Canada Pushes Back Against Mark Wahlberg: No Film Tax Break Cuts In Last Decade
Canada's attracted Hollywood for TV shows and films for the last decade plus
With friends like that: Actor-producer Mark Wahlberg has angered the Canadian government after he called on politicians to do more to keep Hollywood shooting in Canada, where he likes working.
The feds in Ottawa fired back at Wahlberg after he urged Canadian film tax credits for Hollywood film and TV shoots be restored after they apparently were cut.
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