Tax Netflix: cold reception for Melanie Joly in Montreal

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Philippe Orfali

Friday, December 8, 2017 13:25

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In the midst of the crisis surrounding the refusal of Ottawa to require taxes and fees to the giants of the web, Mélanie Joly has failed to say that Netflix would never be taxed, Friday.

It is a Heritage minister on the defensive, which was presented on Friday in front of the business community in quebec. A few days earlier, a hundred big names of the world of media and business had released an advertisement to denounce the position of Ottawa.

The federal government maintains that it will not be Google, Netflix and Facebook, for example, and defends his agreement with Netflix, which provides for an investment of$ 500 Million in tv production, but the payment of any tax.

“Let’s talk about the elephant in the room. I am aware that this agreement is not perfect. However, I want to re-establish the facts […]. This investment does not involve a leave of absence of sales tax. [And] this agreement is not a lasting answer to the broader question [of]es platforms foreign entering the canadian market. “

Since a few days, the minister refuses to repeat to you that the GST does not apply to the subscription to Netflix, as it has done since its election there are nearly more than two years.

Shortly before his speech, the president of the BTMM, Michel Leblanc, had reminded Ms. Joly “a virtually unanimous consensus” on the issue in Quebec. “We count on you to express it to the minister of Finance Bill Morneau. If it does not, if he does not understand you, there is the prime minister. And I invite you to convince you also. “

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