But I wonder what Trudeau will put into the election year promise list for women?
WE are assured that LIE-berals will talk a LOT about tax fairness during the next election! Here are some details they WILL NOT talk about:
Here is an article illustrating the two faced LIE-beral response to tax fairness. With some comments of my own in brackets):
CRA vows action on Canadian tax evaders exposed in Paradise Papers
From Canadian Press. Published: November 5, 2017. Updated: November 5, 2017 7:51 PM EST
Filed Under: Toronto SUN/ News/ Canada
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The Canada Revenue Agency says it won't hesitate to investigate new evidence of offshore tax evasion in the wake of a second massive leak of tax-haven financial records. The leak of some 13.4 million records, dubbed the Paradise Papers, lifts the veil on the often murky ways in which the wealthy --including more than 3,000 Canadian individuals and entities -- stash their money in offshore accounts to avoid paying taxes. Sean Kilpatrick / THE CANADIAN PRESS
Among the names that pop up in the records with some connection to offshore accounts are former Canadian prime ministers Brian Mulroney, Paul Martin and Jean Chretien, the Queen, U.S. commerce secretary Wilbur Ross, and the past and current chief fundraisers for the federal Liberal party.
Neither the CRA nor any court has determined the Canadians did anything wrong.
(OF COURSE THEY DID NOTHING WRONG! What they did was merely IMMORAL! And it is standard LIE-beral policy! Former LIE-beral finance minister and later lame duck prime minister Paul Martin took huge flack for exporting his hundreds of millions of dollars worth of Canada Steamship Lines assets out of Canada WITHOUT the need to pay any export duties- thanks to handy loopholes he left in his own legislation!)
Offshore accounts are used by wealthy individuals and corporations around the world as a perfectly legal way to reduce their tax burden, although the anonymity provided to account holders has also led to associations with tax evasion, money laundering and organized crime.
(Tax evasion? Gosh- Cdn and Yankee govt have reciprocal agreements to collect FULL taxes from their citizens living and working in each others country- it is pay up or risk losing old age pension or even citizenship! But a LIE-beral- living and working in Canada can magically AVOID Cdn taxes simply by letting HIS MONEY live in the Bahamas!)
The Paradise Papers were obtained by German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, including CBC/Radio Canada and the Toronto Star which published details on Sunday.
The media outlets did not disclose how they acquired the documents, which consist primarily of client records of offshore law firm Appleby, as well as some records from offshore corporate services firms Estera and Asiaciti Trust.
In an apparent attempt to pre-empt the news reports, the CRA issued a statement last Friday, detailing the agency’s efforts to crack down on tax evasion and tax avoidance, which intensified following the first huge leak of tax-haven records, known as the Panama Papers, in April 2016.
(Too bad CRA is falling down on the job! In Vancouver- even as local people despaired over soaring house prices and evidence suggested that housing market was being driven by foreign investors- local media such as Vancouver Sun detailed how CRA agents were letting foreigners OFF the tax hook! CRA agents need to meet quotas and so they go after “low hanging fruit”- meaning Cdn citizens who owe pennies- while ignoring foreigners in Canada who owe BIG MONEY- because CRA agents do not wish to risk the time and resources to mount a costly and time consuming case against people with a foreign home base! Its th usual LAZY LIE-beral routine- collect hundred of dollars from Cdns and IGNORE tens of thousands of dollars that can be collected from foreigners using Canada as their secure and safe financial playground! After all, who would want to invest their money in some third world pesthole when you could be sitting pretty in beautiful and SAFE B.C?)
The agency said it’s invested $1 billion to tackle the problem and currently has more than 990 audits and more than 42 criminal investigations underway related to offshore tax havens.
As a result of audits over the last two years, the CRA said it identified some $25 billion in unpaid taxes, interest and penalties. And last year, it levied more than $44 million in penalties on tax advisers who facilitated non-compliance with Canadian tax laws.
(Yes- CRA has been stung by news media reports of its failure to prosecute foreign tax evaders here in Canada and are now apparently doing a few high profile “show trials” -while ignoring The Paradise Papers as much as possible!)
The agency said it’s also working closely with 36 other countries in the Joint International Taskforce on Shared Intelligence and Collaboration on more effective ways to detect and deal with tax evasion and avoidance.
Evidently anticipating Sunday’s release of the Paradise Papers, the CRA promised to do more should new details of questionable practices emerge.
