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Briefing
ITI urges Canada to drop tech tax, seek multilateral agreement
The Information Technology Industry Council, a U.S.-based lobbying firm that advocates for tech firms around the world, renewed its calls for Ottawa to back off its planned digital-services tax and urged the government to strike a deal through an OECD- and G20-led process. (The Logic)
Pembina, TC Energy pledge to build open-access carbon-sequestration system
The energy companies said that several industries would use the carbon-transportation project, allowing them to make multibillion-dollar investments in the project through long-term fee-for-service contracts. (The Logic)
Survey suggests Canadian freelancers can make competitive wages—on quick, technical jobs
Digital-design company Canva looked at Fiverr listings for 8,605 active sellers across 50 popular jobs, and found Canadian freelancers had the fourth-highest earnings of 10 countries in the OECD—behind the U.S., U.K. and Italy. (The Logic)