When provincial budgets lose billions because the feds don't have a grip on the growing use of tax havens - that's no small matter.
But as far as C4TF can tell, the November 2012 Premiers Meeting in Halifax was the first time the phrase "tax havens" came up in conversation at that regular gathering.
Canadians for Tax Fairness and Nova Scotians for Tax Fairness will be holding a Press Conference in Room Windsor 1 at the Prince George Hotel at 1725 Market Street in Halifax, at 10:00am to 11:00am on Friday, November 23, to address their request that the Premiers support the “Bring our Tax Dollars Home” campaign. This initiative targets the use of Tax Havens, by some Canadians, to hide their wealth and to avoid federal and provincial taxation.
In a letter to the Premiers, CTF Coordinator Dennis Howlett wrote,
November 16, 2012
RE: Impact of Tax Havens on Provincial Budgets
Dear Premier,
Later this week, newscasts will be carrying stories of how premiers are meeting in Halifax to discuss finances. It’s an important topic. Provinces deliver healthcare, education and other programs that affect the day-to-day lives of Canadians.
by Murray Dobbin
There is a class of people and corporations in this country whose illicit financial practices have an enormous negative impact on the country and its citizens. Yet the law and order regime of Stephen Harper barely plays lip service to the issue of tax evasion through tax havens.
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.
C4TF launched TackleTaxHavens campaign yesterday with a session on Parliament Hill .
It certainly got Canadians talking. One Ontario Conservative MP called us “radical” for asking the government to examine the growing problem of tax cheats using tax havens.
The tax haven issue has also hit the airwaves.. Take a look at this report that ran on Global National News.
James Henry, expert mondialement reconnu en matière de paradis fiscaux, sera à Ottawa le lundi 29 octobre 2012 pour participer au lancement de la campagne Luttons contre les paradis fiscaux au Canada.
La campagne sera lancée lors d'une réception sur la Colline du Parlement, qui commence à 17 heures 30 de 17 h 30 à 19 h.
James Henry, an internationally recognized authority on tax havens will be in Ottawa, Monday, October 29, 2012 to help launch Canada’s Tackle Tax Havens Campaign.
The campaign will be launched at a reception for MPs and Senators on Parliament Hill at 5:30pm.
The national campaign is organized by Canadians for Tax Fairness, a partner of the Global Tax Justice Network. It features postcards and other messages to Canadians from a cartoon Tax Dollar trapped in offshore tax havens.
Liberal Senator Percy Downe has written Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page, asking that he investigate the Canada Revenue Agency’s (CRA) failure to apply sufficient resources to fight overseas tax evasion.
