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The formal repeal of the digital services tax is included in the long list of budget measures.

The controversial tax would have seen some U.S. tech giants stuck with hefty retroactive payments ahead of a deadline earlier in June but that ended when Canada halted the tax as part of a bid to restart trade negotiations with the United States.

The tax targeted large multinational corporations like Amazon, Meta, Uber, Airbnb and Google that run digital marketplaces or social media platforms, or otherwise profit from ºÃÉ«tvs' online activity.

Ottawa's tax — versions of which have been adopted in the United Kingdom and France — was expected to bring in an estimated $7.2 billion over five years, with the first payments retroactive to 2022.

This report by ºÃÉ«tvwas first published Nov. 18, 2025.

— With files from Anja Karadeglija