Canada rakes in C$5.5b a year in film, TV production boom
Fall in Canadian dollar, favourable tax credits and surge in demand for original content give boost to the industry
Washington
A WOMAN in scrubs hustles a patient out of a hospital in a wheelchair and into a waiting SUV, her face a knot of anxiety. Suddenly she sees someone and turns to leap into the car. "Cut!" calls out a director on the Entertainment One Ltd production Mary Kills People - and immediately the real-life bustle of an afternoon commute resumes on the leafy Toronto street.
A police officer lets through a held-up streetcar and pedestrians begin to navigate around cameras, electrical cables and lighting booms.
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