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Need I remind Pierre Poilievre et al that some folks have a long memory and keep good records as well?

 
 


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From: "Poilievre, Pierre - Assistant 1" <pierre.poilievre.a1@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:49:00 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Zach Dubinsky I just called again
Correct? BTW I called Jake Stewart too

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Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Zach Dubinsky I just called again
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Subject: Automatic reply: KPMG

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---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:35:02 -0400
Subject: Fwd: KPMG
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> Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 11:57:18 -0400
> Subject: Hey Zach Dubinsky Remember when Don Pittis of CBC said "even
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/stewart-defends-trucker-support-1.6340068

 

New Brunswick MP defends his support for truckers protesting COVID rules

Conservative Jake Stewart says he didn't see any bad behaviour by protesters in Ottawa

 
Jacques Poitras · CBC News ·
Miramichi-Grand Lake Conservative MP Jake Stewart, far right, and Ottawa-area Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre, centre, posed for photos with truckers on Jan. 29. (Jake Stewart/Twitter)

New Brunswick Conservative MP Jake Stewart is defending his support for protesting truckers in Ottawa, saying he didn't encounter any of the "repugnant and despicable" behaviour that marred the movement.

The former provincial cabinet minister and first-term MP for Miramichi-Grand Lake said he only met about 20 truckers on the outskirts of the capital leading up to the start of the protest.

"Pretty much all of the ones I met were actually vaccinated and they were more interested in mandates and lockdowns than they were vaccinations," he said in an interview with CBC's Information Morning Fredericton recorded on Friday and broadcast Monday.

He said he didn't see any swastika-bearing protesters that have been shown in news reports.

"I didn't notice anything like that where I was, but I obviously know some of those things happened," he said.

"Negative ideology will always find a way to attach itself to something like this." 

Stewart and Ottawa-area Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre posed for photos with truckers on Jan. 29, the day before the protest began in earnest. The two MPs also joined crowds on highway overpasses supporting drivers as they headed into the city the next day.

Stewart said it's "never a bad idea to stop by a demonstration" and hear what people have to say, recalling his encounters with anti-fracking protesters when he was a Progressive Conservative MLA.

One spit on him and another started contacting him at his home.

"There might have been 400 people in that protest, but there were only two or three that I actually worried about."

He said being "a good public figure" means listening. 

"You don't have to support it. You don't have to think it's 100 per cent accurate. You just have to understand what people are saying."

People and vehicles fill Wellington Street near Parliament Hill. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press)

Stewart at first questioned the fact some of the protest organizers espoused white nationalist and Islamophobic views. "Has that been proven?" he asked. 

Stewart said he did not agree with racist or Islamophobic views and said truckers he knows in Miramichi-Grand Lake are good people.

"So clearly there's a large amount of truckers in this country who don't know what you're talking about right now," he said. "Maybe they're just finding it out."

He blamed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for provoking the more extreme elements of the protest by generalizing about the truckers.

He accused Trudeau of calling "every one of them" racist before the protest even began. 

"I think that did add to it and I think that maybe potentially brought out some of these more negative elements." 

Trudeau said Jan. 26 that "the small fringe minority of people who are on their way to Ottawa who are holding unacceptable views" did not represent the vast majority of Canadians willing to get vaccinated to protect each other.

Vehicles line Wellington Street just west of Ottawa's Parliament Hill. (Blair Gable/Reuters)

The protest has been pegged to federal policies that require cross-border truckers to be vaccinated to enter Canada. The U.S. has the same requirement.

Conservatives including Stewart argue this disrupts supply chains, including for food. But experts say with the vast majority of truckers vaccinated, shortages of some grocery items have been caused by a combination of factors.

Stewart wouldn't say whether he voted for the removal of Conservative leader Erin O'Toole last week. MPs voted 73-45 to replace O'Toole.

The vote took place under rules established by the Reform Act, which gives party caucuses in the House of Commons the power to vote out their leaders without the involvement of grassroots party members.

Stewart described the experience as "kind of surreal" and unlike anything he'd seen during 11 years in provincial politics, where caucuses don't have the power to oust a leader.

Stewart won Miramichi-Grand Lake last fall after O'Toole travelled to New Brunswick to promise a Conservative government would fund construction of a bypass road around Miramichi to address congestion.

Stewart, a former provincial cabinet minister, was elected to Parliament last fall. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)

At the time, Stewart said the promise was "really good for me as a candidate, but it's also very good, more importantly, for the citizens here."

