The crux of speaking to the subject of film studios is to opine on the role of government. Mr. SketchleyB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™s rather eponymous view on this subject is that government ought merely to ensure public safety for honest people, who can then be creative and productive. A few crosswalks and weB´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·™re done? Is this the vision?
Government in contemporary society needs to be large enough to both stimulate and protect economic, social and political matters. With respect to , a basic fact is that the province of B.C saw a total of $3.4 billion of production in 2017.
Vancouver received the lions share of this amount, and Victoria saw $12M B´ÎÔª¹ÙÍøÍøÖ·“ .0035 per cent. One has to be pretty unambitious to be satisfied with this paltry amount.
Congratulations to Saanich council for realizing that we can do better.
Michael Goodwin
Saanich