Most American eBay users have had to pay “internet sales tax” on their eBay purchases for the past two or three years. There’s more of them than us, yet eBay hasn’t met its end.
Canada is playing catch-up with a number of countries and regions that already have marketplace-type websites collecting and remitting sales taxes on sales. It’s likely an acknowledgment that the internet economy has become a major force, particularly since COVID-19 became a thang.