‘There are consequences to this legislation’: Michael Geist on why the Canada-U.S. digital services tax dustup was a long time coming

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Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with President Donald Trump at the G7 Summit, Kananaskis, Alta., June 16, 2025. Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press.

This episode features Michael Geist, holder of the Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law. He discusses the digital sales tax, how this trade irritant has been a major policy issue way before the Trump presidency and how the government has mismanaged this issue.

To read Michael’s analysis of the digital services tax in The Hub, click here.

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