Interactive Ontario’s Recent Wins
- Receiving clarification from the Ontario Government on the eligibility of remote work under the OIDMTC.
- Announcing a 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.
- Reducing the OIDMTC queue — now at about 20 weeks — and accelerating processing time.
- 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).
CRTC – 2017-359
In October 2017, the CRTC issued Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2017-359, a call for comments on the Governor in Council’s s. 15 request for a report on future programming distribution models. IO consulted with our members via a list [...]
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) – Cultural Exemptions
Through consultations with our Advocacy Committee and Board, the question of whether or not digital media should be made part of NAFTA’s cultural exemptions emerged as the key issue. NAFTA currently includes a cultural exemption which exempts the “cultural industries” [...]
Canada Media Fund
There are no major changes anticipated for the 2017-18 fiscal year, other than a re-allocation of $2 Million within the Experimental Fund to fund linear web series. However, CMF is looking to shift more funds increasing from the Innovation Program [...]
Certified Independent Production Funds
In August 2016 the CRTC released a new framework for Certified Independent Production Funds (CIPFs) (CRTC 2016-343), implementing changes effective September 1, 2016. The Commission stated it would ‘maintain a 10% limit on funding that can be allocated to non-programming [...]
DigiCanCon
Interactive Ontario actively encouraged members to submit their thoughts on Canadian Heritage’s Canadian Content in a Digital World consultations. We gathered feedback and ideas through a variety of methods, including a Twitter chat and Advocacy Committee meetings, in order to contribute [...]
Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit
In the fall of 2014, the Ontario government announced a review of the Ontario Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit. During this process, Interactive Ontario took part in numerous meetings with the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport; the Ministry of [...]
Innovation Agenda
The Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development issued a call for ideas regarding Canada’s Innovation Agenda. The CIAIC response included a number of ways the IDM sector can continue to help position Canada as a global leader in innovation. [...]
Ontario Culture Strategy
Interactive Ontario submitted comments during the development of the Ontario government’s first Culture Strategy. Our submission can be viewed here.
CAVCO – ‘Shown in Canada’ eligible platforms
In the spring of 2016, the Canadian Audio-Visual Certification Office issued a call for comments on proposed changes to eligible platforms for the ‘shown in Canada’ requirement. The changes were designed to allow audio-visual productions whose distribution is exclusively via [...]