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Optics for gov’t could hamper tax on foreign ads proposal: Friends

News | 05/22/2018 5:15 pm EDT
Friends of Canadian Broadcasting executive director Daniel Bernhard speaks to parliamentarians about reviewing tax on ads on foreign platforms on April 24, 2018. /Hill Times photo by Sam Garcia.

OTTAWA A media advocacy group calling for changes that would upend the ability for Canadian organizations to deduct taxes on foreign digital advertising admitted Tuesday that its proposal could face political challenges considering the government’s sensitivity to tax-related matters.

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