The new MP said he was unsure what drove the anti-O'Toole sentiment in the federal Conservative Party.

"Every political party has dissent. Dissent is part of our system," he said, adding the unhappiness "had been brewing for a while and it just got there."

He said the federal party is "a big blue tent," and he's confident a new leader can unite the party in a way that makes it open to a range of opinions.

Stewart endorsed Poilievre on Saturday after the Ottawa-area MP announced he was running for the job.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jacques Poitras

Provincial Affairs reporter

Jacques Poitras has been CBC's provincial affairs reporter in New Brunswick since 2000. Raised in Moncton, he also produces the CBC political podcast Spin Reduxit.

With files from Information Morning Fredericton

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David Amos 
Welcome to the circus
 
 
 
 
David Amos 
Methinks Higgy enjoyed the circus today and no doubt chuckled as much as I did when he saw the photo of a wannabe PM sitting on the trailer with his former leadership opponent and couple of truckers from the liberal version of "The Place to Be" N'esy Pas? 
 
Kyle Woodman   
Reply to @David Amos: me thinks Higgs is not above licking the boots of Mr. Poilievre. N’est pas?
 
David Amos   
Reply to @Kyle Woodman: Methinks everybody knows he with the gold makes the rules Hence if Poilievre becomes the leader of the blue coats Higgy will lick Jake's jack boots with relish N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, Apr 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Subject: Re: WOW The N.B. Power Board of Directors is still pretending that KPMG is ethical
To: Tammy.Scott-Wallace <Tammy.Scott-Wallace@gnb.ca>, <AlexandreCedric.Doucet@gnb.ca>, <Sam.Johnston@gnb.ca>, jacques.j.leblanc <Jacques.J.Leblanc@gnb.ca>, Marco.LeBlanc <Marco.LeBlanc@gnb.ca>, <Ian.Lee@gnb.ca>, Eric.Mallet <Eric.Mallet@gnb.ca>, Mitton, Megan (LEG) <Megan.Mitton@gnb.ca>, <Luc.Robichaud@gnb.ca>, <Natacha.Vautour@gnb.ca>, Weir, Rob (LEG) <Rob.Weir@gnb.ca>, Lori <lclark@nbpower.com>, John Furey <JohnFurey@fureylegal.com>, Rene.Legacy <Rene.Legacy@gnb.ca>, David.Coon <David.Coon@gnb.ca>, Robert. Jones <Robert.Jones@cbc.ca>, fin.minfinance-financemin.fin <fin.minfinance-financemin.fin@canada.ca>, Susan.Holt <Susan.Holt@gnb.ca>, <jennifer.sweet@cbc.ca>, <JOHN.HERRON@gnb.ca>, <Don.Monahan@gnb.ca>, Bill.Oliver <Bill.Oliver@gnb.ca>, Wayne.Long <Wayne.Long@parl.gc.ca>, Ginette.PetitpasTaylor <Ginette.PetitpasTaylor@parl.gc.ca>, Glen.Savoie <Glen.Savoie@gnb.ca>, <eric.beaulieu@gnb.ca>
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---------- Original message ----------
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 10:34:21 -0300
Subject: Need I remind Pierre Poilievre et al that some folks have a
long memory and keep good records as well?
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<jcarpay@jccf.ca>, "Petrie, Jamie" <JPetrie@nbpower.com>,
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From: "Poilievre, Pierre - Assistant 1" <pierre.poilievre.a1@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:49:00 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Zach Dubinsky I just called again
Correct? BTW I called Jake Stewart too

Please note, this email address is no longer monitored.

Please contact pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca or 613-992-2772.

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Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2022 20:19:49 +0000
Subject: Réponse automatique : UPDATE - The Malicious Prosecution of Tamara Lich

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Subject: Automatic reply: Fwd1: Hey Nate Deployment of Emergencies Act
passed with support of the NDP because of Trudeau's predictable
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From: "Bradley, Heather" <heather.bradley@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2022 20:17:26 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Nate Deployment of Emergencies Act
passed with support of the NDP because of Trudeau's predictable
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Poilievre, Pierre - M.P." <pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 06:17:40 +0000
Subject: I am 100% against the use of the Emergencies Act
To:

Thank you for your message. I appreciate the chance to hear your
thoughts and concerns.

I am 100% against the use of the Emergencies Act.

