From straight.com:

The main threat to the prominence of Vancouver’s game-development industry comes not from Bangalore or Budapest, but from Montreal. While Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Prince Edward Island all offer incentives to new-media companies, the Quebec government supports the production of “multimedia titles” with a tax credit of up to 37.5 percent of labour costs.

Cédric Orvoine, director of communications for Ubisoft Montreal, acknowledged that his studio is actively recruiting workers from Vancouver. The Straight spoke with Orvoine on February 3, the day that the Paris-based Ubisoft announced its acquisition of Vancouver developer Action Pants. Orvoine said the company plans to increase its Montreal staff from 2,000 to 3,000 employees by 2013, while keeping Action Pants in Vancouver.

Quebec, he said, is working hard to attract video-game companies to Montreal. “The government has made it a priority to develop this industry,” Orvoine said.

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