There will be no ISP tax, confirms the federal government

OTTAWA – A letter signed by Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly, ISED Minister Navdeep Bains and Finance Minister Bill Morneau confirms there will be no tax applied to Canadian ISPs in order to support Canadian content and journalism.The October 16th letter – sent in response to the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage report entitled “Disruption: Change and Churning in Canada's Media Landscape” – actually seems to kibosh a lot of the committee’s wish list.(Ed note: The letter reads more like a detailed defense of the current Liberal policies , and future plans (overhauling the Broadcasting and Telecom Acts) which we find...