Digital Sales Tax Could Be a Negotiating Tool in Canada-US Tariff Discussions: Ontario Minister

Minister of Economic Development, Job Creation and Trade Vic Fedeli speaks at the podium during a press briefing at Queens Park in Toronto on June 2, 2020. Rene Johnston - Pool/The Canadian Press

Canada’s digital sales tax should become “a bargaining chip” in Ottawa’s tariff negotiations with the United States, Ontario Trade Minister Victor Fedeli says.

Fedeli was in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 9 to meet with Republicans who have the ear of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump.