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   You're going to have to look a little further into this 'good news story'.   
   There are NO promises that any of the jobs will go to Canadians.   
      
   In fact, they're already saying that they will MOVE THEIR CURRENT   
   WORKFORCE to Vancouver.   
   And some of that workforce is coming from Mexico and India, which didn't   
   match the tax incentives that the Christy Clark government offered.   
      
   Here today, gone tomorrow.  These companies are like nomads looking for   
   the best financial bottom line they can find.  Watch them go elsewhere   
   as soon as a higher incentive appears.   
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   Imageworks Moving More of Its Workforce to Incentive-Friendly Vancouver   
      
   Sony Pictures Imageworks -- headquartered in Culver City with additional   
   facilities in Chennai, India, and incentive-friendly Vancouver -- held a   
   staff meeting Tuesday afternoon signaling that it intends to move even   
   more of its workforce to Vancouver, while leaving jitters surrounding   
   the potential for layoffs.   
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   About three dozen Imageworks employees moved from Culver City to   
   Vancouver earlier this year and more are expected to do the same by the   
   time the Pacific Centre facility opens on April 1, 2015.   
   “We’re not sure how many will make the move,” Argula said. “It depends   
   on who’s eligible and who wants to move and a lot of other factors.”   
      
   It, however, did write, "Sony Pictures Imageworks will not renew its   
   lease in Chennai, India when it expires in March.   
   The shutting down of the Chennai facility, which at its peak had 140   
   employees, comes nearly 20 months after a similar facility in New Mexico   
   was closed. Many of its employees have already quit, sources close to   
   the development said.   
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   On 5/30/2014 10:30 AM, Greg Carr wrote:   
   > VANCOUVER -- Visual effects company Sony Pictures Imageworks will   
   > relocate its head office from Culver City, Calif. to Vancouver and move   
   > into a new 74,000-square-foot headquarters in Pacific Centre next year,   
   > the company announced late Thursday.   
   >   
   > The downtown Pacific Centre space — above a new Nordstrom store — will   
   > accommodate up to 700 employees.   
   >   
   > Imageworks, which recently completed work on The Amazing Spider-Man 2   
   > and Edge of Tomorrow, employs about 150 workers in 32,000 square feet of   
   > space in Yaletown.   
   >   
   > Imageworks had maintained a satellite office in Vancouver, and a head   
   > office in California since opening here in 2010.   
   >   
   > It started with about 16,000 square feet of Yaletown space before   
   > doubling in size in 2012.   
   >   
   > Imageworks representative Steven Argula said Vancouver will become the   
   > new head office almost immediately.   
   >   
   > “We’re going to start referring to Vancouver as our headquarters as of   
   > now, even though we’re not in the new space yet,” he said.   
   >   
   > Argula said the two biggest factors behind the head office shift include   
   > Vancouver’s growing base of talented visual effects workers and   
   > provincial tax breaks designed to attract motion picture industry work.   
   >   
   > The company’s California office employs about 270 workers — who were   
   > told about the relocation on Thursday — and Argula said it’s still not   
   > clear how many people will be employed there next year.   
   >   
   > “We will maintain a small base in Culver City, which will basically deal   
   > with L.A.-based clients,” he said.   
   >   
   > About three dozen Imageworks employees moved from Culver City to   
   > Vancouver earlier this year and more are expected to do the same by the   
   > time the Pacific Centre facility opens on April 1, 2015.   
   >   
   > “We’re not sure how many will make the move,” Argula said. “It   
   depends   
   > on who’s eligible and who wants to move and a lot of other factors.”   
      
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