Taxer les netflix et autres multinationales – La Presse Opinion
Même si le fardeau des impôts payés par les entreprises est ultimement porté par des personnes – actionnaires, employés et consommateurs –, le sens commun exige que les compagnies fassent leur part et on s’insurge lorsque les plus grandes profitent des paradis fiscaux pour se défiler.
L’administration Biden a ravivé l’espoir d’un accord international sur un taux d’imposition minimal et sur la capacité des pays à taxer les ventes faites à distance par les FANG (Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google) sur leur territoire national.
Selon l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques (OCDE), les stratégies fiscales qui exploitent les différentes règles des pays pour faire disparaître des profits ou les déplacer…
Benjamin Dachis – Better Data Would Yield Better Telecom Decisions
From: Benjamin Dachis To: Canadian Telecommunication Watchers Date: April 1, 2021 Re: Better Data Would Yield Better Telecom Decisions Cellular service prices have fallen 25 percent over the past five years, a decline that aligns with Ottawa’s promised wireless rate cut. This is important and surprising news for both Canadian consumers and the government. The Prime Minister’s 2019 Mandate […] Ian Irvine – Smart Youth Drive Enormous Smoking Declines
From: Ian Irvine To: Health Minister Patty Hajdu Date: March 30, 2021 Re: Smart Youth Drive Enormous Smoking Declines Last week, Statistics Canada reported that Canadians in their twenties are butting out at an unprecedented rate. Smoking among them fell from 13.3 percent to a mere 8 percent – a 40-percent drop – between 2019 and 2020 according to […] Wireless prices are down, but we need better tracking – National Newswatch Op-Ed
Today the Standing Committee on Industry, Science and Technology begins to dig into the telecoms matter of the day. It would be useful for them to know that cellular service prices have fallen 25 percent over the past five years, a decline that aligns with Ottawa’s promised wireless rate cut. This is important and surprising news for both Canadian consumers and the government.
The Prime Minister’s 2019 Mandate Letter to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry provided express political direction to reducing the average cost of cellphone services and expand mobile virtual network operators (MVNO) in the market. It directed the minister to:
“Use all available instruments … to reduce the average cost of cellular…
Benjamin Dachis – The Mandated Access Dance Faced By The Crtc
From: Benjamin Dachis To: Canadian Telecommunication Watchers Date: March 26, 2021 Re: The Mandated Access Dance Faced by the CRTC Policy decisions coming soon from the CRTC, the federal telecommunications regulator, are going to shape major investment decisions with critical impacts on our economy. Failure to get the right balance between investment and sustainable competition will jeopardize efforts […] Telecom Prices Dropped 25 Percent Over Five Years: Telecommunications Policy Working Group
March 24, 2021 – Cellular services have seen a 25 percent price drop over the past five years, a decline that aligns with Ottawa’s promised wireless rate cut, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
At their recent meetings, the Telecommunications Policy Working Group discussed the regulation of prices, modernizing the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) and mandated access (requiring facilities-based wireless carriers to allow service providers access to those facilities at rates set by the CRTC).
With the federal government’s focus on wireless pricing, the Working Group stressed the importance of timely and transparent telecommunications data that reflects actual prices paid…
High stakes in the telecom wars – Financial Post Op-Ed
Policy decisions coming soon from the CRTC, the federal telecommunications regulator, are going to shape major investment decisions with critical impacts on our economy. Canadian governments need to get the right balance between investment and sustainable competition. Failure to do so will jeopardize efforts to get Canadian communities digitally connected and hence our ability as a nation to participate in an increasingly digital world economy.
The next generation of technology investment — “5G” — is critical to the economy’s future. For example, it will be key to commercializing innovations in precision agriculture. It will enable rural economic development, such as automated hauling at mine sites, and underpin further…
Von Finckenstein, Mitchell – A Simpler Way To Integrate Streamers Into The Broadcasting System
From: Konrad von Finckenstein and James Mitchell To: Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault Date: March 11, 2021 Re: A Simpler Way to Integrate Streamers into the Broadcasting System Bill C-10, An Act to Amend the Broadcasting Act, is before Parliament. Its principal aim is to bring online broadcasting (i.e., “streaming”) under the aegis of the Act. Today, online broadcasters – […] Governments Must Cut Red Tape to Build 5G: Telecommunications Working Group
March 9, 2021 – Ottawa must dramatically reduce the regulatory burden on the telecommunications industry to accelerate 5G deployment, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
At their recent meetings, the Telecommunications Working Group discussed the jurisdictional hurdles facing Canada’s telecommunications sector and how to best accelerate rural and remote connectivity.
Telecommunications providers face obstacles in gaining access rights to infrastructure for installing telecommunications facilities. These barriers, alongside difficulty navigating government incentive programs for expanded connectivity, could stall the federal government’s aim of extending high-speed internet coverage to 98 percent of…
Henri-paul Rousseau – Agri-food Digital Sovereignty In Canada And Quebec
From: Henri-Paul Rousseau To: Canadians Concerned about Data Ownership Date: March 3, 2021 Re: Agri-food Digital Sovereignty in Canada and Quebec The agri-food industry is going through its own digital revolution speeding the 50-year move to precision agriculture. Torrents of data now flow from all the sensors, GPS readings and laser measurement devices, mounted on equipment; […] S3 E3: 5G and Canada’s Telecom Future
The shift to remote work during COVID-19 has shone the spotlight on Canada’s infrastructure – and its digital divide. It comes at a time when the world is making a major shift to 5G. But unlike the previous generation, this one will trigger the next industrial revolution. Host Michael Hainsworth speaks to Shaw’s SVP Brian […] Telecom Sector Investments Key to Future Prosperity: Telecommunications Working Group
February 23, 2021 – Investment in the telecommunications sector is vital for ensuring Canada’s next generation digital infrastructure, says a new report from the C.D. Howe Institute.
At their recent meetings, the Telecommunications Working Group identified and discussed policy challenges facing Canada’s telecommunications sector. The group of experts in both the private sector and academia is co-chaired by Len Waverman, Dean of DeGroote School of Business at McMaster University; and Steve Orsini, Adjunct Professor, Public Policy & Administration, Carleton University and former Ontario Secretary of Cabinet.
The shift to remote work and digital services due to COVID-19 underscores how essential reliable and…