Did you know that for less than $1000 in permit fees a multi-billion-dollar movie studio can blockade a Toronto street or park indefinitely, with as many production vehicles as they want?
To clarify by email from the City's Film Office: "The cost is per permit issued. The cost does not change if production parks one vehicle or ten. The cost per permit is determined by what Tier the production falls into. "
That's obscene. $1000 is pocket change to these studios. We can get 10 or more times that amount from them to pay for parks, transit, roads, and everything else, and they won't even blink. Every dollar they don't contribute to the City's coffers is a dollar you as a resident are demanded to provide in property taxes. If Disney or Netflix or whoever are going to use real locations where real Toronto residents live and work to make their entertainment products they need to pay real money. Otherwise you will be the one footing the bill for your infrastructure and services.
We can't afford missed opportunities.
Milk Hollywood. Not the taxpayer.
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