Digital Tax

• ‘Netflix tax’ could yield $1.3B in revenue, slightly more than feds’ estimate: PBO

  A digital media tax on services like Netflix could yield more revenue than the government is estimating, according to the PBO.

  Money

  Feb 10, 2021
  
• New ‘Netflix tax’ for digital media could mean higher prices for consumers: experts

  The government says Canadian companies already collect those taxes when they make digital sales, so it's only fair that foreign multinationals should do the same.

  Canada

  Dec 1, 2020
  
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• Netflix, other streaming services should be forced to create CanCon, pay digital tax: panel

  Among the proposals are for CBC to wean itself off of advertising over the next five years.

  Canada

  Jan 29, 2020
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• Canada offers to help Brazil fight Amazon forest fires as flames take centre stage at G7

  Freeland has spoken to her counterpart in Brazil, Ernesto Araújo, and offered Canada's assistance in fighting the forest fires, a government official told Global News.

  Economy

  Aug 26, 2019
• Feds considered how to collect taxes from Netflix, Amazon

  Federal officials have taken a close look at how the government can make online services like Netflix and Amazon voluntarily collect sales tax, similar to the model Quebec plans to bring in next year.

  Mar 28, 2018
• Justin Trudeau stands by decision not to tax web giants like Netflix, Google

  Some union and business leaders as well as the NDP have said it's unfair that Canadian companies are faced with more taxes and regulations than foreign digital companies such as Netflix and Google.

  Canada

  Mar 1, 2018