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Tax Havens and Mining Companies: The Canadian Connection

30 October 2012

This week will see the launch of a new book called Imperial Canada Inc.

 It sets out to ask a simple question: why is Canada home to more than 70% of the world’s mining companies?

The authors of Imperial Canada Inc., respected scholars in their fields, meticulously research four factors that contribute to the answer to this question: Quebec’s and Ontario’s mining codes; the history of the Toronto Stock Exchange; Canada’s involvement with Caribbean tax havens; and, finally, Canada’s official role of promoting itself to international institutions governing the world’s mining sector.

Yet some powerful interests don't want this question asked. In 2010, as the book was being translated to English, Barrick Gold launched a multi-million defamation suit against the publishers, postponing the publication for years.  


Author Alain Denault will be at the event.  If you are in Ottawa, it would be worth dropping by Octopus Books Centretown 251 Bank Street, 2nd Floor in the Under One Roof Building.  It takes place between 7 and 9 p.m.

If you are interested in organizing an event in your community, contact gail.dugas (at) taxfairness.ca

Here's an interesting conversation between Denault, Tax Justice Network's Jim Henry and CBC's Anna Maria Tremonti from earlier this summer.