More jobs for the canucks?
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http://kotaku.com/5418343/thq-makes-a-move-into-montreal
Montreal is gonna end up stealing everything...
Montreal is gonna end up stealing everything...
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My invented word of the day - Canadiasian... defined as development done partly in Canada, with lots of art outsourced to Asia.
montreal has always been bigger than toronto so far though.
After all someone steals some emails and suddenly global warming is conspiracy.
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/12/ta120309.html
I know that you Americans and Brits might be irked by all our success but seriously I wish your countries nothing but the best, i'm tired of competing for jobs with you foreigners with years of experience. ;-)
also you can get a 1 year working holiday visa without really having a reason, have one on hold myself, so i can just go if i find something to do over there.
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Haha, I hope you guys are planning lots of hawt buttsecks at the christmas polycount party or we're F'd.
More like, more jobs in Canada rather than more jobs for Canadians....I'm not really really butt hurt about it, its pretty dope work with people who are totally different and from all over the world.
waitaminute, I thought Canucks = Canadians, your confusing me.
Vancouver Canucks...Montreal Canadiens.....its a hockey joke.
Pretty sure I've heard that term refer to canadian born asians. there's also cbc (canadian born chinese) if I recall.
I'm all for more studios in Canada. What would be even nicer is if they hired more than seemingly only people with shipped titles under their belt (more programming side of things it seems from my perspective).
http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/citizenship/rules.asp
According to my economically inclined friend, the game industry in Canada is the only industry that growing in the current economic state. Thus being the reason why the government is throwing so much money into it.
Same \o/
:P
Kind of funny though, for a while I thought the government handouts were unsustainable, until you saw the growth and development of so many under-developed neighborhoods.
The influx of money ends up paying for itself. The Mile End area was pretty much going under until Ubisoft setup shop there. Now it's bustling with restauraunts, and nightlife (pretty much what would happen when you plop over 1200+ single guys with decent income, and have no clue how to cook for themselves, and love to drink).
It's a very solid and viable longterm investment for the city and province, and it's kind of cool Ontario is taking notice, and following suit.
That said, I think the Montreal game scene is VERY incestuous. You have a nice mix of Ubisoft, Soon to be Ubisoft, and ex-Ubisoft (much like Vancouver is with EA).
Pretty much only 1 way they know how to make games, 1 way to setup their management teams, and it has it's pro's and con's.
Did I mention the girls are ridiculously hot here?
AND THUS, I SHALL MOVE TO MONTREAL
But seriously, it seems like I rant about Canada every month or so, because every other week it seems there is a new studio going there. I wish our Gov. would start doing some of the moves that Canada is appearing to do, such as tax breaks, etc. Instead, we just bail out failing businesses, and tax the shit out of rich people (who create jobs).
"The EA boss described California as a "bloody expensive" place to employ workers, saying it costs the company two to three times more to employ developers in that state than it does in Montreal, the U.K., eastern Europe or China,..."
It is always great to hear about new studios opening.:)
Just getting studios isn't all sunshine and lollipops though. They are able to employ a certain amount of people, but There's still mass industry unemployment. Opening a new studio or two doesn't solve everything. Here in Vancouver we have a ton of studios. And to go along with it, a shit ton of unemployed artists, programmers, designers animators and etc. And that just keeps growing as people come here because there are so many studios but the studios aren't hiring. Or if they are hiring there's already tons of talented people looking for jobs which will probably get them first.
Hahah yay us
As a Torontonian, I'm hoping to hear more news like the opening of a big Ubisoft studio
Speaking of, anyone have any word on Ubisoft finally getting started in Toronto? When they first announced coming here, they said they'd be open by the end of this year (yeah right), but anyone know when they might ACTUALLY start hiring? Wouldn't mind me a solid job in the new year...
They'll have most of their leads and directors in place this year (Alex... dunno his last name is the Senior Producer). They announced at Ubisoft internally the studio location (I don't remember the street names, but it was Gore, and something else... apparently right in the heart of it all).
Rumours of the project are swirling..... of a well known franchise.
So if they're working on getting the higher-ups in place now... when is it likely they'll start hiring average shmoes like me?
This is an incentive to create media and multimedia jobs in respective provinces... animation studios (and almost anything related to arts) can apply to get these tax credits.
Basically the companies are making a huge portion of payroll through government funding. You can look at it as the companies being greedy and absorbing more income because they don't need to pay out as much from profits to employees.
Personally I really like what the Canadian "Cash for Canuckers" program, if its sustainable. It won't happen in the US for a few reasons:
1) The money already went to places it shouldn't have.
2) Too many lawmakers think modern entertainment is this weird west coast invention aimed at stealing their children and corrupting their babies.
3) Not to mention the local government right around Hollywood couldn't really subsidize much of anything even if it tried.
Yo Rens, you can crash at my place any time babeh... you know I'm good for it!
We don't spend much on the military either. Heck, we barely have a military.
The main thing that bother me, is that as a taxpayer, my money is funding a corporation being traded on NASDAQ, NYSE, and the French Stock Exchange, rather than the TSA. So in the end, the bulk of money is ending up to fund other countries.