Just for Laughs: Exit Rozon, enter new kings of comedy

No, it isn’t an April Fools’ Day joke come early. Canadian cut-up Howie Mandel has indeed hooked up with U.S. entertainment juggernaut ICM partners to purchase the Just for Laughs Group/Groupe Juste pour rire. But it’s no laughing matter on some levels.
Like the Montreal International Jazz Festival and the Cirque du Soleil (which now has significant Chinese and American investment), JFL is so very much a part of our cultural patrimony in this province. With Quebecor choosing no