Canada says no tax on video distribution.

Canada's heritage minister has reassured the country's video industry that a mooted 3.5 per cent tax on video distribution will not be introduced, despite proposals to the contrary issued by an advisory committee earlier this year (see 1999/29b3). Video tax was one of a series of measures designed to boost Canada's movie industry in the face of an onslaught of Hollywood product. As an alternative measure, trade body Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA:

USA; +1/818/385-1500; www.vsda.org) put a number of proposals before the minister that could boost the country's