Interactive Ontario Wins
- Minister Cho (Tourism, Culture and Gaming) committed to a 12-week service standard at Ontario Creates in 2026 for processing the OIDMTC.
- Receiving clarification from the Ontario Government on the eligibility of remote work under the OIDMTC.
- Benchmarking Study on Ontario’s Creative Technology Labour Market.
- Lowering the labour threshold for annual filing to the Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (OIDMTC) from $1M to $500K.
- Getting a commitment from the Ontario government to keep the OIDMTC stable.
- Getting a commitment from the Ontario government – 2021 Fall Economic Statement – that they will continue to work with us to attract more investment and create jobs in Ontario.
- Providing recommendations contributing to improvements of the Ontario Creates Interactive Digital Media Fund (IDM Fund) and the Canada Media Fund (CMF) programs.
- Instigating the creation of the Phase 2 CMF COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund for the IDM industry.
- Significantly raising awareness of our industry at all levels of governments, and now also in the general public and media with The Lodgge (www.thelodgge.com).
February Advocacy Update Including Spring Pre-Budget Submissions
Interactive Ontario submitted a spring pre-budget submission to the Provincial government on February 11 2021. It is in line with the recommendations of the Ministerial Advisory Council on IDM (Spring 2020) and all subsequent IO presentations and submissions to [...]
IO’s Recommendations to Canada Media Fund (CMF) & IDM Fund Program Improvements
IO submitted recommendations to the Canada Media Fund (CMF) re. potential improvements to the current funding programs and their management. These recommendations resulted from IO’s Town Hall with industry in December. The latter was specifically organized to discuss these [...]
Interactive Ontario Announces the Appointment of New Board Members
December 8th, 2020.--(TORONTO, ONT)--Interactive Ontario, the Provincial trade association that advocates on behalf of the Video Game/Interactive Digital Media Industry at all levels of government, announced today the appointment of five new members to the association's board of directors, effective [...]
Ontario Releases Update on Fall Budget – OIDMTC
The provincial government released its Fall budget on November 5, 2020. As expected, it was mainly focused on protecting and supporting people and businesses during the pandemic. Therefore, the tax credits for the creative industries were amended to mitigate the impact of [...]
The OIDMTC and Other Tax Credits Remains Stable
Interactive Ontario recently attended Minister MacLeod’s speech at the Empire Club of Canada where she unveiled the foundations for her long-term strategies for Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture industries. We are pleased to announce that the Interactive Digital Media (IDM) industry [...]
IO’s Fall 2020 Budget Consultations to the Government of Ontario
Download IO's Fall 2020 Budget Consultation to the Government of Ontario Interactive Ontario submitted its Fall 2020 Budget Consultations pre-budget recommendations to the Government of Ontario on October 15, 2020. We reiterated some of the recommendations that were developed under [...]
Canadian Heritage (PCH) and the CMF Announce Phase 2 Emergency Fund
Toronto, Ontario – The Canada Media Fund (CMF) is making $10M available to Canada’s interactive digital media companies. This is part of the $27.8M in funding that was designated for Canada’s audiovisual sector as part of Phase 2 of the [...]
Impact of the Pandemic on SMEs & Potential Solutions – IO’s Appears Before the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (SCFEA)
Interactive Ontario recently appeared before the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs (SCFEA) alongside Mary Sorrenti (Game Pill & VRGEN), Vikas Gupta (AVARA Media), Joel Burgess (Capybara), and Jonathan Stanton-Humphreys (Hitgrab Game Labs). Previously IO appeared before SCFEA [...]
Important COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Survey
In March, we shared the “Measuring the Impact of COVID-19 on the IDM Industry” survey, which was funded by the Canadian Media Fund (CMF) and produced by Nordicity. The results from the questionnaire helped to substantiate Interactive Ontario’s recommendations to the government [...]
CRA Updates for the OIDMTC
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has put into place measures to help businesses that are experiencing financial difficulties due the COVID-19 crisis. For measures regarding OIDMTC processing claims and audits, check out the information below. Pre-COVID: The Process: T2 received [...]
The Modernization of OIDMTC
Interactive Ontario continues to focus our advocacy efforts--at the provincial level--on improving the OIDMTC so we can recover, grow and compete with other jurisdictions. The OIDMTC is a key instrument in the economic recovery and growth of the Ontario [...]
OIDMTC: The Tax Credit Queue Now Stands at 10 Weeks
We have been relentlessly advocating for the reduction of the OIDMTC queue and as of last Friday it now stands at 10 weeks. This means that the oldest file that is ready for analysis and waiting for review was received in the latter half of April 2020.