Finance committee  In terms of the finance committee and the federal role, we feel strongly that the government needs to take leadership. On the GST/HST issue, those taxes should be collected at the platform level from these digital operators. We think that's important, and we'll signal to the pr

Finance committee  We applaud that direction and we think a similar solution could easily be applied to the sharing economy for short-term rentals as well.

Finance committee  Thank you for the question. In terms of who would pay the tax, our specific recommendations are around Airbnb collecting the HST on the commissions that they charge for the host. We also believe that hosts who are above that $30,000 threshold—and that's a growing segment. We ha

Finance committee  Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to be here today. My name is Dave Kaiser, and I am here today on behalf of the Hotel Association of Canada. In my day job, I am the president and CEO of the Alberta Hotel and Lodging Association. Joining me is Leanne Shaw, who is