Horror Movies and Legislative Research, Together At Last!

A legislative research rabbit hole featuring tax incentives, public film financing and David Cronenberg.

While working through a legislative research question for a patron, I came across a parliamentary question in the House of Commons Debates, 30th Parliament, 1st Session, vol. 11, (1976) p. 10967 about a publication with the title: Is There a Place for Horror Films in Canada’s Film Industry?

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Finding Archived Canada Gazette Material Online

The Canada Gazette Archive (1841-1997) has been moved to the Government of Canada’s “Collection Search”, and with its migration comes improved functionality. If you’ve found yourself on this resource looking for Canada Gazette material not knowing where to start, we’ve got you covered! 

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A Lesson in Anatomy: The Canada Gazette 

As the official newspaper of the Government of Canada, the Canada Gazette contains a wealth of government information from new and proposed regulations to various public notices. They can form the backbone of your primary legal research — if you know where to look!

As the official newspaper of the Government of Canada, published under the authority of the Statutory Instruments Act, the Canada Gazette contains a wealth of government information from new and proposed regulations to various public notices. The materials published in the Canada Gazette can form the backbone of much of your primary legal research — if you know where to look! In this post we’ll examine the anatomy of the Canada Gazette and dissect its three separately published parts to provide some clarity.

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