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MPs to call for ISP tax: Report

OTTAWA – The Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage is apparently going to call for a 5% levy on ISPs in order to pay for Canadian content in a new report to be published Thursday, says a story in the Globe and Mail.The committee has been studying the Canadian media landscape for a year and the report, dubbed Change and Churning in Canadian Media calls for the new money to be directed towards the paying for Canadian media creation.This is where it’s worth noting the Supreme Court already said no to this in 2012, that broadband is already unaffordable for many...