Discussion · Government Orders
Alexis Deschênes Bloc Québécois
“Big tech companies make money from our culture, and our cultural industry needs that money. The government backed down on taxing them so it would not upset the United States. I want to know how hard the member will work to convince the government to bring back this tax on digital giants.”
“Mr. Speaker, I would like my colleague to tell us more about her intention to work toward convincing the government to reinstate the digital services tax. Earlier, I was talking about the Conservative Party’s pathetic obsequiousness. I think the same thing happened with the Liberal Party last year. To avoid ruffling feathers south of the border, the government decided not to tax a percentage of the revenue of the digital giants, even though they are making money here by using our cultural products, and even though our cultural industry needs that money. How far is my colleague willing to go to convince her government to reinstate the digital services tax?”
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Mr. Speaker, I would like my colleague to tell us more about her intention to work toward convincing the government to reinstate the digital services tax. Earlier, I was talking about the Conservative Party’s pathetic obsequiousness. I think the same thing happened with the Liberal Party last year. To avoid ruffling feathers south of the border, the government decided not to tax a percentage of the revenue of the digital giants, even though they are making money here by using our cultural products, and even though our cultural industry needs that money. How far is my colleague willing to go to convince her government to reinstate the digital services tax?