NDP would tax web giants like Netflix

By Denis Carmel

MONTREAL – Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, in Montreal for the nomination of the candidate in Outremont to replace Tom Mulcair, announced five measures he said will protect Quebec’s culture and end the preferential treatment of web giants such as Netflix receive.Singh said the party intends to raise these questions once the House of Commons resumes in September. The five steps are:Tax foreign web-based companies on profits made in Canada;Require those companies to charge the QST and the GST;Hold Netflix and other web giants to the same standards as Canadian cable companies (Ed note: For what it’s worth, Netflix is...