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- Grace McCarthy was born on October 14, 1927. She died on May 24, 2017 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
- The MP accredited with launching the B.C. Film Commission by setting aside funding from the Ministry of Tourism budget.
- A former Canadian politician and florist in British Columbia. Nicknamed "Amazing Grace" by members of her longtime political party, the Social Credit Party of B.C, she was largely responsible for rebuilding the party after its defeat in the 1972 provincial election.
- During a troubled economy, asked the wealthy, and famous, Guinness family of West Vancouver to finance a lighting project for the Lions Gate Bridge.
- We've had the opportunity to meet some amazing people over the years. My husband Ray and I drove around King Charles III during one of his visits to British Columbia: What a lot of people fail understand, is, people that are really famous don't realize it. They're like everyone else, and they act that way.
- My phone rang, it was a local MP and he wanted a meeting face-two-face. I knew the guy and said: 'well, you know where the house is, come by anytime'... So the next day he came over in the evening and began a conversation saying: 'Grace, we can't have these movie crews in Vancouver...They block the streets and no-one likes them'. ...He simply wanted to send the industry packing.
After hearing him, it was my turn to speak and I defended film in Vancouver. Explaining the benefits and all the good that came from foreign film production.
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