ACTRA to ask feds for Netflix tax

OTTAWA – The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) wants the federal government to force Internet broadcasters like Netflix to pay “their fair share when it comes to supporting Canadian culture”.ACTRA national president Ferne Downey, accompanied by Canadian performers including Sarah Gadon, Benz Antoine, Nigel Bennett, Ellen David, Art Hindle, Shannon Kook, Tristan D. Lalla, Huse Madhavji, Michelle Nolden and Rick Roberts, will attend a reception on Parliament Hill Wednesday evening to ask the new government to support Canada's creative economy.The organization said that its other strategic priorities for this lobby trip are to ensure that the...