Bring back the Digital Services Tax on Big Tech!

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26 August 2026

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Canada is NOT for sale. Not to Donald Trump, not to American Big Tech firms, and not to their billionaire CEOs.

Last summer, Ottawa dumped our 3% Digital Services Tax on American Big Tech firms like Netflix, Google, and Amazon. The hope was that this concession would clear the way for a trade agreement. It didn’t. Now the trade war is back. And gigantic American tech companies are still making billions in profits from Canadians. Meta and Google, for example, each collect an estimated $5 billion in annual revenue here in Canada, while paying virtually zero tax. That’s not economic independence.

Sovereignty means more than protecting our culture or our borders. It also means ensuring that American companies operating here pay their fair share, just like the rest of us.

The solution to this problem is simple: Bring back Canada's 3% Digital Services Tax on global tech firms pulling in over $1 billion a year globally and over $20 million in annual Canadian revenue. This tactic makes it harder for multinational corporations to dodge taxation by using creative accounting methods to move their profits offshore. The Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates the DST would raise $7.2 billion for the federal government over five years — money we could use to invest in the public services and infrastructure that strengthen Canada and make Canadians' lives better.

We can’t defend Canadian sovereignty if we give it away piece by piece. It's time for Canadians to stand up for ourselves and make one thing very clear: Canada makes Canadian policy. Not Donald Trump, and not a bunch of billionaire tech bros in Silicon Valley.

Tell Ottawa to bring back the DST! With your help, we can fight for a Canada that makes its own rules, protects its own interests, and builds an economy that works for all of us.

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To : Finance Minister Champagne

CC: Karina Gould, Jasraj Singh Hallan, Jean Denis Garon

Minister Champagne, implement the DST now!

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Dear Finance Minister Champagne,

Canada should make its own economic and tax policies — not Donald Trump, not the U.S. government, and not some of the world's largest technology corporations.

The Digital Services Tax was an important step toward making multinational digital companies pay their fair share for the business they do with Canadians. It imposed a modest 3% tax on certain digital-services revenue earned from Canadian users by large businesses and was expected to raise $7.2 billion over five years.

Last summer, your government chose to rescind the DST in an effort to advance trade negotiations with the United States. But giving up Canada's right to tax digital giants did not resolve the broader conflict with the Trump administration.

Canada should not give away our ability to make our own economic policy in exchange for promises that may never be delivered.

American technology companies do billions of dollars of business with Canadians. They should contribute their fair share to the country where they operate and earn revenue.

At a time when Canadians are being asked to stand up for our sovereignty, economic independence must be part of that conversation. We cannot defend Canadian sovereignty while allowing the United States to dictate which companies Canada can tax.

Canada is not for sale.

We call on you to reinstate the Digital Services Tax and stand up for Canada's right to make its own tax policy.

Canada makes Canadian policy — not Donald Trump, and not Silicon Valley.

Sincerely,