Here are 5 Trump executive orders that could affect Canada
OTTAWA — While U.S. President Donald Trump‘s threat to impose tariffs on Canada is alarming enough, other measures he announced Monday after his inauguration could have their own implications for Canada.
Here are five Trump directives that could affect Canadians:
Canada implemented a digital services tax in June that applies to revenue from online services, such as advertising on social media platforms. Big Tech firms have said this undercuts their business, while companies that promote U.S. trade say it’s an irritant for Washington.
The legislation enabling the digital services tax came after Canada spent years taking part in an effort by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to implement a global tax on multinational corporations. Some lobbyists have pushed Canada to wait for the OECD to come up with a global standard instead of pushing its own tax.
Trump has signed an order targeting the OECD’s proposed global tax and triggering investigations of any country with tax rules that “disproportionately affect American companies.” University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist, who specializes in e-commerce, said that makes the Canadian digital services tax “an obvious target.”
In addition to measures to fortify the border, Trump is suspending refugee resettlement to the United States until an unspecified date.
The move could increase the pressure on Canada to take in more people seeking safety at a time when Ottawa is trying to limit the number of people resettling here due to the shortage of housing.
Refugee advocates say this might jeopardize ongoing efforts to resettle people from Afghanistan in the U.S.
Trump is withdrawing the U.S. from the 2012 Paris Agreement on climate change — a major
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