text: I'm trying to understand, here....
  
  He didn't want to use Telefilm money....
  
  ...But then, he applied for, and got Telefilm money....
  
  ...And the film got made.
  
  So, yeah, I guess it says we have risk-averse producers / investors in the mainstream Canadian film industry.  News flash:  we seem to have those in every other mainstream Canadian industry.  I guess that's why we have Telefilm.