Welcome to Barometer, our read on the state of the industry from the wonderful (there’s always a chance…) to the horrifying. And though there has been no shortage of discouraging news recently – enjoy the competition from Michigan, Filmport – we see brighter skies ahead, thanks to our once-again underperforming loonie and the odds-beating renewal of CTF and the New Media Fund. All under Tory leadership, no less. Who’d-a-thunk it?