Tax-O-Gram
SEND A TV TAX-O-GRAM TO CRTC
As we near the CRTC hearings on December 7, 2009, we need your help. Using the application below, you can send a personalized video message to the CRTC, asking them to stop the Big Networks’ proposed TV Tax of up to $10 per month.
Video gets your message across effectively to the people who will have the final say on whether you pay another new tax on your TV bill. We’ve created a video recording and editing suite below, which will make it easy for you to record your TV Tax-O-Gram to the CRTC.
If you record a compelling video, we’ll even feature it on the homepage. So what are you waiting for? Let the CRTC know that you do not want to pay a TV Tax today.
Some points to keep in mind:
- A TV Tax will cost you an additional $5-$10 per month on your cable or satellite bill
- A TV Tax will be charged in addition to the CRTC’s Local Programming Improvement Fund fee of 1.5%, which took effect on September 1, 2009
- A TV Tax is a bailout for the Big TV Networks that made almost $400 million in operating profits last year alone. Their proposed TV Tax is permanent and will give these same networks $2 billion in the next five years.
- A TV Tax provides no guarantee that the Big Networks will keep local television stations on the air.
- A TV Tax will be in addition to the close to $600 million in benefits the broadcast industry already receives from cable and satellite providers.
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