Canada has become an “outlier” because it will not regulate all businesses that operate in its borders, nor assure that multinational online corporations pay their fair share toward Canada’s culture and its public services. John Anderson When the new Liberal …
Continue Reading Why digital companies should pay fair share of taxThe federal government’s stubbornness not to make Canadians pay the GST on their Netflix subscription is hindering any progress on the much greater problem of GST collection by foreign digital service companies. Rosalie Wyonch Recently, there has been much ado …
Continue Reading Canada needs to follow Quebec lead on taxing NetflixCBC.CA News Oct 5 2017, 6:16am ET Section: Toronto Byline: CBC News Toronto city council passed an emergency bylaw on Wednesday that prevents the sale of a longtime film studio to businesses not involved in the film industry for up to a year. The decision, …
Continue Reading Emergency bylaw passed against Toronto studio sale in bid to save ‘Hollywood North’MONTREAL – Canada’s French-language artist union says Heritage Minister Melanie Joly’s funding deal with Netflix is becoming increasingly difficult to defend. Union president Sophie Pregent said today after a meeting with the minister that Joly underestimated the anger her government’s …
Continue Reading Quebec artist union says Netflix deal hard to defend; wants Ottawa to ensure fundingOn Sept. 1, an agency of the Canadian government directed nearly $100-million to support local television news. Suddenly, more local television reporters are working stories on more broadcasts across Canada. But why just television? Why not newspapers or digital-only publications? …
Continue Reading Journalism matters more than ever. We need help to save itToronto Star, 19 Sep 2017, SABRINA NANJI DEMOCRACY REPORTER Google Canada is taking aim at the looming threat of fake news ahead of election season by bankrolling a new project to boost media literacy among youth — a move at …
Continue Reading Google funds school program on how to spot fake newsLe fédéral doit absolument taxer les géants du Web, dit le ministre Luc Fortin Ottawa doit absolument taxer les géants du Web comme Netflix, affirme le ministre québécois de la Culture, Luc Fortin. Pour la première fois, il demande ainsi …
Continue Reading Netflix: Québec dénonce OttawaStatements From Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission September 7, 2017 – Ottawa-Gatineau – Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) It is an honour and a privilege to rejoin the CRTC as Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer. Much has changed since I …
Continue Reading Statement by Ian Scott, Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications CommissionSeptember 6, 2017 TORONTO – The union representing Chinese speaking journalists and media workers at Rogers’ OMNI TV is taking legal action in response to the broadcaster’s unprecedented subcontracting of its daily news coverage to its only competitor, Fairchild TV. …
Continue Reading Unifor challenging OMNI subcontracting
