The Invisible Tax Bill: How Amazon Drains Canadian Coffers While Main Street Pays Its Share
While independent Canadian retailers remit billions in corporate and municipal taxes that fund schools, hospitals, and public transit, Amazon has engineered a labyrinthine corporate structure that dramatically minimises its Canadian tax obligations. The result is a two-tiered economy where small business owners play by one set of rules and a global tech giant plays by another — and Canadian communities bear the cost of that imbalance.