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Canadian Internet Tax Draws Criticism

by Mike Godfrey, for LawAndTax-News.com, Washington

12 March 2009

One of Canada's largest cable companies, Rogers Communications Inc., has criticized a federal proposal which aims to increase funding for the country's internet content by imposing levies on Internet Service Providers (ISPs).

Opposition to the plan was lodged by the company at the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission (CRTC).

Under the regime, the CRTC would levy an additional charge to monthly internet bills which would generate enough revenue to develop an online, all-Canadian media platform.

Rogers Communications has branded the idea as "unlawful", with the company's chief of regulatory affairs, Ken Engelhart explaining that:

"The CRTC cannot impose a levy on ISP revenues under the Telecommunications Act, further to the cultural policy objectives of Section 3 of the Broadcasting Act."

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