Amid escalating trade tensions with the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Thursday directed his Cabinet to address rising fears about President Joe Biden’s America-first policies.
The prime minister’s letter to Freeland also instructs her to follow through on the Liberal vows to introduce a suite of new taxes on wealthy — from a luxury tax on cars, boats and planes to new legislation to boost the corporate income tax payable by banks and insurance companies that earn more than C$1 billion.
The prime minister nods to “the Australian approach” as he advises Rodriguez to expedite the introduction of legislation “to require digital platforms that generate revenues from the publication of news content to share a portion of their revenues with Canadian news outlets to level the playing field between global platforms and Canadian outlets”.