(Oh? CRA will deal with “questionable practices” as they emerge? But NOTHING LIE-berals do is “questionable” in their eyes- even when the rest of us DISAGREE! One has only to look at the kerfuffle over ethics related the Trudope Christmas vacation with Aga Khan! If Our idiot Boy Justin was so certain he did nothing wrong then WHY did he LIE? He did not lie once- he actually lied twice- his first lie was exposed so he lied again and got caught out again- so now he is stone walling auditor and ethics commissioner investigations into the matter!)
(And what of LIE-beral stone walling from LIE-beral finance minister Morneau and his sale of “Morneau/Shepple stocks? Bill Morneau sold $10 million dollars of Morneau Shepple pension fund stocks ONE WEEK before introducing govt legislation that depressed the value of the stock by five percent! Clearly the sale was GREAT for Morneau but NOT so good for the sap who bought the suddenly devalued stock! Morneau insists -and is supported by Our idiot Boy - that he has done nothing wrong-thpigh the guy who bought the stock is probably muttering about Morneau DECEPTION! And our toothless ethics commissioner has fined Morneau two hundred dollars for this! As the shame of the event seems not to be fading a shamed Morneau has donated his profit from the stock sale to charity in hope we will forgive what he wants us to believe is a one time LIE-beral error in judgement! Sadly, other news reports suggest that at least 5 other senior LIE-berals are using the same so called “screen” as Morneau- the one that was supposed to protect him from just such conflict of interest charges AND FAILED! Oh well- with LIE-berals it is legally safest to do as they say and NOT as they do!)
“In the event that further details come to light, CRA will not hesitate to investigate and take further action as warranted,” the agency said.
“The government of Canada will continue to work with the provinces and territories, as well as other tax administrations and all other partners, to ensure a tax system that works for Canadians. In addition, the CRA will continue to build on its capacity to detect and crack down on tax cheats and ensure that those who choose to break the law face the consequences and are held accountable for their actions.”
(Considering soaring Cdn debt levels it is CLEAR our tax system IS NOT working for ordinary Cdns but IS making govt union Hogs RICH!)
A spokesman for National Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier, said on Sunday that “the CRA is reviewing links to Canadian entities and will take appropriate action in regards to the Paradise Papers.”
Tax avoidance measures involving offshore trusts are legal, provided that the trust is genuinely managed offshore and that Canadian taxes are paid on any Canadian contributions.
(In other words LIE-berals and others are fully protected by tax word games!)
According to the Toronto Star and CBC/Radio Canada, the records suggest that Stephen Bronfman and his family’s Montreal-based investment company, Claridge Inc., were linked to an offshore trust in the Cayman Islands that may have used questionable means to avoid paying millions in taxes.
Bronfman is a close friend of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who tapped him in 2013 to fill the role of revenue chair — effectively, the chief fundraiser — for the federal Liberal party.
The offshore trust also involved former chief Liberal fundraiser and senator Leo Kolber and his son, Jonathan Kolber.
William Brock, a lawyer for Bronfman and Jonathan Kolber, denied any impropriety, telling the CBC that his clients “have always acted properly and ethically, including fully complying with all applicable laws.” Any suggestion of “false documentation, fraud, ‘disguised’ conduct, tax evasion or similar conduct is false,” Brock added.
The Prime Minister’s Office referred questions about Bronfman to the Liberal party.
Party spokesman Braeden Caley said Bronfman’s role is strictly a volunteer position devoted to fundraising, “not policy decisions.” The revenue chair is a “non-voting position” on the party’s national board, Caley added.
(Uh huh- and how many other Cdns would be equally willing to “volunteer” to serve LIE-berals in exchange for a ride on the govt gravy train? Oh- wait- we know that civil service unions will ALL jump for joy aboard the LIE-beral gravy train! And HOW MUCH money have LIE-berals raised from assorted business people in their “pay for access” events in which movers and shakers get the chance to bend the ears of LIE-beral ministers? Who would pay thousands of dollars to eat a cheap meal with a LIE-beral? UNLESS political preferment was a LARGE side order on that meal?)
(Its all very cozy for LIE-berals and their friends on the govt gravy train! With Morneau and others basically telling us: “nothing to concern you here- now get back to work peons- we are entitled to gravy and you are entitled to support US!)