Activist decries tax break for gay comedy
Ottawa–A comedy about a gay couple raising a child should not have received any government help, an evangelical activist says.
"We are objecting to films that proselytize young people into homosexuality," Charles McVety, president of the Canada Family Action Coalition, told reporters yesterday.
McVety was in the capital to appear before the Senate banking and commerce committee, which is debating controversial tax amendments at the heart of a bill that would alter guidelines for which films get public money.
Canada's entertainment industry fears Bill C-10 will give the federal heritage minister too much power in deciding which films and shows should be excluded from tax breaks because they are not in the public interest.
Breakfast with Scot, released last fall, is about a gay ex-hockey player and his partner caring for a young orphan who displays less-than-masculine tendencies.
"(It) is about an 11-year-old boy who is being raised by a homosexual Toronto Maple Leaf to be a homosexual," said McVety. "... This is not something that the government should be (funding)."
Toronto-based filmmaker Laurie Lynd said he was "appalled" by McVety's description of his movie.
"The film is a gentle family comedy about self-acceptance and loving your child for whoever he or she is," Lynd said in an interview. He added that losing public financing just before production "could have killed the film completely."
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"We are objecting to films that proselytize young people into homosexuality," Charles McVety, president of the Canada Family Action Coalition, told reporters yesterday.
McVety was in the capital to appear before the Senate banking and commerce committee, which is debating controversial tax amendments at the heart of a bill that would alter guidelines for which films get public money.
Canada's entertainment industry fears Bill C-10 will give the federal heritage minister too much power in deciding which films and shows should be excluded from tax breaks because they are not in the public interest.
Breakfast with Scot, released last fall, is about a gay ex-hockey player and his partner caring for a young orphan who displays less-than-masculine tendencies.
"(It) is about an 11-year-old boy who is being raised by a homosexual Toronto Maple Leaf to be a homosexual," said McVety. "... This is not something that the government should be (funding)."
Toronto-based filmmaker Laurie Lynd said he was "appalled" by McVety's description of his movie.
"The film is a gentle family comedy about self-acceptance and loving your child for whoever he or she is," Lynd said in an interview. He added that losing public financing just before production "could have killed the film completely."
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