Prime Minister Mark Carney is said to have folded the “too quickly” spine in the face of pressure from the government of Donald Trump, who spontaneously announced on Friday ending the negotiations with Canada, according to Antoine Robitaille.
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On Sunday, Prime Minister Carney returned to his decision to impose taxes up to 3% on revenues generated in Canada by digital giants (Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple and Microsoft).
“Yes, Canada has sold too fast,” said columnist Antoine Robitaille following Canada’s decision to cancel his tax on digital services.
Monday, during the “it is a debate” segment of the New VAT From noon, Antoine Robitaille deplored this decision by Prime Minister Carney leaving the free market to these American companies.
“They come to make honey here and ultimately we do not collect anything,” he said. “Marc Carney did not stop telling us that we had to play the high elbows. He also said that we are master with us … It seems that in digital in any case, we are not at all ”.
Unjust for Canadian media
Mr. Robitaille also denounced injustice behind the cancellation of these taxes since the Canadian media already pay taxes.
“These large companies will continue to make a profit while our companies here, which are a bit in the same fields […] pay taxes [et] Taxes, “he said.
And the contribution of these taxes requested from American tech giants should initially serve, among other things, to “properly” finance the Canadian media.
“If we disregard this money, we must still find solutions to [nous] Ensure that our media here in Quebec, Canada can survive, ”warned Panelist Elsie Lefebvre.
The former PQ member said that the holes that this tax cancellation will cause in the budget will certainly be palpable. Following the adoption of the bill, the office of the Budget Parliamentary Director in Ottawa had already quantified the amount of these sums.
“If we calculate […] The first 5 years of the program which ended in 2028, it was $ 7 billion that Canada had to recover from taxes on this, “said Mr.me Lefebvre.
What is more, the two panelists denounced this injustice to the Canadian media since the United Kingdom, for its part, was able to keep the digital tax element in its negotiations with the United States.
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