Harper drops tax bill

And just a week before the election...quelle surprise

Less than a week before the federal election, the Canadian government has dropped a controversial bill that would have allowed it to pull tax credits from films and TV shows it felt were not in the public interest.

Filmmakers, actors and producers have been ferociously battling the proposed law, which they described as censorship, since it was announced at the beginning of the year. They upped the ante during the election campaign, taking their protests to the streets.

With the Conservative government slipping in election polls, Prime Minister Stephen Harper finally gave in to the pressure.

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