A group representing print and digital media publishers is calling on the federal government to set up a $350 million fund to support journalism in Canada.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stopped the presses on Thursday, June 15, 2017, on the idea of imposing a five per cent tax on broadband Internet services.
Google Canada and Facebook Canada told a Commons committee studying the country's media industry that they don't like the idea of a punitive tax on advertisers.
Google, Facebook and Twitter reap the benefits of top advertising dollars in Canada, even though they generally do not produce any journalism and largely avoid having to pay Canadian taxes.
Here in Canada, things don’t look so certain. There are dire warnings about what the standoff between Meta and the federal government will all mean for Canadian media companies and Canadians. I’m alarmed, too.