The government was set to receive the first payments (approximately $2B USD) of the new Digital Services Tax tomorrow but in a late Sunday night move they have decided to scrap the DST.
June 29, 2025 - Ottawa, Ontario - Department of Finance Canada
To support those negotiations, the Minister of Finance and National Revenue, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, announced today that Canada would rescind the Digital Services Tax (DST) in anticipation of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade arrangement with the United States. Consistent with this action, Prime Minister Carney and President Trump have agreed that parties will resume negotiations with a view towards agreeing on a deal by July 21, 2025.
Yup. Carney obviously being the adult in the room by extending an olive branch to the U.S., and apparently the trade talks have now resumed with the goal of hopefully reaching some kind of deal by July 21st. I’ll believe it when I see it.
In the meantime Canada just needs to continue strengthening ties with our other allies around the world just like we’ve been doing since all of this bulls*** started. It’ll be a difficult road, but the sooner we can wean ourselves off the U.S., the better.
Last week his Ministers were out in full force saying that they weren't backing down with this tax and that it was badly needed. Trump and his team played their obvious strength card and Carney ran away with his tail between his legs. Carney previously claimed that "Trump is trying to break us" and that under his leadership Canada won't back down. This move clearly shows he will back down very easily.
Trump proved himself to be correct:
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Trump said the U.S. has "such power over Canada,"
"It's not going to work out well for Canada. They were foolish to do it," he said of imposing the DST
Dropping the digital service tax is a smart move as it's a massive irritant of the US dating back to the Biden admin. That being said, the need for some level of deterrent and assistance with Canadian media and Canadian companies that the tax was suppose to assist with still stands.
Canada really needs to wake up and making sure it's industries are being protected, supported, pushed to thrive domestically and given the tools to go on the offensive in other markets outside of Canada. That currently isn't the case and companies globally generally eat our lunch.
We need a really solid, wholesale rethink about how we can really push through as a country and light a competitive spirit in all businesses in Canada and dropping regulations and stupid taxes, fee's and barriers to business. Move forward and try and bypass the US as much as logically and economically possible.
To support those negotiations, the Minister of Finance and National Revenue, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, announced today that Canada would rescind the Digital Services Tax (DST) in anticipation of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade arrangement with the United States. Consistent with this action, Prime Minister Carney and President Trump have agreed that parties will resume negotiations with a view towards agreeing on a deal by July 21, 2025.
Good. It was basically a tariff that hurt Canadian consumers.
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Last week his Ministers were out in full force saying that they weren't backing down with this tax and that it was badly needed. Trump and his team played their obvious strength card and Carney ran away with his tail between his legs. Carney previously claimed that "Trump is trying to break us" and that under his leadership Canada won't back down. This move clearly shows he will back down very easily.
Trump proved himself to be correct:
That's one way to look at it. The other is that they could have planned to sacrifice this all along, and were stringing Trump along with it until he did his predictable toddler reaction. It's not like the DST is some key to our trade success. It's an easy gimme, and now Trump feels like he won, we can get our wins in the places that matter.
I tend to think it's more likely we played Trump than he played us, because Trump sure sounded pissed off and rolled right back into his sad little 51st state bit. We'll see where it goes next. Right now it comes down to who you think is smarter and better at this. Sounds like you think Trump is the real genius, which is...a take I guess.
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Last week his Ministers were out in full force saying that they weren't backing down with this tax and that it was badly needed. Trump and his team played their obvious strength card and Carney ran away with his tail between his legs. Carney previously claimed that "Trump is trying to break us" and that under his leadership Canada won't back down. This move clearly shows he will back down very easily.
Trump proved himself to be correct:
Has a final agreement been reached or just your conclusion that has been reached?
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Hah, there is no comparison. There is nothing like this anywhere else on earth because there SHOULDN'T be. Even if they built such a thing I wouldn't drive on it unless you put a gun to my head.
Here's a 27 kilometer, 392 meter deep tunnel under construction in Norway. I assume the soil and seismic conditions are better here, but it's possible: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogfast
Yup. Carney obviously being the adult in the room by extending an olive branch to the U.S., and apparently the trade talks have now resumed with the goal of hopefully reaching some kind of deal by July 21st. I’ll believe it when I see it.
In the meantime Canada just needs to continue strengthening ties with our other allies around the world just like we’ve been doing since all of this bulls*** started. It’ll be a difficult road, but the sooner we can wean ourselves off the U.S., the better.
If you show me a Canada that doesn't have it's most material trade relationship being their adjacent neighbor of which over 90% of the population lives a 2-3 hour drive from, I'll show you a very poor almost impoverished economy.
There's no 'weaning off' when it comes to the US for Canada, there's only building more credible economic deterrents and mitigation contingencies that make it harder for the US to push Canada around as much in trade and militarily. So incremental redundant infrastructure designed to export resources that currently are sold to the US to non-US countries is good, additional trade agreements and ties with countries that more share our values, yes, change of procurement to non-US/ Domestic sources, of course. A defense plan that is more self-sufficient, and procured away from the US, yes of course. But even after all that the US is still going to be Canada's largest customer by a majority margin.
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Imagine, if you will, a world where someone thought I was serious about building a bridge to Vancouver Island, you've crossed into another Dimension...
Yeah and we could make it out of those floating plastic blocks that interlock together! That would be completely workable.
Granted...those are probably also made in China.
Or perhaps a zipline of some sort?
Ok, there buddy, you are drifting into Sliver territory. That is some deep water for you to swim in. And there are bears in thar. Do you have your bear defences ready?
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No. I merely have this snazzy looking Forest Ranger's hat which I am told shall protect me!
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I wonder if it would be an option to ban American advertisers and news outlets. Or curtail what information non-Canadian based digital businesses can glean from their customers.
That would almost be a national security concern, anyway.
June 29, 2025 - Ottawa, Ontario - Department of Finance Canada
To support those negotiations, the Minister of Finance and National Revenue, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, announced today that Canada would rescind the Digital Services Tax (DST) in anticipation of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade arrangement with the United States. Consistent with this action, Prime Minister Carney and President Trump have agreed that parties will resume negotiations with a view towards agreeing on a deal by July 21, 2025.
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Pierre losing the by-election would be hilarious. I wonder if she stands a chance.
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A trailblazer in uniform, Critchley was just 17 years old when she became the second woman ever to serve as an armoured crewman in her unit. She and dad Steve later made history as the first father–daughter gunnery crew in the Royal Canadian Armoured Corps.
“I’ve been talking to a lot of ‘small-c’ conservatives around here who aren’t thrilled that the ‘big-C’ Conservatives are spending an extra two million dollars on a mulligan for a guy who failed in his duty to his constituents and was fired,” said Critchley.
“One of the things that I think we’re having issues with is team politics. It’s my team versus your team, and it doesn’t matter what my team does or says, my team is better than your team,” said Critchley.
She added that she’s finds it especially concerning when party politics prevents constituents from being properly represented, pointing to the Poilivre-Kurek switcheroo as a prime example of this problem.
Chritchley also says she doesn’t have must time for the budding Alberta separatist movement, having fought under the Canadian flag in Aghanistan.
She recalls that one of her hardest days in uniform came when she took part in a press conference announcing the combat death of a close friend in September 2007.
Critchley calls herself a centrist and says she objects to “performative policies” on both the left and right.
She was one of many who welcomed the termination of the Liberals’ consumer carbon tax, calling it more symbolic than substantive.
She’s also said that she’ll work to repeal Trudeau-era gun control laws if elected to Parliament.
Critchley, who’s openly queer, says she also objects to right-wing points of view on trans issues.
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