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House Hansard - 92

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
June 20, 2022 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 92 - Jun/20/22
Ms. Laurel Collins (Victoria, NDP)
  • Jun/20/22 4:44:11 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, modernizing the Broadcasting Act is important, and levelling the field between Canadian broadcasters and web giants is essential. Even with these needed changes, Netflix, YouTube, Facebook and other web giants still do not pay their fair share on the profits they make here in Canada. Why is the government delaying the implementation of a digital services tax? Why are they protecting the profits of the web giants and refusing to make them pay their fair share?
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Context: House Hansard - 92 - Jun/20/22
Mr. Richard Cannings (South Okanagan—West Kootenay, NDP)
  • Jun/20/22 8:07:05 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, since the beginning of the pandemic, one of the hardest-hit sectors was the arts and cultural sector: 25% of arts and culture workers in Canada lost their jobs in the pandemic. At the same time, Netflix's profits increased by 22% in 2020, and it is not paying its fair share. The big web giants pay hardly any taxes in Canada, whereas other broadcasters do. I am just wondering why the Conservatives are so against supporting the arts and cultural sector. This program would raise a billion dollars for that sector to do work in Canada, yet Conservatives do not seem to want the big web giants to pay their fair share.
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Context: House Hansard - 92 - Jun/20/22
Ms. Laurel Collins (Victoria, NDP)
  • Jun/20/22 8:52:36 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Madam Speaker, I want to thank my colleague from New Westminster—Burnaby for all of his work on this file. In front of me here, I have quotes from the Canadian Media Producers Association, from the Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, from the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada and many others who support this bill and want it to move forward and understand how much it will help cultural workers. We have misleading statements from the Conservative Party, which is using misleading statements about freedom of expression to protect the profits of web giants. I am curious if the member can speak to just how unfortunate it is that they are prioritizing the profits of web giants over support for cultural workers.
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Context: House Hansard - 92 - Jun/20/22
Ms. Laurel Collins (Victoria, NDP)
  • Jun/20/22 9:41:51 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-11 
Mr. Speaker, this bill is a step in the right direction, but web giants like Netflix, Facebook and YouTube still do not pay their fair share. What is needed is a digital services tax, a tax that would require these web giants to pay their fair share on the profits they are earning here in Canada. I wonder if the member would commit to pushing his party to ensure that web giants pay their fair share.
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