You can click the image to watch my speech on the Emergencies Act or
you can read the transcript below.

[cid:1721f8f1-5f12-4beb-afe8-31728f0b6973]<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8NkdVZ3-NM>


Sincerely,



Pierre Poilievre P.C., M.P.  Carleton

Shadow Minister of Finance

SK



[PoilievrePierre_CPC]<http://www.pierremp.ca/>    [Facebook]


Reject the Emergencies Act
February 20, 2022

Madam Speaker, there is indeed an emergency in this country. Indeed,
there are a series of emergencies.
There is the emergency of the family whose 14-year-old daughter has
attempted suicide after two years of isolation from sports, social
interaction and other healthy activities that sustain a happy and
heartful mind. There is the emergency of the federal public servant
who, for unrecognized medical reasons, cannot get vaccinated and is
now deprived of an income and a job. There is the emergency of the
trucker who was hailed as a hero while driving our goods and services
across international borders unvaccinated for over two years, who
suddenly was declared a public health threat and deprived of his job
as well. There is the emergency of the 32-year-old still living in his
mom's basement, because under the pretext of COVID, the government
printed so much money that it now costs $836,000 for the average
house. There is the emergency of the single mother trembling as she
walks down the grocery aisle because she cannot afford a basket of
affordable goods, because the government has inflated her cost of
living. There is the emergency created by the regulatory gatekeepers
who keep people in poverty by blockading first nations people from the
ability to develop their own resources and blockading immigrants from
the ability to work in the very professions for which they are trained
and qualified.
These are the emergencies we should be addressing, but instead, the
Prime Minister has created a new emergency. What is his motivation? Of
course, it is to divide and conquer. How did this all start? Let us
remember that the Prime Minister suddenly imposed a brand new vaccine
mandate on the very truckers who had been free to travel across
borders without a vaccine, and he did it at a time when provinces and
countries around the world were removing vaccine mandates. He did it
to a group of people who are by far the least likely to transmit a
virus because they work and sleep all by themselves 22 hours a day.
Media asked his health minister and his chief medical officer for
evidence supporting the decision. Neither had any. In fact, the
medical officer said it was time to return to normalcy, yet the Prime
Minister, in spite of all these facts, brought in this new mandate to
deprive people of their living, because he knew that it would spark in
them a sense of desperation. If he could deprive them of their
incomes, they would be so desperate that they would have to rise up
and protest, and then he could further demonize them, call them names,
attack their motives, belittle them and dehumanize them in order to
galvanize the majority against the minority.
This must be the political opportunity his Deputy Prime Minister spoke
about when she described what COVID represented to the government. The
Liberals have attempted to amplify and take advantage of every pain,
every fear and every tragedy that has struck throughout this pandemic
in order to divide one person against another and replace the people's
freedom with the government's power.
At the beginning of the pandemic, it started immediately. The
government attempted to ram through a law that would have given it the
power to raise any tax to any level for any reason without a vote in
Parliament. It tried to pass Bill C-10 to strip away free speech
online. Thankfully, Conservatives blocked it from doing so. The Prime
Minister's authorities have said they want to track Canadian cell
phones for the next five years. Now this, the Emergencies Act, is the
latest and greatest example of attacks on our freedom.
Ostensibly, it was meant to stop blockades, which had already ended
before he even brought forward this legislation. In Alberta, in
Manitoba, and at the Ambassador Bridge, those blockades were ended
peacefully, in some cases with protesters hugging the police officers
and bringing the matters to a successful close so that goods and
services could resume.
Instead, in that context, the Prime Minister brought in a law that not
even Jean Chrétien brought in after 9/11 killed dozens of Canadians in
a terrorist attack, that not even former prime minister Harper brought
in when a terrorist murdered a Canadian soldier at the war monument
and came running into Centre Block spraying bullets in all directions,
and that not even the current Prime Minister brought in when blockades
by first nations were standing in the way of those who were attempting
to build the Coastal GasLink pipeline. For the first time in this
law's three-decade history, the Prime Minister brings it in to address
what he says was a protest in front of Parliament Hill.
Ironically, this power goes beyond any of the protests and/or
blockades the Prime Minister claims to want to address. For example,
it would allow governments and banks to seize people's bank accounts
and money for donating to the wrong political cause. One journalist
asked the justice minister if small sums donated, for example, to
support an end to vaccine mandates could get someone's bank account
frozen. The minister did not deny it. Instead, he said that people who
make donations of that kind should be very worried.
To freeze people's bank accounts is not just an attack on their
finances but on their personal security. If their bank accounts are
frozen, they cannot buy food, they cannot buy fuel, they cannot pay
their children's daycare fees and, under this law, they can face this
personal attack without being charged with a single, solitary crime.
The Prime Minister says that this is time-limited, yet his own finance
minister said she wants some of the tools to be permanent. He said it
will be geographically targeted, yet his own parliamentary secretary
for justice said that “the act technically applies to all of Canada”.
The rules apply everywhere and indefinitely.
Finally, there is nothing in the act that limits the kinds of
financial actions that could lead to people's accounts being frozen,
and if they are frozen unjustifiably, the act specifically bans people
from suing either the bank or the government for that unjustifiable
treatment, opening the door for people who have nothing whatsoever to
do with either the blockades or the protest having their bank accounts
frozen without cause.
The Prime Minister says he wants to do this to remove the blockades,
blockades that have already been removed. He says he needs these
unprecedented powers in order to bring our country's order back to the
pre-protest period, although across this country that has already
occurred.
I say to the House that I oppose this unjustifiable power grab and, as
prime minister of Canada, I will ensure that no such abuse of power
ever happens again.
However, I say that we should end some of these blockades. Madame
Speaker, we can remove all of the blockades. Let us remove the
mandates and restrictions that are blocking people's livelihoods
today. Let us end the blockades on freedom of speech that the
government is trying to erect with its online censorship bill. Let us
end the regulatory blockades so that builders can provide affordable
homes, first nations can develop their economies and escape poverty,
and newcomers can actually work in the professions for which they were
trained. Let us remove the inflationary taxes, deficits, and money
printing so that people's wages can again buy them homes, food and
fuel, let us remove that blockade.
Let us get people back in control of their lives by making Canada the
freest place on earth: free to speak, free to think, free to work,
free to worship, free to own a home and build one's own destiny. Let
us bind up the nation's wounds with compassion and respect and unite
our country for freedom.


