A bill to tax the services of Netflix

Guillaume St-Pierre

Tuesday, 24 October 2017 00:00

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OTTAWA | Québec solidaire takes speed the government Couillard by filing possibly as early as tomorrow on a bill to regulate the trade in line and force Netflix to charge sales tax.

“The goal is to ensure that any company, regardless of its “official” location in the world, which operates on our territory, be forced to pay the fees and taxes associated with its activities, such as our merchants here, ” explains the deputy Amir Khadir.

In an interview with The Journal, Mr. Khadir refuses to reveal the elements of the bill until it is presented in the room. He, however, wanted to explain his approach, which began, according to him, there is about a year.

But according to our information, the left party wants to force the giants of the us web such as Netflix, Facebook or Google, to play by the same rules as companies based here.

The multinational companies would be liable for heavy fines if they refuse to pay the QST to the government of Quebec.

The banks would also have the responsibility to report transactions between the clients in quebec and the giants of the web. Any failure would result in a penalty of money.

Mr. Khadir account on the “coherence” of the government Couillard to get the support of the liberals.

Controversial decision

The minister of canadian Heritage, Mélanie Joly, confirmed three weeks ago that the entertainment giant Netflix will not have to charge GST to its customers, unlike its canadian competitors such as Club Illico and Tou.tv Extra.

The agreement has raised the ire of the political class in quebec and the industry.

The ex-minister of Culture, Luc Fortin, has promised to provide Netflix with the not. Its successeure, Marie Montpetit, was said to have the intention to give effect to the intention announced by Mr. Fortin.

Mr. Khadir has, according to him, is likely to receive the support of the other opposition parties in his steps.