Canada's tax credit rate won't go south

11:44 AM PST 2/19/2009 by Etan Vlessing, AP

Will stay at current level as U.S. states weigh reductions

OTTAWA -- The Canadian government said Thursday that it will maintain the federal tax credit for visiting American film and TV producers at its current level, even as cash-strapped border-U.S. states consider pulling or reducing their own tax sweeteners.