---------- Forwarded message ----------
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and Holland that some folks have a long memory and keep good records
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Media Relations-PAB / Relation avec les médias-DGAP (CRA/ARC)"
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:48:34 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Zach Dubinsky I just called again
Correct? BTW I called Jake Stewart too


Thank you for contacting the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Media
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4.            1-613-940-8495 (if calling from outside Canada/USA)

For other commonly used CRA phone numbers please visit our contact

For information on scams or to report deceptive telemarketing, contact
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Higgs, Premier Blaine (PO/CPM)" <Blaine.Higgs@gnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:51:16 +0000
Subject: RE: Hey Zach Dubinsky I just called again Correct? BTW I
called Jake Stewart too

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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Poilievre, Pierre - Assistant 1" <pierre.poilievre.a1@parl.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:49:00 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Zach Dubinsky I just called again
Correct? BTW I called Jake Stewart too

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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Media Relations-PAB / Relation avec les médias-DGAP (CRA/ARC)"
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 16:48:34 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: Hey Zach Dubinsky I just called again
Correct? BTW I called Jake Stewart too


Thank you for contacting the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) Media
Relations team. Our office hours are Monday to Friday between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. (Eastern time), excluding national and statutory holidays.

Please note that if you are not a news reporter, your email will not
be addressed.

You can write to the Minister

If you wish to speak with a CRA agent, please use the phone numbers below.

1.            1-800-959-8281 (Individual tax enquiries)
2.            1-800-387-1193 (Benefit enquiries)
3.            1-800-959-5525 (Businesses and self-employed individuals)
4.            1-613-940-8495 (if calling from outside Canada/USA)

For other commonly used CRA phone numbers please visit our contact

For information on scams or to report deceptive telemarketing, contact
the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC) online at
1-888-495-8501.

