In what amounts to a decision about ‘taxation’ with no real services in return, a judge has ordered the Canadian government to pay back broadcasters who were forced to fork over part of their revenue in return for no specific services…

Canada’s broadcasting industry has won a major victory against the federal government that will save the sector more than $100-million a year — and may force Ottawa to provide a lump-sum refund worth seven times that amount.

full story in the Globe and Mail