• rImITywR@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    a surface-level “win” that doesn’t actually cost Canada anything.

    Except for billions of dollars of tax revenue.

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      4 hours ago

      Which would be, in practice, very difficult to enforce. These companies excel in lowering overhead and avoiding taxes. The very fact that brands ike facebook and google are available in nearly every country should tell you the level of coercive power and wealth they actually have.

      I’m not happy about it either, but it is entirely possible that this was a tactic or diversion.