The House of Commons has struck down a Private Member’s Bill to combat international tax haven use. Senator Percy Downe’s Bill-243 would have required Canada Revenue Agency to report on Canada’s tax gap.
CBC investigative journalist Harvey Cashore uncovered that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) recently reached an out of court settlement with wealthy KPMG clients who were caught using what the CRA called a grossly negligent offshore tax sham. This is a disturbing development for many reasons.
Canadian corporations reported they have over $350 billion in Canada’s top 12 tax havens around the world, in a Statistics Canada report released this week. That’s a lot of money: equivalent to almost $10,000 per Canadian.
OTTAWA – Canadian corporations increased the money they report in Canada’s top 12 overseas tax havens by almost 10% to a record high of $353 billion in 2018, according to Statistics Canada Foreign Direct Investment figures released today.
Two tax justice groups in Quebec organized a demonstration last weekend to raise awareness about corporate tax haven use.
There was little for Canadians to celebrate as we marked the three-year anniversary of the Panama Papers scandal this week.
A documentary about one of the most explosive leaks in history makes its Canadian debut this week in Toronto.
A Paris court this month found UBS Group AG guilty of helping rich clients hide funds
An exclusive Journal de Montréal investigation this week revealed only 12 of the 900 Canadians named in the Panama Papers have been ordered to pay back the government
SNC Lavalin is once again in the news -- this time over allegations of government pressure to stop the company’s criminal prosecution.
