In a blow to the B.C. film industry, the hit TV show Tracker will be relocating to Los Angeles for its fourth season, meaning hundreds of jobs in the province will be lost.
The show starring Justin Hartley as a survivalist who finds missing people for money has been lured away from Vancouver by a $48 million U.S. tax credit.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom expanded the state’s Film and TV Tax Credit Program on July 1, 2025, to $750 million annually through June 2030.
On May 3, Newsom posted on Facebook that productions in Los Angeles are up 10 per cent since last fall.
“We’re bringing film and TV shoots back home, while supporting workers and small businesses right here in the Golden State,” Newsom wrote.
Tracker, which airs on CTV, was the network’s most-watched broadcast show for its first two-and-a-half seasons.
“It’s not just the jobs,” Shawn Williamson with BrightLight Pictures said.
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“It’s the overall economic impact within the city and the province, because there are people not in our industry, who benefit and receive, you know, money and support that comes from the show,” he said, noting it benefits hotels, taxis, restaurants, lumber and tourism. “People travel to see where the shows are shot, so there are all kinds of spin-off benefits that we lose every time a show leaves.”
B.C.’s Film and Television Tax Credit was increased at the end of 2024, with the Film Incentive BC (FIBC) tax credit increased from 35 to 36 per cent and the production services tax credit (PSTC) increased from 28 per cent to 36 per cent for productions with principal photography starting on or after Jan. 1, 2025.
In addition, projects with B.C. production costs of greater than $200 million receive a two per cent bonus.
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Another example of how Eby and the NDP are taxing companies out of the province and are destroying the BC economy. This show isn’t the first to leave and won’t be the last.
As I said. The movie industry is next.
The NDP are killing this province.
Grippers to be cut first.
Lol, yeah Vancouver not the big world-class city it thinks it is, just a little city living a fantasy lol
Canada- getting what it deserves since 2015!