Bell Canada accuses: CRTC is shy of billion dollars. Canadian taxes are biting harder.

OMG, i didn’t just receive THIS

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Dear customer,

Help stop your TV fees from increasing. CTV, Global and the CBC have recently asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to significantly increase TV taxes.

The CRTC has been asked to do this by having Bell and the other operators pay more, which would result in higher fees for you.

We don’t think that’s right, you shouldn’t either. So please speak and have your say.

This is what’s happening.

The CRTC has told satellite and cable companies to hand over $100 million a year as of September 1, 2009. These fees are being passed on to you.

This money is passing through something called the Local Programming Improvement Fund (LPIF) – straight to media giants like CTVglobemedia and Canwest Global, straight to the CBC.

No new local programming, no improvement to anything other than the bottom line of broadcasters.

You are now likely paying for this on your TV bill.

You should also know that hot on the heels of that campaign, CTV, Global and the CBC are now lobbying for even more.

Each year, satellite and cable companies pay hundreds of millions of dollars to broadcasters. We contribute to the CRTC’s operating budget. Although to date these fees have not been broken out on monthly bills, you need to know they exist – especially because the TV networks still want more.

If the CRTC gives in to the broadcasters’ latest demand and lets local TV stations charge for their currently free over-the-air local signals, it would more than double the portion of your Bell TV bill going to government fees – and into the bank accounts of the broadcasters, like CTV, Global and the CBC.

In fact, if the CRTC lets broadcasters have their way, then government-imposed fees will be just shy of one billion dollars.

It’s time to say enough. Help make it stop. Let the CRTC know what you think about new TV taxes — have your say.

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I am sorry for a lot of reading, but it was so interesting to read this from the face of a company. I am not saying that Bell Canada should not have defended their customers, that was nobel, go Bell Canada. *pets Bell Canada*

What I really thought of – is how generally companies aren’t the ones who pay taxes. We do. And you’d think “O’right I pay my income tax, my purchase tax, thats fine..”
Heck no – it’s not fine. When you go and buy something, for instance tooth paste. You pay your $2 + 14% that goes to the government. But really out of that $2 you also pay at least a $1 to the government as well. How does it work ? Simple, as government charges taxes from companies that produce and sell their product.

So what you really end up paying is your own tax + the tax that company pays for this tooth paste.

So what I am really saying is that we don’t need to pay ~60% of our purchases to the government. Thats nearly a stealing, if I may say so.

Spread the word. And have your say, if that means anything..

I had mine just now, thanks.

ps: did they just accuse CRTC of being greedy bustards ? ahaha !