Category: Tax Havens

American Backlash, Potential Pipeline Catastrophe, and Other Facts

  Isn’t it so typical of the National Post to publish a long negative article by an American (Steven Globerman) attacking Canada’s recent potash decision as being unbeneficial from the standpoint of public policy.  Does anyone care what this guy thinks? *     *     *     *     * A real potential for catastrophe!  The proposed Enbridge Gateway [...]

Sunday December 5th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Electoral Reform, First Nations, Oil, Potash, Tax Havens, US Politics | 1 Comment »

Canada’s Tax Cheats, Brazil’s Amazing Achievement, Guns, Ethanol…

  It’s hard to accept the Harper government’s recent decision to go easy on Canadian tax cheats who have sent their money abroad to avoid paying income tax in Canada.  Mind you, it’s a typical Harper government move.  Know many middle-income or poor people who have secret bank accounts in Switzerland, the Cayman Islands or [...]

Saturday July 17th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Climate Change, Guns, Income Disparity, Tax Havens, Taxation, US Politics | Comments Off

Budget Patriotism?

  How’s that again? Headlining their report about the new budget opening the country up for even more foreign ownership and foreign control, the Globe tells us that Harper’s budget speech signals greater patriotism. Amazing. *     *     *     *     * We know that under pressure from the IRS, the giant Swiss Bank, UBS, was forced [...]

Thursday March 11th, 2010 in Canadian Politics, Foreign Takeovers, Health Care, Tax Havens | Comments Off

Lobbyists / U.S. Health Care’s Scandalous Profits

  I don’t often agree with that notorious continentalist Diane Francis, but recently she has been very good on a couple of issues, namely the rip offs of Americans and Canadians fraudulently using  tax havens and foreign banks to avoid paying income taxes.  This, of course, means the rest of us have to pay higher [...]

Wednesday March 3rd, 2010 in Health Care, Lobbyists, Tax Havens | Comments Off