Still, the Cato Institute’s Adam Michel, director of tax policy studies at the Washington-based think tank, thinks that Trump did Carney and Canada a favour. He says digital service taxes hurt countries that impose them. With royal assent expected for the repeal in Parliament this month, National Post contacted Michel to learn more about his views on DSTs, Canada’s repeal, and why the push for a new global tax framework under the OECD’s 2021 Pillars One and Two has, thus far, failed.