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Carney caves on taxing digital giants and Trump's White House claims victory (i.ytimg.com)
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[–] -4 points 1 year ago (14 children)

Y'all are remembering that it's us Canadians that will be paying this tax, right? It's not going to affect any company's bottom line in the slightest.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (8 children)

    What? The digital service tax was for the American corporations to pay.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    That foreign corporations would pay out of their Canadian sales.

    Which would certainly cause them to increase the fees they charge their Canadian customers so they don't have to reduce their profits.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I'm well aware that's what they might do to offset their costs, but OP saying that the corporations us Canadians will have to pay the tax is plain wrong. They're probably conflating it with tariffs.

    And sorry ‒ off topic question. I haven't lived in Canada in years, but do we really say "y'all" now? That's kinda weird.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    And they're absolutely never going to raise prices for Canadians to compensate right?

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    What is the price to use Facebook?

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I don't agree, but even if I grant it do you feel great about a hostile foreign leader dictating your country's laws? The DST was finished legislation, legally passed by Canadian's elected representatives. And now it's gone. Because Trump says so.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Of all the things Carney could concede, this one is the least of my worries.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago* (2 children)

    Canada's sovereignty means that little to you? Your elected representative just got overruled by a foreign leader.

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