If you believe you may be the victim of fraud or have given personal
or financial information by mistake, contact your local police
service. For more information, go to

********************************************************************************************
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2.            1-800-387-1194 (Prestations fiscales)
3.            1-800-959-7775 (Renseignments des entreprises)
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---------- Original message ----------
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:48:27 -0400
Subject: Hey Zach Dubinsky I just called again Correct? BTW I called
Jake Stewart too
"Shannon.Stubbs" <Shannon.Stubbs@parl.gc.ca>, "Diane.Lebouthillier"
<Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.gc.ca>, George J Russell TIGTA
"dean.buzza" <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "mark.vespucci"
<mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, "Mark.Blakely"
"claude.poirier" <claude.poirier@snb.ca>, "clare.barry"
"blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>, "Ross.Wetmore"
"robert.mckee" <robert.mckee@gnb.ca>, "andrea.anderson-mason"
andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca, "Richard.Bragdon"
<freedomreport.ca@gmail.com>, Katherine McBrearty
kingpatrick278 <kingpatrick278@gmail.com>
"steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>, "stefanos.karatopis"
Norman Traversy <traversy.n@gmail.com>,
"fin.minfinance-financemin.fin"



Thursday, 30 May 2019
CRA signs secret settlement with wealthy KPMG clients involved in
offshore tax scheme


---------- Original message ----------
From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:35:08 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: KPMG
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>

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---------- Original message ----------
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:35:08 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: KPMG

Thank you for your email.

I am out of the office. Please contact Jeremy at
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Manjit


---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:35:02 -0400
Subject: Fwd: KPMG


Media contact list – Canada Revenue Agency


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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)" <PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:43:30 +0000
Subject: KPMG
To:

Dear Taxpayer:

Thank you for your correspondence regarding the KPMG case, which
attracted media attention. Thank you also for your understanding
regarding the delay of this response.

As Minister of National Revenue, my goal is to make sure the Canada
Revenue Agency (CRA) offers services that are fair, helpful, and easy
to use. This continues to be my priority and my focus as I devote my
efforts to delivering tangible results to taxpayers.

Although I cannot comment on a specific case, I can give you the
following general information. Settlements are concluded independently
from the Minister of National Revenue and the Minister's Office to
ensure the integrity of the tax system. They involve an independent
process within the CRA, in collaboration with the Department of
Justice.

In tax disputes, there is limited flexibility on settlement amounts
because CRA tax disputes are subject to the legal principles set out
in the Income Tax Act. The CRA is bound by the principles of tax law
and the rules arising from Canadian tax legislation. For example, when
a tax dispute involves an amount of $50,000, the taxpayer and the CRA
can agree on a lesser amount only if the determination of this amount
is based in law.

Settlements can also resolve tax issues that are not before the Court.
These settlements are carried out through an agreement called "minutes
of settlement," which is signed by a CRA official and the taxpayer.
Because this agreement is not public, taxpayers may see the use of
settlements as a lack of transparency. This is why I have asked the
CRA to review its procedures to find ways it can ensure greater
transparency regarding why it enters into settlements. Taxpayers
expect the tax system to be fair and equitable, and the CRA works
continuously to make sure that it is.

The CRA remains committed to combatting tax evasion and aggressive tax
avoidance. Individuals who participate in illegal tax strategies must
face the consequences of their actions, and taxpayers expect nothing
less.

I appreciate the opportunity to respond to your concerns and trust the
information I have provided is helpful.

Sincerely,


The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
Minister of National Revenue



> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)"
> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:48:25 +0000
> Subject: RE: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes -
> 2017-02631
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
> The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
> correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
> comments.
>
> Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
> électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
> commentaires.
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>
> ---------- Original message ----------
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> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:48:45 +0000
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Your various correspondence about abusive tax
> schemes - 2017-02631
> To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
>
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> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 16:48:20 -0400
> Subject: Fwd: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes -
> 2017-02631
> To: Doug.Gaetz@cra-arc.gc.ca, "Diane.Lebouthillier"
> "andrew.scheer" <andrew.scheer@parl.gc.ca>, leader
> Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, "Bill.Morneau"
> "jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> Date: Fri, 26 May 2017 22:23:12 +0000
> Subject: Réponse automatique : YO Jean-Yves Duclos Re My Old Age
> pension etc Well May 24th came and went and I just called you (819 654
> 5546) and your Deputy Ms Levonian (819 9535603) about my right to to
> sue you and your minions in Federal Court
>
> Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable Diane Lebouthillier, députée de
> Gaspésie - Îles-de-la-Madeleine. Votre courriel recevra toute
> l'attention voulue.
>
> Thank you for writing to the Hon. Diane Lebouthillier, Member of
> Parliament for Gaspésie - îles-de-la-Madeleine. Please be assured that
> your correspondence will receive every consideration.
>
>
>
> ---------- Original message ----------
> From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)" <PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca>
> Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000
> Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631
>
> Mr. David Raymond Amos
>
>
> Dear Mr. Amos:
>
> Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes,
> and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.
>
> This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way
> the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning,
> tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups
> that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an
> opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main
> strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.
>
> The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system,
> and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive
> tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the
> government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax
> evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of
> offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate
> federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and
> $2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.
>
> More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more
> auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams,
> increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized
> sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations
> and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at
> promoters of abusive tax schemes.
>
> On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve
> its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to
> its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program
> recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance
> Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international
> projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of
> the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
> Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the
> Panama Papers leaks.
>
> These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to
> protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and
> technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax
> arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To
> ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at
> promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased
> audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal
> investigations where warranted, and better communication with
> taxpayers.
>
> To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is
> increasing notifications and warnings through its communications
> products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants,
> and community groups so that they can become informed observers who
> can educate their clients.
>
> The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other
> representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax
> schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can
> lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution,
> court fines, and jail time.
>
> Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal
> investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for
> tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total,
> the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million
> and 734 months of jail time.
>
> When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA
> consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate
> solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming,
> and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts
> owed are considered.
>
> More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance
> scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the
> CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many
> of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The
> CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the
> Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these
> structures.
>
> To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in
> March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG
> and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate
> Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie
> University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in
> relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain
> the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this
> review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA
> had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man
> file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA
> took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was
> concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were
> appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were
> consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The
> report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with
> the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no
> evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA
> employees involved in the case.
>
> Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA
> employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts
> of interests between their current duties and any subsequent
> employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada.
> Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in
> protecting the CRA’s integrity.
>
> The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of
> misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions
> on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in
> disciplinary measures up to dismissal.
>
> All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant
> Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding
> cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which
> coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines
> whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures
> that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that
> compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward
> for tips received.
>
> The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in
> place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who
> provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion
> that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the
> OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible
> informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on
> information the CRA received through the OTIP.
>
> With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and
> internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the
> CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income.
> For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting
> information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of
> $10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a
> proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that
> raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs
> totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800
> taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with
> approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60
> audits.
>
> In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for
> tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for
> aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works
> daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre
> (JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The
> CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the
> working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing
> collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong
> relationships with the international community, which will help it
> refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.
>
> The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of
> success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a
> result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts.
> Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts
> relating to large businesses and multinational companies.
>
> But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and
> investments are underway.
>
> Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who
> choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax
> strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians
> expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on
> statement_from_thehonourabledianelebouthillierministerofnational.
>
> Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have
> provided is helpful.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
> Minister of National Revenue
>

