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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