Freeland finds safety in numbers on digital services tax

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland isn’t flinching now that the U.S. can move forward with a trade challenge against the Liberal government’s controversial digital services tax.The Liberals are slapping a three-per-cent tax on the Canadian revenues of digital giants – a move that will affect major U.S. tech companies such as Google and Apple and is expected to send Ottawa on a collision course with the White House.But it’s not clear whether President Joe Biden will immediately take the fight to the next stage in the waning days of his administration or leave it up to Donald Trump, who takes over in January.