British Columbia film industry 'set to collapse'

The B.C. film industry is on the brink of collapse, say studio and union officials. Workers are simply abandoning the industry and taking non-film jobs while film-equipment rental companies are laying off staff, B.C. Council of Film Unions spokesman Tom Milne said yesterday. "At this point were are in a situation where we have to decide whether to simply pick up our bats and move to another ballpark. It's that bad," Milne said.

Source: David Carrigg, The Province, (extract)