TAXPAYERS abused

It has come to the attention of Canadian taxpayers that a number of films of dubious content have received tax dollars either in the form of substantial tax credits or grants.

Telefilm Canada - an agency that has a large budget under the Heritage Ministry funneled $158 million dollars of a nearly $200 million budget to applicants for various "arts and culture" projects. This includes some TV shows and films. The tax credits applied to the “arts” is substantially higher approaching perhaps $800,000 – one billion total.

One such film titled "Young People F.....g" which was not even well received at the Toronto Film Festival got your tax dollars. It will likely be a financial failure at the box office. Other examples are "The Masturbators" and “Kiss”( sex with dead bodies). How many other films with content that most Canadians would object to or be offended by have been funded with your tax dollars?

A government's responsibility is to ensure proper use of taxes taken from Canadian families.

The Government proposed Bill C10 -- legislation that would require the Heritage Minister or a committee to set some Canadian decency standards before approving funding. The film industry is outraged about this. Why? Several groups said that not receiving such funding would violate the Charter. The Charter does NOT grant the film industry entitlement to your tax money. That is a socialist entitlement mentality that tax payers reject.

This “arts” industry is also calling any restrictions or standards for their tax supported projects -- "censorship." However, no restrictions are placed on what films may be made. Establishing standards for which films should be considered for tax funding is not censorship.