The Canadian Press: Days after Prime Minister Mark Carney said it isn’t necessary to impose a tax on big tech companies, his office won’t say if that means financial contributions from streamers are off the table entirely.
…Spokespeople for the Prime Minister’s Office did not answer questions from The Canadian Press about where the government stands on imposing financial contributions on streamers in future years.
They also did not answer when asked which tax the prime minister was talking about. CRTC-mandated contributions are not a tax, though they have at times been colloquially but inaccurately referred to as a “Netflix tax.”…