Vancouver: Putting the issue of foreign actor taxation to rest, the federal Department of Finance will introduce legislation that amends the Canadian Income Tax Act to allow for a 23% withholding tax on gross income earned after Jan. 1, 2001….

Montreal: Total Canadian coproduction budgets – sparked by a major jump in the number of projects with the u.k. – grew to $872.2 million in 2000, a 45% increase over the $600.4 million recorded in 1999….

A sixtysomething small-town mayor is having an affair with a twentysomething, blonde Avon-style lady who’s engaged to his gay grandson and, at the moment, is mustering up the courage to blow the old guy’s brains out as he pours two glasses…

Since 1979, Toronto’s cfmt-tv has produced commercials in multiple languages for multiple communities in the remarkably diverse city of Toronto. As it continues its steady growth, the organization, formerly called CFMT-ComProd, has been renamed Harbourfront Studios….

Kathi Prosser has seen a lot of Warholesque pop art in her day. When The Partners’ Film Company director saw the board for Unilever’s Sunlight laundry ‘tabs,’ she saw the possibility to mix art and marketing in a similar way to…

The focus of this regular section is on agencies in Canada. Looking for agency business strategies and creative teams’ secret weapons? We tell all in Ad Missions….

Montreal: Now that Cinar Corp. has reached an agreement with federal and Quebec tax authorities, the next immediate step in its recovery program is to sort out its dealings with Telefilm Canada….

Vancouver: On Dec. 21, the crtc approved the transfer of Vancouver station ckvu from CanWest Television to a wholly owned subsidiary called CKVU Sub Inc….

There were some noteworthy Canadian triumphs at the 2000 London International Advertising Awards, held in London, Eng. in November. Four Canadian agencies used Canadian production companies to get their points across and help bring trophies back to their respective offices. Well,…

Who’s gone where? From where? And when? As the Revolving Doors spin, we put the spotlight on spot-makers on-the-move….

When Semi Chellas took a leave of absence from her graduate studies at Cornell University to join the Canadian Film Centre, she vowed only to return if she couldn’t make a living as a screenwriter. But after umpteen rejections from story…

Toronto’s Avion Films is adding an interesting element to its business. Under the direction of Avion executive producer Andrea Minot, the spot shop is developing an initiative geared specifically toward its u.s.-based stills-photographers-turned-live-action directors, which will see the shop represent them…