Canadian Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly has delivered a stern warning to internet giants such as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon, that the federal government is planning a crackdown.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is rejecting suggestions his government should have moved to tax foreign web giants in his recent budget, saying he doesn't want to hurt Canadian taxpayers.
Jagmeet Singh issued a call-to-arms against inequality as he sought to put his stamp on the federal NDP on Saturday, February 17, 2018, by taking aim at the Trudeau government and foreign web giants while offering a full-fledged defence of taxes and public services.
The federal heritage minister says she never agreed to exempt online streaming giant Netflix from any sales tax on its service as part of a deal that has been a political nightmare in her home province of Quebec.
Netflix's newly-released film, Okja, is far from a cry for vegetarianism. But you still won't want to eat bacon after watching it, writes reviewer Katie Kalmusky.
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.