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Finance committee Yes, you're correct. There is an agreement in place in Quebec to collect the provincial and municipal taxes. We see that in only one other province, which is British Columbia. These in fact are tax agreements. One of the challenges with these agreements is that there's quite poss
October 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Alana Baker
Finance committee The tax is collected on Airbnb users? Yes, but again, that's just for the users. We're talking about the platform level as well. There are multiple levels when it comes to the taxation piece. At the platform level, they also need to be paying sales taxes on the service fees charg
October 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Alana Baker
October 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Alana Baker
Finance committee Maybe I can add because that's actually where I was going to link the municipal accommodation taxes to the short-term rental market. Further to what you said, Jonathan, there are agreements that have been formed between some municipalities and Airbnb. For example, Ottawa is one
October 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Alana Baker
Finance committee Thank you, Jonathan. I would just add something quickly. The committee has asked what measures they can take to ensure competitiveness. I think the answer is fairly simple: ensure tax fairness so that Canada's lodging sector and those traditional accommodation businesses that ar
October 5th, 2018Committee meeting
Alana Baker