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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
When it comes to books, don't we put a tarriff or tax of sorts on books coming in from the states or other countries to deliberatley make them more expensive? Only because they were not written in Canada?
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For what purpose?
If you are trying to account for the exchange rates then you are going to need to continuously change the tax rate.
If you are trying to protect/create a Canadian book industry then you are taxing all Canadians for the benefit of a small number of publishers, and you are discouraging reading, since overall book prices will be higher.
If you are trying to protect Canadian Culture, then that is admirable but I'm not sure this is the best way to do it. But if you research the Canada/US Free Trade Agreement there should be something in there. Books and Magazines were a contentious issue.