{"id":90,"date":"2014-12-18T09:51:51","date_gmt":"2014-12-18T14:51:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/?page_id=90"},"modified":"2024-04-30T12:07:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T17:07:53","slug":"ahomepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/ahomepage\/","title":{"rendered":"homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width:30%; float: left; padding-right: 5%; display: inline;\" class=\"post_column_1\"><p><br \/>\n\n<!-- iframe plugin v.4.9 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/114694559\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n<br \/>\n<strong>The Great Canadian Tax Dodge was first broadcast on TVOntario on February 4<sup>th<\/sup>, 2014.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThis revealing and brilliant film explains the strategies used by tax avoiders and demonstrates the damage they cause. It contrasts the scammers who promote tax avoidance schemes and tax havens with the outnumbered and out-financed but public-spirited campaigners who are leading the fight against them. &nbsp;For the sake of our democracies, hopefully, it will spur governments to take action against rogue states that act as tax havens and against tax avoiders and the professional organizations and individuals that facilitate them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Neil Brooks<br \/>\nProfessor Emeritus and Senior Scholar<br \/>\nOsgoode Hall Law School<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/div> <div style=\"width:30%; float: left; padding-right: 3%; display: inline;\" class=\"post_column_1\"><p><br \/>\n<strong>THE GREAT CANADIAN TAX DODGE<br \/>\n<\/strong>It is the product of a three-year investigation by director\/producer Robin Benger into the extent of tax avoidance by Canadian entities in Canada and abroad, mostly via offshore tax havens in the Caribbean. \u201c<em>I was astonished at the systematic pervasiveness of tax avoidance by most mainstream Canadian companies on a multi-billion-dollar scale with the apparent neglect of several generations of Canadian finance ministers<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The documentary follows the story of a fair-tax campaigner in Ottawa as he struggles to create a national movement; it looks at the views of \u201cthe Wayne Gretzky of tax lawyers\u201d, who asserts that legal tax avoidance is a good thing; it examines legal cases that arguably lay the blame on the courts for allowing companies to deprive Canadians of millions of dollars of taxable revenue; and it reports on the seminal Canadian influence in the setting up and running of the Cayman Islands as a tax haven, and how tiny offshore jurisdictions like the Caymans have become the agents of investment in major Canadian economic sectors.<\/p>\n<p>Among those interviewed are John Christensen, James Henry and Dennis Howlett from the Tax Justice movement; Antony Travers, one of the masterminds behind the Caymans Islands financial system; Al Meghji, Canada\u2019s most successful tax law trial lawyer; Michael Wilson, former Minister of Finance; and David Dodge, former Governor of the Bank of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Produced by Robin Benger and Christopher Sumpton<br \/>\nComputer animation: Mark Alberts<br \/>\nMusic: Kurt Swinghammer<br \/>\n<\/div> <div style=\"width:25%; float: left; padding-right: 3%; display: inline;\" class=\"post_column_1\"><p><\/p>\n<h2>Interview transcripts<\/h2>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/interviews\/tom-bergin\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/files\/2014\/12\/Tom-Bergin-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Tom Bergin\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail \">Tom Bergin<br \/>\nJournalist and author<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/interviews\/john-christensen\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/files\/2014\/12\/John-Christensen-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"John Christensen\" title=\"John Christensen\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail \">John Christensen<br \/>\nco-founder of the Tax Justice Network<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/interviews\/david-dodge\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/files\/2014\/12\/David-Dodge3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"David Dodge\" title=\"David Dodge\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail \">David Dodge<br \/>\nex Governor of the Bank of Canada for 8 years<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/interviews\/peter-gillespie\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/files\/2014\/12\/Peter-Gillespie-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Peter Gillespie\" title=\"Peter Gillespie\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail \">Peter Gillespie<br \/>\nHalifax Initiative + Canadians for Tax Fairness.<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/interviews\/James-Henry\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/files\/2014\/12\/James-Henry-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"James Henry\" title=\"James Henry\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail \">James Henry<br \/>\neconomist, lawyer, and investigative journalist<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/interviews\/Dennis-Howlett\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/files\/2014\/12\/Dennis-Howlett-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Dennis Howlettn\" title=\"Dennis Howlett\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail \">Dennis Howlett<br \/>\nExecutive Director of Canadians for Tax Fairness<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/interviews\/Linda-McQuaig\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/files\/2014\/12\/Linda-McQuaig-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Linda McQuaig\" title=\"Linda McQuaig\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail \">Linda McQuaig<br \/>\njournalist, public speaker and political activist<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/interviews\/Al-Meghji\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/files\/2014\/12\/Al-Meghji-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Al Meghji\" title=\"Al Meghji\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail \">Al Meghji<br \/>\n2015Toronto Tax\u2019s \u201cLawyer of the Year\u201d<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/interviews\/Rick Smith\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/files\/2014\/12\/Rick-Smith-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Rick Smith\" title=\"Rick Smith\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail \">Rick Smith<br \/>\nDirector of Enviromental Defence<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/interviews\/michael-wilson\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cogentbenger.com\/canadiantaxdodge\/files\/2014\/12\/Michael-Wilson-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Michael Wilson\" title=\"Michael Wilson\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail \">Michael Wilson<br \/>\nex Minister of Finance<\/a><\/div>\n<p><\/div><br \/>\n<div style=\"clear: 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