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> Subject: Hey Zach Dubinsky Remember when Don Pittis of CBC said "even
> in wonderful Canada, you can't escape death or taxes."
>
> Go Figure
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>
> Full Committee Hearing
> Review of Current Investigations and Regulatory Actions Regarding the
> Mutual Fund Industry
>
> Date:  Thursday, November 20, 2003 Time:  02:00 PM
> Topic
> The Committee will meet in OPEN SESSION to conduct the second in a
> series of hearings on the “Review of Current Investigations and
> Regulatory Actions Regarding the Mutual Fund Industry.”
>
> Witnesses
> Witness Panel 1
>
>    Mr. Stephen M. Cutler
>    Director - Division of Enforcement
>    Securities and Exchange Commission
>          Cutler - November 20, 2003
>
>    Mr. Robert Glauber
>    Chairman and CEO
>    National Association of Securities Dealers
>          Glauber - November 20, 2003
>
>    Eliot Spitzer
>    Attorney General
>    State of New York
>          Spitzer - November 20, 2003
>
>
>
>
> Offshore 'mastermind' ran $300M 'shadow bank' for clients' tax-haven
> money, draft CRA report says
>
>
> Facing U.S. criminal charges, Fred Sharp also trying to fend off
> Canadian tax auditors
> Zach Dubinsky · CBC News · Posted: Nov 16, 2021 1:00 AM PT
>
> Fred Sharp, who ran a Vancouver-based firm that set up more than 1,000
> offshore companies for clients, a number of whom are now being audited
> by the Canada Revenue Agency, is seen in a still shot from a short
> film that his firm helped produce. (YouTube)
>
> Scores of wealthy Canadians had access to a Vancouver-based "shadow
> bank" that they used to buy homes, vacation properties, cars and
> airplane tickets with funds stashed in tax havens, according to a
> confidential draft report by the Canada Revenue Agency.
>
> The organization allegedly operated stealthily for years and was
> designed to hide money from authorities.
>
> The entities at the heart of the operation, known as the Corporate
> House group, opened dozens of shell companies and accounts in tax
> havens around the world, paid people thousands of dollars a month to
> front the companies and sign cheques without knowing what they were
> for, and even bought more than $8 million in untraceable gold coins in
> a seven-month span in 2013, the draft report says.
>
> Bank records show more than $338 million flowed through the
> organization's Canadian accounts between 2010 and 2016 alone, much of
> it coming directly from accounts in the Caribbean and Switzerland,
> according to the December 2018 document, a copy of which was obtained
> by CBC News.
>
> "Corporate House can be described as a shadow bank because it provides
> bank-like services to its clients, such as receiving and sending
> funds, making bill payments, and providing loans," the document reads.
> "Corporate House is structured in such a way to disguise true
> ownership, mask its activities and confuse those attempting to
> understand the relationships."
>
>    Panama Papers reveal Canada's top offshore middleman, Fred Sharp
> of Vancouver, linked to fraudster
>
>    U.S. authorities freeze assets, charge British Columbians in
> 'long-running fraudulent scheme'
>
> Corporate House is no longer operating under that name, and it's
> unclear if any successor entities are still running the business.
>
> But while it was active, the "mastermind behind the Corporate House
> operation," the CRA says, was a West Vancouver millionaire and
> ex-lawyer named Fred Sharp.
> CRA draft report details findings
>
> CBC/Radio-Canada first reported in 2016 that Sharp was the top
> Canadian offshore middleman in the Panama Papers leak and ran what was
> known as the "go to" investment firm for wealthy Canadians wanting
> privacy, and minimal tax, for their assets. He's also in the recent
> Pandora Papers leak and this past summer was charged in the United
> States with setting up offshore shell companies for a colossal
> pump-and-dump stock fraud.
>
> But the extent of his dealings in Canada — and what the Canada Revenue
> Agency (CRA) knew and was doing about his organization — have never
> been revealed with this much granularity.
>
> Among the details in the CRA's draft findings:
>
>    The CEO of a publicly traded mining company used Corporate House's
> services to disguise his income. Starting in 2011, instead of the
> mining company paying his salary directly, it was routed through a
> shell corporation registered in the Caribbean island of Nevis that
> billed $20,000 a month for the CEO's "consulting services." The
> executive declared only minimal income on his tax returns for the next
> four years but received $807,500 from a purported line of credit with
> a succession of Corporate House companies. The report calls the loans
> a "sham" designed "to give the impression to a third party, the CRA,
> that a credit facility existed between [Sharp] and the taxpayer,
> whereas ... everyone party to the arrangement knew the source of the
> money came not from loans but from the taxpayer's unreported income."
>    A Corporate House company called Charterhouse Capital Inc. routed
> $26 million through the trust account of a Vancouver lawyer during a
> seven-month span in 2013, and millions more in earlier years. Much of
> the money came from tax havens such as Belize, Nevis and the Marshall
> Islands. In one transaction, $2 million that came from a
> Samoa-registered company was used to pay down a Corporate House
> client's line of credit at TD Bank and a mortgage at Bank of Montreal.
> The report says Corporate House made "extensive use" of multiple
> lawyers' trust accounts. "Trust accounts are open to abuse because the
> claim of solicitor-client privilege has been used to shield them from
> CRA scrutiny," the report says. Lawyers' trust accounts "were merely a
