Hey Liberals, leave our internet alone!

[Gone_Fishin]

Hey Liberals, leave our internet alone!

On the heels of their carbon tax, the Liberals are now considering a new digital tax on everything.

That means paying more for streaming services like Netflix!

And it doesn’t stop there.

On taxing internet service providers (ISP’s), Liberal Heritage Minister Melanie Joly says it’s a conversation she will “be having with the Minister of Finance, Bill Morneau.”

Canadians already pay some of the highest internet rates in the world - but that isn’t stopping the Liberals from taking more money out of your pocket to pay for their own irresponsible spending.

[Omnitheo]

Source?

[Fancy]

Think this is it:
http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/gst-on-n ... -1.3115996

[K_teela]

Legally there is already a sales tax payable on netflix. http://globalnews.ca/news/2156646/the-netflix-tax-is-already-here-but-you-might-not-be-paying-it/

However Netflix has no presence in Canada so the services are considered "made outside of Canada". We should technically be filling out a self-assessment form and send in the sales tax...however nobody does this and enforcing it would cost more than it would generate.

If you've ever had Shomi or Crave TV, you would have been paying sales tax already because they're Canadian based...and so far Netflix is just slipping through a loophole which results in a disadvantage for any other competition.

Why do you think Netflix should be exempt?

I don't see any source on the taxing of ISP's (are they really not paying taxes currently?) and until it's proven otherwise, it feels like another to mislead...but I'll brush on the topic anyways anyways.
Our high internet costs are unfortunately due to Telus/Bell/Shaw ect not having to compete...this is mainly the fault of the CRTC allowing for price collusion between the big companies, and having them block off any competition from ever reaching the surface. Canada pays some of the highest prices in the world for internet/cable/phone...nothign will be done about it since nobody puts pressure on the topic, since we're all too busy arguing about more important issues like Taxi rides.



Besides, netflix has slowly been increasing their prices year after year...and their subscription numbers have only been increasing. I hardly think a 5% tax on the top of it will dissuade anyone.

[fluffy]

Forty-five cents a month. I guess I'm off to the poor house.

[Rwede]

Just another reach into the pockets of working Canadians by a millionaire trust fund boy.

Although the dollar amount is small on this particular issue, all this stuff adds up.

Carbon tax: $2,569/year per family

TFSA cut: $350/year per family on a modest investment return, and that doubles after year 1 when the next $5,000 in space is lost to $700/year, triples in year 3 to $1,050/year, etc, and doesn't even account for lost investment compounding within the TFSA due to the tax being grabbed by Ottawa

CPP tax hike: $1,360/year per family

On principle, we're seeing the death of working Canadian families orchestrated by a millionaire who will never need to work another day in his life.

Although his cheerleaders keep defending his actions, hoping for a legal doobie some day, I have to wonder if they'll ever stop and check how much money is in their wallets when this is all said and done.

[The Green Barbarian]

Disgusting!

[Rosemary1]

Yep . Just the beginning. Money grab to impose and support more ' Canadian content' notion of what folks in la di da land of Ottawa land think is good for Canadians. No Big Brother ??

[JollyGreenBully]

Although his cheerleaders keep defending his actions, hoping for a legal doobie some day, I have to wonder if they'll ever stop and check how much money is in their wallets when this is all said and done.

So tax on Netflix somehow means Trudeau supporters are potheads? Please explain?

[Rwede]

Joly was noncommital in the CTV interview on whether the government is looking at charging GST or HST on streaming services, or whether it plans to institute a new tax on Internet services.

She previously rejected a “Netflix tax” that would see streaming services hand over a share of their revenue for the creation of CanCon, but “the prospect of millions in new revenues may be too tempting to resist,” wrote Michael Geist, a University of Ottawa professor who runs a prominent blog on media and digital technology.

Geist says the government could alternately charge sales tax on streaming services from abroad, while funnelling money to CanCon from spectrum fees paid by domestic broadcasters — the solution he prefers.

But charging a tax on Internet service instead would make it “less affordable, expanding the digital divide by placing Internet connectivity beyond the financial reach of more low-income Canadians,” Geist wrote.

Some in the media industry have argued that Internet services should pay towards CanCon, since they provide access to media much like broadcasters do. But the Supreme Court of Canada rejected that argument in a 2012 case, saying Internet providers are not subject to rules for broadcasters.

Still, “Joly’s legislative overhaul could involve changing the law to allow for the imposition of new fees on Internet services,” Geist wrote.


http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/10/17 ... 26688.html


So, Trudeau's financial backers in the traditional Canadian media industry want to make internet services less affordable, forcing low income Canadians to opt for traditional Canadian media sources.

Whodathunkit?

[driveangry]

Forty-five cents a month. I guess I'm off to the poor house.

Reminds me when I would go grocery shopping with my kids,,,,,,,, I would have to explain to them that all these 99 cent things they wanted added up to a lot of money.

At least my kids understood it.

Surprising the adults don't.

[fluffy]

At least my kids understood it.

Surprising the adults don't.

Oh I understand it just fine, I just don't see a few nickels a month as anything worth whining about. Prices are going up across the board. I just try and make more money. If some people put half the effort into making a couple of extra bucks on the side that they invest in crying about government their quality of life would improve dramatically.

[driveangry]

Oh I understand it just fine, I just don't see a few nickels a month as anything worth whining about. Prices are going up across the board. I just try and make more money. If some people put half the effort into making a couple of extra bucks on the side that they invest in crying about government their quality of life would improve dramatically.

If the Liberals would stop wasting money on entitlements and control their spending, there would be no need to find new ways to tax every little thing. People wouldn't have to worry about trying to make a few extra bucks to make ends meet and start enjoying life a little.

[whatwhat]

If the Liberals would stop wasting money on entitlements and control their spending, there would be no need to find new ways to tax every little thing. People wouldn't have to worry about trying to make a few extra bucks to make ends meet and start enjoying life a little.

Well hey, if people can't afford a few extra bucks for their Netflix maybe they shouldn't have Netflix. Or just move somewhere cheaper right so they can afford to enjoy their life a little bit??

Isn't that what righties always tell the people who can't afford to live here? Just move!

[driveangry]

Well hey, if people can't afford a few extra bucks for their Netflix maybe they shouldn't have Netflix. Or just move somewhere cheaper right so they can afford to enjoy their life a little bit??

Isn't that what righties always tell the people who can't afford to live here? Just move!

I believe people should live within their means, if that makes me a "righty" so be it.

Maybe the liberals should try it