The group says the proposed digital services tax unfairly targets U.S. companies and is offside with international efforts to establish a global standard.
And they fear the Online News Act, which would compensate Canadian news organizations and broadcasters, could violate the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. "It is critical for the United States to hold Canada accountable to its USMCA commitments to ensure the continued success of this important agreement."
The tax, designed to ensure tech giants pay their fair share of taxes in countries where they earn revenue without a physical presence, would only take effect next year if a new multilateral tax framework doesn't take shape by then. Precedent elsewhere is also a concern with the Online Streaming Act, which the associations say smacks of an effort to impose on the internet a regulatory scheme designed for the "traditionally restricted world of broadcasting."
“We are concerned that Canada ……… actions could significantly limit the ability of U.S. companies to export their goods and services and fairly compete in the Canadian market,' And softwood lumber and the WH buy US only policy doesn’t hurt Canada? Hypocrites.
Communist liberal party at it again
Canada will make whatever decisions it needs to ensure Canadians continue paying the highest internet fees (in all forms) on earth.
Tax tax tax. Vote liberal_party
Chinada
Someone needs to tell this guy the lockdown is over, and he can see a barber for a much-needed haircut and beard trim.
Absolutely ridiculous how many seniors don’t have excess to a computer or have a phone