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Saskatchewan film industry in trouble after budget cuts

Stars of the hit Canadian TV series "Corner Gas" are pumped to reunite for a new movie, and say it's like seeing family again. File / Global News

Saskatchewan‘s television and film industry is reeling after learning that a tax credit from the province is being cut in the budget. 

Ron Goetz, president of the Saskatchewan Motion Picture Association, says the move will kill the production industry in the province. 

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He says companies will have to move elsewhere to do business, adding if it had happened a few years ago the province would have lost Corner Gas. 

Premier Brad Wall says cutting the tax credit was not an easy decision to make. 

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