Coverage

C4TF's economists are regularly consulted by journalists, researchers, and civil society organizations, as Canada's top experts on fair taxation and its' progressive application towards the public good.

 

 

NEWS MEDIA COVERAGE OF CANADIANS FOR TAX FAIRNESS:

 

Singapore taxes investment homes up to 30 per cent. Could a similar tax cool off prices here?

Tess Kalinowski, Toronto Star

17 January 2022

Le Variant milliardaire : Les ultrariches ont vu leur fortune exploser pendant la pandémie

Denis Byrnes, Katrina Miller, Shawn-Patrick Stensil, Jen Hassum, Jennifer Carr, Sylvie Trottier, dans La Presse

17 janvier 2022

 

Canadian Corporations Have Already Covered Their Taxes For The Year: Report

The Maple

17 January 2022

 

Taxes: Canadian Companies Already Covered For 2022

Adesola Mojo, Verve Times

14 January 2022

 

Corporate taxes so low that they only need one week's income to pay them

National Union of Public and General Employees (NUPGE)

13 January 2022

 

Canada's corporations have already made enough money to pay their 2022 taxes, report finds

Ben Cousins, CTV News

13 January 2022

 

Les entreprises canadiennes affranchies de l’impôt le 7 janvier

Agence QMI via Journal de Montréal (also via TVA Nouvelles and Journal du Québec)

13 janvier 2022

 

How inflation could actually be good for workers

Stephen Wentzell, Rabble.ca
6 January 2022

 

Canada’s highest-paid CEOs profited during pandemic

Natasha Bulowski, The Star

5 January 2022

 

Canada's richest CEOs cashed in during Covid

Natasha Bulowski, National Observer

4 January 2022

 

Experts urge more action on tax havens following Pandora Papers release

Alice Chen, The Hill Times

13 October 2021

 

Pandora Papers’ bombshells have MPs calling for action

Natasha Bulowski, The National Observer

12 October 2021

 

Big Reset Tax Measures Little More than Window Dressing

Toby Sanger, blog of The Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour

11 October 2021

 

Global deal reached on 15-per-cent minimum corporate tax rate

Josh O'Kane and Bill Curry, The Globe & Mail

8 October 2021

 

Critics Say Canada Has Been A ‘Laggard’ On Tackling Tax Avoidance. What Needs To Change?

Alex Cosh, The Maple

8 October 2021

 

Pandora Papers reveal 'shadow economy' of the rich and powerful

Jayme Poisson, CBC FrontBurner (podcast)

7 October 2021

 

Pandora Papers: le gouvernement canadien doit agir, plaide un organisme

Agence QMI, TVA Nouvelles, Journal de Montréal

6 octobre 2021

 

‘Pandora Papers’ trove of tax haven abuses could lead to action—or not

Canadian Labour Institute

5 October 2021

 

What offshore tax havens mean for Canada's national revenue

The Rob Snow Show, CityNews Ottawa

5 October 2021

 

'Pandora Papers' bring renewed calls for tax-haven scrutiny and an end to financial secrecy

The Mike Farwell Show, CityNews 570

5 October 2021

 

How the rich using tax havens affects everyone else

Your Morning, CTV

5 October 2021

 

This man helped set up hundreds of offshore firms for rich clients. His case shows how Canada has ‘turned a blind eye’ to cracking down on offshore tax schemes

Marco Chown Oved, The Toronto Star

5 October 2021

 

The Pandora Papers leak, and how trillions of dollars can be hidden away in tax havens

ON Point with Alex Pierson

4 October 2021

 

Pandora Papers leaked

Rob Breakenridge, Global News Radio

4 October 2021

 

Billionaires, Olympian and porn king among Canadians named in massive new leak exposing offshore accounts and secret tax havens of the global elite

Robert Cribb, Marco Chown Oved, Sheila Wang, The Toronto Star

3 October 2021

 

Murray Dobbin, ‘Giant of the Canadian Left’

Seth Klein & Shannon Daub, Rabble.ca / Policy Note / The Tyee

27 September 2021

 

Provinces must play a role in fair taxation

Katrina Miller & Toby Sanger & Alex Hemingway, Policy Options
24 September 2021

 

Liberals to face pressure to move quickly on fiscal plan as fourth wave hits economy

