to have equal access to your market as your local companies. Of course there's plenty of ways around it. In the case of film production, if the script calls for the characters to be in a specific location - then it's now a cultural asset that the government can fund with rebates. The person writing the script is of course aware of this and the incentives available.

whywhywhywhy 16d ago

I mean Blackberry is long gone and missed its full potential, VFX industry only exists there temporarily because of tax credits, once a better deal is offered elsewhere all that will up and leave that’s how that industry works. Not to mention AI is going to obliterate large VFX teams for a lot of productions. So neither of these are good sustainable examples.

morkalork 16d ago
The VFX industry is in dire straits here

raydev 15d ago

From a shadow-of-its-former-glory-20-years-ago company to a budding industry reliant on dollars from outside Canada?