Green Party leader Elizabeth May arrives for an announcement during a federal election campaign stop in Montreal, Wednesday, October 9, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham HughesOTTAWA - Green party Leader Elizabeth May is reiterating a commitment that a Green government would "level the playing field" by implementing taxes on companies like Facebook and Netflix.
Speaking in Montreal, in an announcement about defending Quebec culture, May says large American tech companies have an unfair advantage when they operate in Canada.The Green plan includes making sure companies charge GST as well as taxes on revenue, and the plan would also close loopholes around advertising taxes May says encourage digital advertising to the detriment of local media.
May says keeping web giants in check is part of a fight to protect Canadian and particularly Quebecois culture.She says the CBC should be funded to the same per-capita level as the BBC in the United Kingdom, and Radio-Canada must have enough funding to create quality broadcasting in Quebec and also reach francophones across Canada.
how is that going to help the environment? This woman is just a money grubbing psycho
Looney tunes leftie
and I wonder where the internet companies would get the money to pay the taxes 🤔
Where do you think internet companies are going to get the money to pay the additional taxes?
Green parties platform free things tax the hell out of everything
Well you just lost my possible vote Good luck in trying to tax things online It should be free and uncensored so people can learn by everyone. Leave the internet alone please
You may as well just write in “Hillary”.
these companies already pay taxes ... and charge tax to their customers. What's going on?
Leave my Netflix alone!!! And treat QC the same as every other province.
No it will be passed on to the consumer!
So dumb. And who’s going to pay the taxes for these internet company’s. wow so stupid she is.
That will be passed on to consumers. Why does the Canadian media give this moron a microphone ?
Yeah. Good idea. It’ll reduce the nonsense that we’re having to put up with. canadavotes2019
Most leftists are stupid enough to believe that corporations don't pass on these taxes to the consumers. Look how many of them get elected. It's pretty sad actually.
Elizabeth May is hypocrisy queen, top to bottom using fossil fuel made products (including 469 grams of her face makeup)!!!ElizabethMay
Get lost
Can’t wait for 4 more years of not hearing her opinions.
Good thing it's impossible to run out of other peoples money or policies like this would have been really destructive historically, literally every time they were tried.
Sorry Bernie Sanders, we don’t need any more taxes.
Giddy up!
Haven't heard any of the leaders with a sensible platform from top to bottom. I hear them say something amazing then followed up by 4 or 500 stupid policies.
Guys it's not the companies that get taxes in the end, it's all Canadians.
Why?
Obviously these companies are great moral citizens and will eat this extra cost out of their profits in order to pay for environment saving windmills and solar panels 🤣
And the internet will increase so at the end of the day we costumers will pay the difference. Don’t need to be a rocket scientist to figure that out! 😒
We call for a tax on Elizabeth May!
Tax them if you think it will help. But taking taxes off of green consumer tech will help more. The more accessable it is the more will be bought the more will be made. notaxongreen
Why they will only charge us for the internet .you mizzzz may are stupid.
You might know who picks up the tabs for said taxes, hint, same taxpayers that pick up the tabs for all of your expenses
Um, if you tax big companies, do you think for a minute they will not pass that cost on to the customer? The consumer ALWAYS pays - that's the average taxpayer being 'taxed' more as it were.
And price of Internet to consumers goes where?
She is obviously not all there and I found it actually funny listening to her. She would completely destroy our economy within months. Poor lady.
The left calling for more taxes ... shocking
I have fenceposts smarter then that
She is pandering to Quebec with this announcement, she is getting desperate as even Singh is kicking her tail in the most racist province in Canada
Meaning she wants to Tax us more.
She needs more taxes, just like the libs and ndp do. They need to promise to, then pay for everything for everyone, that’s how they plan to do it.
Corporations are not going to stay in Canada with high taxes. If they can invest elsewhere and increase profits, they will go. They are in business to make money for shareholders. Nothing else.
She is crazy.
Which means the Tax will be passed down to US, The consumer.....
It will be wonderful when she goes away
Fantastic!!
If you ever want to know how to blow and election and drop your poll points through the floor watch this bimbo.
How about NO
Another out of touch dope that has no concept about why companies no longer want to invest in this country, why there’s less good paying jobs in this country and why people can’t afford to live in this country.
And less on liquor. 🙊
Oh those posters are of ElizabethMay? I thought it was a new organic grocer opening up in town.
This Garbage from this DUMB Woman who will never be elected as the Prime Minister of Canada 🇨🇦. LOLOLO