Interesting however I feel the tech companies who make billions and haven’t paid taxes in this country should be delved into more seriously … Trumps attack (and that is exactly what it is) on Canada has nothing to do with the DST … we know all end users may end up paying more but really… what else is new? Tariffs are crippling Canada and the USA and that won’t change … “tariffs - my favourite word in the world” … Trump will not change his mind on tariffs … he has completely ignored the USMCA contract … Canada needs to invest in its own future… otherwise going along with Trump will end North American life for the average people …not the wealthy … they seem to be benefiting through all this … DST is a negotiating tool and I for one … don’t think that company’s who make and sell a product in a country not pay taxes when your small businesses in Canada pay at least 15% tax … tell me how that is fair …
Naive in the extreme to think that the Trump administration is a trustworthy trade negotiator, and that Canada’s interests aren’t represented by professionals.
Pros like Turdeau?? The drama teacher? You must mean Carney the nothing but nonsense and lies professional destroyer and predator on behalf of the globalist parasitic Occultocracy
Those assholes should pay. It’s always the American millionaires/billionaires bitching about how unfair things are all the while screwing people over. We need to branch out away from the States. More interprovincial trade, more outside-the-box thinking. Trade with like-minded countries. Cut the States out as much as is practicable. And develop our own technology companies. No more relying on those Trump brown-nosers—Zuckerberg, Bezos et al. And if they want to do business here? They pay. Just like the rest of us. Elbows up!
I am not an economist, but I think the DST is reasonable and in line with other countries. I hope Canada does not fold. I do suspect, however, that the retroactive payment period may be a negotiation tool.
Sorry, nope. Canada is not required to cow-tow to the trump regime to satisfy his broligarchs and give his billionaire buddies free access to Canadian data, marketplace, digital space, etc. They can pay their fair share of taxes here like many other like-minded nations have already adopted.
Besides, this has been an attempted multilateral focus of the G20 since 2021, having been introduced in Canada in 2020. We are not going to do things on his timeline. We will do things on ours.
Also, we DGAF about tariff threats. We’re going to pivot to focussing Canadians needs and wants and reliable partners. Not corporations desires and authoritarian threats.
While I appreciate the basic message of this article, Trump has used MANY illiterate reasons for the tariffs and trade war and this is just the latest.
First it was fentanyl and the border, then it was the trade deficit, then it was banking regulations, then it was dairy tariffs, back to trade deficit and now the DST. He is corrupt and he is unstable and there is no way that we should fold on this. The fact that all he cares about is protecting his billionaire cronies is not a reason for us to not charge a fair tax on those businesses. Enough is enough.
4000 words and all I get out of this is ‘I told you so’. Well, thank you. Now go back to journalism school and learn to write a paragraph that gets to the point. Unless that isn’t taught anymore.
Once Canada builds its platforms to compete with the exploitive San Francisco “bros” the better off reality will be. The unconscious users of the SF distortion fields will find their off ramp from the hive.
many major nations charge digital tax, we are not the first.
Why should the major tech companies be able to operate in Canada tax free? We are not a tax haven for oligarchs.
Interesting however I feel the tech companies who make billions and haven’t paid taxes in this country should be delved into more seriously … Trumps attack (and that is exactly what it is) on Canada has nothing to do with the DST … we know all end users may end up paying more but really… what else is new? Tariffs are crippling Canada and the USA and that won’t change … “tariffs - my favourite word in the world” … Trump will not change his mind on tariffs … he has completely ignored the USMCA contract … Canada needs to invest in its own future… otherwise going along with Trump will end North American life for the average people …not the wealthy … they seem to be benefiting through all this … DST is a negotiating tool and I for one … don’t think that company’s who make and sell a product in a country not pay taxes when your small businesses in Canada pay at least 15% tax … tell me how that is fair …
Naive in the extreme to think that the Trump administration is a trustworthy trade negotiator, and that Canada’s interests aren’t represented by professionals.
Pros like Turdeau?? The drama teacher? You must mean Carney the nothing but nonsense and lies professional destroyer and predator on behalf of the globalist parasitic Occultocracy
Well, actually Carney is a pro. Well educated, experienced and level headed. Trump is a rank amateur by comparison. He is also not very bright.
WTF are you talking about, unfucking real, made up in your own mind bullshit being spewed here.
it doesn’t matter what any country does: Trump is unhinged and not predictable.
It is applied to all companies that operate in Canada. Approx 40 other countries have the same tax. Why should Trump's favourites get an exception?
Those assholes should pay. It’s always the American millionaires/billionaires bitching about how unfair things are all the while screwing people over. We need to branch out away from the States. More interprovincial trade, more outside-the-box thinking. Trade with like-minded countries. Cut the States out as much as is practicable. And develop our own technology companies. No more relying on those Trump brown-nosers—Zuckerberg, Bezos et al. And if they want to do business here? They pay. Just like the rest of us. Elbows up!
What did Google pay you for this?
I am not an economist, but I think the DST is reasonable and in line with other countries. I hope Canada does not fold. I do suspect, however, that the retroactive payment period may be a negotiation tool.
Sorry, nope. Canada is not required to cow-tow to the trump regime to satisfy his broligarchs and give his billionaire buddies free access to Canadian data, marketplace, digital space, etc. They can pay their fair share of taxes here like many other like-minded nations have already adopted.
Besides, this has been an attempted multilateral focus of the G20 since 2021, having been introduced in Canada in 2020. We are not going to do things on his timeline. We will do things on ours.
Also, we DGAF about tariff threats. We’re going to pivot to focussing Canadians needs and wants and reliable partners. Not corporations desires and authoritarian threats.
Thanks!
So Trump thinks it's inexcusable for Canada to tax digital content - 3% but it's ok for him to charge the film industry 100%?
Because FUCK USA 🤷♂️ We don't need you.
While I appreciate the basic message of this article, Trump has used MANY illiterate reasons for the tariffs and trade war and this is just the latest.
First it was fentanyl and the border, then it was the trade deficit, then it was banking regulations, then it was dairy tariffs, back to trade deficit and now the DST. He is corrupt and he is unstable and there is no way that we should fold on this. The fact that all he cares about is protecting his billionaire cronies is not a reason for us to not charge a fair tax on those businesses. Enough is enough.
Me thinks you protest too much. It's a three percent tax on companies taking billions in profits out of Canada without compensation to Canada.3%
4000 words and all I get out of this is ‘I told you so’. Well, thank you. Now go back to journalism school and learn to write a paragraph that gets to the point. Unless that isn’t taught anymore.
Mr. Geist is a lawyer and professor, not a journalist.
Only a fool trusts a central banker, never mind a central banker who left both his "jobs" early.
Once Canada builds its platforms to compete with the exploitive San Francisco “bros” the better off reality will be. The unconscious users of the SF distortion fields will find their off ramp from the hive.