Canada's official commitment to racial tolerance goes virtually unquestioned, except for a few critics who make small-budget films and videos, produce rap music and write books that only a few read.
But the company seems to have found a successful strategy of making small-budget films most are in the $20 million range, or about a third of the average film budget and targeting niche markets: The Punisher for Marvel comic fans, for instance, and Saw for horror buffs.
While Google is known for their over-the-top perks such as a professional chef, haircuts and on-campus dry cleaning, companies with smaller budgets can make small adjustments without the large financial investment.
The 20 March plan, the panel's advice to the House committee that produces a budget resolution to guide spending decisions, would add money to the Environmental Protection Agency's science budget and make small cuts from research at the Department of Energy.
Malcolm Trobe, the interim general secretary of the Association of School and College Leaders, commented earlier this month that 8% real-term cuts in school budgets would make small schools unviable.
Such things are not time consuming, and by shopping at outlets, thrift stores, and relatively inexpensive home stores, you can make small changes without going out of budget.
But when nobody wanted to produce his script Azhagiya Kuyilae, he directed the big-budget Gentleman (1993), the success of which caught him in an image trap and he never got to make the small budget film.
Make a small budget of maybe $50 or less.
The reason was the Greek government had made small surpluses on its budget (after complying with the imposed austerity measures) and had used some of them to help Greek pensioners with a one-off Christmas bonus.
I first saw Métis artist Terril Calder's 2014 stop-frame feature, The Lodge, an independently made, relatively small- budget film, at its premiere at the ImagineNative Film + Media Arts festival, held annually in Toronto, Canada.
