Making digital giants pay was on all leaders’ minds in final debate

By Christopher Guly

OTTAWA – Finding unanimity on issues among party leaders during a federal election campaign is a rarity, but all six on stage during the final French language debate on Thursday actually agreed multinational digital giants should be contributing more into the Canadian economy – and that Canadians’ digital rights need to be safeguarded.When moderator and Radio-Canada anchor Patrice Roy asked Justin Trudeau whether his Liberal Party would commit to “giving back” some of the money collected from taxing web giants to the “artists who produce the content and who only receive the crumbs,” the prime minister responded that “we are...