The mayors of six southwestern Ontario communities want the province to extend tax benefits to the region to attract more film and television production.
This follows on the heels of shooting for the Netflix original series Locke & Key in Port Stanley.
St. Thomas Mayor Joe Preston says it’s a case of making this area equal from a taxation point of view.
Preston says it’s not unlike the efforts of the Southwestern Ontario Marketing Alliance, an economic partnership that promotes Canada’s industrial heartland.
Known as Mayors of Southwestern Ontario, their letter notes last year the film and television industry in the province created 45,000 jobs and contributed over $2 billion to the economy.