Jordan Press, The Canadian Press / CTV News

22 September 2021

 

Élections fédérales: le courage de s’attaquer aux paradis fiscaux

William Ross, Échec aux paradis fiscaux / Journal du Québec

19 septembre 2021

 

NDP platform the most progressive and fiscally responsible of top three parties

D.T. Cochrane, Canadian Dimension

17 September 2021

 

Conservative fiscal plan takes from childcare programs to give tax breaks to corporations

Toby Sanger, Rabble.ca

17 September 2021

 

Justin Trudeau’s New Tax on Flipping Million Dollar Homes Only Generates $8 Million in Revenue

PressProgress

2 September 2021

 

Letter to the Editor: Show me the money

D.T. Cochrane, The Globe & Mail (responding to this article)

23 July 2021

 

How the wealthy avoid paying their fair share, and what we can do to close the loopholes that make this possible

John Faithful Hamer, Likeville Podcast

19 July 2021

 

By classifying workers as contractors, do Uber and Lyft avoid millions in taxes?

Ben Spurr, This Matters Podcast by the Toronto Star

12 July 2021

 

Uber and Lyft could be avoiding $135 million in Canadian taxes every year by relying on contract workers, report says

Tyler Sonnemaker, Business Insider

7 July 2021

 

Uber, Lyft Avoid Nearly $108M In Canada Taxes, Group Claims

Joseph Boris, Law 360 Tax Authority

7 July 2021

 

Impôts: Uber et Lyft ne paierait pas leur juste part

Journal de Montréal / Agence QMI

5 juillet 2021

 

FARE NOT FAIR: Uber and Lyft not carrying full tax load, new report says

Antonella Artuso, Toronto Sun

5 July 2021

 

Canada’s laws allow Uber, Lyft to avoid paying as much as $135M a year in taxes, says advocacy group

Ben Spurr, Toronto Star

5 July 2021

La brèche Amazon

Gérard Bérubé, Le Devoir

29 juin 2021

 

Taxing the rich for the recovery we need

CUPE

23 June 2021

 

Enquête: Québec ne sait pas si Amazon a payé des impôts ici ; Plus de transparence et d’équité sont réclamées pour le géant du commerce en ligne

Dominique Cambron-Goulet, Journal de Montréal
21 juin 2021

 

Tech Firms Urge Canada to Drop Digital Services Tax Plan

James Munson, Bloomberg Tax

18 June 2021

 

 

The world is one step closer to ending the 'scourge' of tax evasion

Diane Francis, The Financial Post

7 June 2021

 

Wealthy KPMG clients continued to dodge taxes for years after CRA detected offshore 'sham'

Harvey Cashore and Frédéric Zalac, CBC / Radio-Canada

4 June 2021

 

It’s time to give more money to Canada Revenue Agency — it’s not loved by many, but we would get a handsome return

Amir Barnea, The Toronto Star

29 May 2021

 

Some of Canada’s biggest companies saw record profits during the pandemic

D.T. Cochrane, Canadian Dimension

29 May 2021

 

Shaye Ganam, Global News Radio 770 CHQR, Calgary (as of 7-minute mark)

18 May 2021

 

House Finance Committee dives into offshore tax havens again ‘to get answers for Canadians,’ says NDP MP Julian

Mike Lapointe, The Hill Times

17 May 2021

 

Patrick Brethour, The Globe & Mail

17 May 2021

 

TVA Nouvelles / Agence QMI

17 mai 2021

 

 

CRA's new audits on large corporations dropped significantly in years leading up to COVID-19 pandemic

Chris Nardi, National Post

13 May 2021

 

 

 

 

Canada should follow Janet Yellen’s lead on corporate taxes

D.T. Cochrane, Canadian Dimension

16 April 2021

 

It’s time for Finance Minister Freeland to tax the plutocrats she once wrote about

Darren Shore, Ricochet

16 April 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Panama Papers: Quebec recovers more unpaid taxes than Ottawa

Panama Papers : Québec recouvre davantage en impôts impayés qu’Ottawa

C4TF director Toby Sanger comments on the 5-year anniversary of the Panama Papers and Canada's lack of progress tackling offshore tax dodging.

Frédéric Zalac et Zach Dubinsky, Radio-Canada / CBC News
3 April 2021