Canada must not cave to U.S. demands on digital tax plans 

A tax on digital corporations is long overdue in Canada. At a time when governments face no shortage of spending priorities—from climate action to pandemic recovery—countries cannot afford to postpone unilateral action to recover tax revenues.
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland should be congratulated for not backing down in the face of international pressure to hold off on taxing online multinational corporations, writes Katrina Miller.

Despite intense international pressure, Canada is doing the right thing by pressing ahead with plans to tax online multinational corporations.

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