Reinstate digital services tax
Sign on the House of Commons websitePetitioners ask the House of Commons to immediately reinstate the Digital Services Tax as adopted in 2024 and publish a public report, with full transparency, on tax revenue foregone since its July 2025 repeal.
Why we would sign this petition
- It would restore the 2024 Digital Services Tax to require large digital companies to pay taxes proportionate to revenues they generate in Canada.
- A public report would quantify tax revenue lost since the repeal, improving transparency and enabling informed fiscal decisions.
- Reinstatement would reverse the precedent of repealing domestic tax law based on non‑binding foreign assurances, protecting Canadian tax sovereignty.
Why we wouldn’t sign this petition
- Reinstating the tax could harm trade negotiations or provoke retaliatory measures from trading partners, risking economic consequences the repeal sought to avoid.
- Claims about lost revenue and disproportionate taxation may be uncertain or contested, so policymakers might prefer an independent analysis before reimposing the tax.
- A unilateral digital services tax may conflict with international tax agreements or broader multilateral solutions, complicating Canada’s fiscal and diplomatic relations.
The summary and both sets of reasons are AI-generated from the petition and given equal weight. Claims are the petitioners’ own; consult the official record for the full text.
Official petition
Petition to the House of Commons in Parliament assembled The Digital Services Tax Act was repealed in July 2025 with the aim of advancing trade negotiations with the United States; This tax concession has yielded no lasting benefits, as U.S. tariffs against Canada continued to be imposed, renewed and expanded following the repeal, and deprived the Canadian Treasury of significant tax revenue; The repeal set a dangerous precedent by directly undermining a Canadian tax law duly passed by the House of Commons. That law was repealed in exchange for non-binding trade assurances from a foreign government, thereby threatening our entire tax system; and Large technology companies operate in Canada and generate substantial revenue without making a proportionate tax contribution compared with other companies operating in Canada. We, the undersigned, citizens of Canada, call upon the House of Commons in Parliament assembled to 1. Immediately reinstate the digital services tax in the form adopted in 2024; and 2. Publish a public report on the tax revenue foregone by the Canadian Treasury since the repeal, with the utmost transparency. 1. Immediately reinstate the digital services tax in the form adopted in 2024; and 2. Publish a public report on the tax revenue foregone by the Canadian Treasury since the repeal, with the utmost transparency.
Government response
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