“I want more money for Quebec culture. Don't change the streaming platform tax. It gives us money.”
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A debate about whether to require major online streaming platforms to contribute 15% of their revenue to Canadian content. The Bloc accused the Liberals of betraying Quebec culture by asking the CRTC to drop this requirement. The Liberals argued they were focused on affordability for Canadians and investing $600 million in Canadian culture instead.
“I want to look like I am helping ordinary people and Quebec culture. Don't worry about the lost tax money. We will spend other money instead.”
“I want to blame the Prime Minister for losing tax money from web giants. He already gave up other money. I want to look like I support Quebec culture against the big foreign companies.”
“I want to avoid the real question about taxes from web giants. Instead I will just talk about how I support people and culture. It sounds good to say I care about the cost for Canadians.”
“I'm angry that he won't make Americans pay more to support Quebec culture. He should make web giants and the US pay, not taxpayers.”
“I want to look like I support Canadian culture. I'll spend lots of money on it. I'll point out that the other guy didn't vote for my budget.”