Thursday, October 5, 2017

Canada's Heritage Minister Is Lambasted For Proposed New Cultural Plan

"Several things dragged the Minister down, some quite unnecessarily. It was a mistake for her to pose as a champion of consumers while waving away a tax that would have cost Netflix subscribers less than a dollar a month. She seemed not to realize that tax fairness is also a potent issue – especially when the lack of it directly penalizes Canadian companies competing with Neflix for audiences. Or, more likely, she was instructed not to let anything divert her from the mission of keeping Neflix tax-free. And why?"



Article source here:Arts Journal

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Academy Decides Not To Bar Streaming Movies From Oscars

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