Airbnb condemns Quebec attempt to limit its activities
Airbnb is calling Quebec’s attempt to limit its economic damage an error and is encouraging recipients of a mass email campaign to contact the ministers responsible in order to condemn the bill.
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Tim S. 22:57 on 2019-06-11 Permalink
I, for one, welcome this glorious new era in which gig economy companies use the contact info of their users in order to crowd-source the lobbying of governments!
Ephraim 07:28 on 2019-06-12 Permalink
In other words, the law is probably a move in the right direction… since AirBnB is a tax evasion scheme that is leaving more and more people homeless. AirBnB has plenty of tools in their possession to help to make it run legally but they specifically use them to help people avoid taxes and the laws. There is NO ONE to blame for this problem more than AirBnB themselves.
JaneyB 09:12 on 2019-06-12 Permalink
Ditto Ephraim. When Airbnb, Uber, and Walmart complain about our policies, it’s a good sign. I didn’t think about the mass emailing Tim S – we need a law against that kind of corporate lobbying measure.
Ephraim 11:10 on 2019-06-12 Permalink
What the CEO of AirBnB does is exactly what Al Capone in jail, aiding and abetting in tax evasion. Why is it when a corporation engages in racketeering we don’t charge the CEO?
We also need a law in Quebec to require all these companies that pay out for anything except to a company account to provide a Releve, so people have to disclose the income. Paypal now supplies the CRA of anyone who receives more than $1K a year. And we need them to explain to people that it is their own best interests to create a company, even if just ENRG so that they can deduct expenses. Can you imagine, your gasoline bills… and you have to pay income tax on them!