> convenient conduit for funds that provided a veil of legitimacy."
>    One of the front people, also known as "nominees," hired by
> Corporate House was paid to serve on paper as a director of a Delaware
> company. He told auditors he signed cheques without knowing what they
> were for. "There was never any source documentation in support of the
> cheques. All [he] was required to do was sign the cheques and not ask
> questions," the draft report says. "[His] payment for this service was
> to be based on 1/8 or 1/4 of a per cent of the amount of funds that
> flowed through the account. This normally amounted to a payment to
> [him] of $3,000 to $4,000 a month." His signature was also on some
> authorizations to transfer funds out of a bank account, but he told
> auditors that he never signed them, the report says. The auditors
> determined the signatures were identical and that they had simply been
> copied onto each authorization, by whoever was arranging the
> transfers.
>    In his lone conversation with a CRA auditor, Sharp claimed that
> "Corporate House does not operate a business in Vancouver," the report
> says. Instead, its various Canadian-registered corporations are just
> "agents" of foreign entities, he reportedly said. As a result, most of
> those Canadian entities would either file tax returns claiming no
> revenue — known as "nil returns" — or not file tax returns at all.
> "Given the fact that multi-millions of dollars flowed through their
> Canadian bank accounts, nil returns are highly suspect," the report
> says.
>
> Sharp's lawyers did not reply to a request for comment. Last month,
> when CBC News and the Toronto Star sent a list of questions about his
> role in the Pandora Papers and the U.S. charges against him, a lawyer
> replied that Sharp had no comment.
>
> In 2016, Sharp said that offshore havens help "protect the privacy of
> people from journalists who will stop at nothing to publish a good
> story."
> Associates failed to report nearly $5M in income: CRA
>
> Corporate House had a roster of staff, agents and associates over the
> years, many of whom the CRA is now trying to audit.
>
> Richard Hethey and his late wife, Mary Hethey, were both accountants
> who "appear to be close associates of ... Sharp and play an active
> role in setting up offshore structures on behalf of Corporate House
> clients," the report says.
>
> But separate court filings suggest they also benefited from Corporate
> House's services. (Mary Hethey died on Sunday, according to one of her
> lawyers.)
> Richard Hethey, an associate of Sharp who acted in the short film
> produced by his firm, is also under audit. The CRA says he failed to
> report $2.8 million in income from offshore sources between 2007 and
> 2015, according to court filings. (YouTube)
>
> "You have been receiving wire transfers into your domestic bank
> accounts from various offshore entities located in Barbados, Saint
> Kitts and Nevis, Belize, the Bahamas, Samoa and the Marshall Islands.
> The reference field on some of the wire transfer documents indicate
> that these are consulting fees," says a December 2017 letter to
> Richard Hethey from a CRA auditor, filed in the Federal Court of
> Canada. The letter also mentions wire transfers and cheques for tens
> of thousands of dollars from various Corporate House entities.
>
> The court filings note that Hethey's explanation for the payments is
> that they are a line of credit with Fred Sharp, but the auditor
> rejects that, stating they are not a bona fide loan but rather "a
> method of repatriating offshore funds and the income you earned
> offshore."
>
> All in all, the CRA claims that Richard Hethey did not report more
> than $2.8 million in income from offshore sources between 2007 and
> 2015.
>
>    PANDORA PAPERS
>    Huge 'Pandora Papers' leak exposes secret offshore accounts of
> politicians, celebrities and billionaires
>
>    FIFTH ESTATE
>    MPs braced for battle with global accounting firm over naming
> wealthy Canadians behind offshore tax shelters
>
> A similar letter to Mary Hethey calculated her unreported offshore
> income at a little over $2 million between 2009 and 2015.
>
> A lawyer for the Hetheys said on Monday that it would not be
> appropriate to comment, citing an ongoing court case between the
> federal government and Sharp and a number of his associates and
> clients, which will be heard Wednesday in the Federal Court of Appeal.
>
> Besides Sharp and the Hetheys, the CRA is also auditing Sharp's wife
> and at least nine other people or companies associated with Corporate
> House.
> Audits in Canada hit roadblocks
>
> The U.S. criminal case against Sharp charges him, two other people
> with ties to Corporate House and a U.S. lawyer living in Mexico with
> organizing a long-running penny stock pump-and-dump scheme. The FBI
> alleges Sharp and people at Corporate House set up shell companies to
> disguise the ownership of shares as part of the scheme.
>
> A parallel civil fraud case brought by the U.S. Securities and
> Exchange Commission against Sharp and five people with ties to
> Corporate House has led to their assets being ordered frozen
> worldwide.
>
> While those cases are moving ahead in courts in the U.S., the CRA's
> attempts to audit Sharp and those same associates have hit roadblocks.
>
>    Revenue agency auditors are being outgunned by tax giants: union
>
>    FIFTH ESTATE
>    MPs urged to demand the names of Canadians behind offshore tax shelters
>
> Since 2016, they've filed more than 80 court challenges against
> auditors' attempts to get their bank, credit card and other financial
> records.
>
> Sharp and the others claim the CRA is using its audit powers — under
> which it can compel documents from them and their financial
> institutions — to illegally pursue what is really a criminal
> investigation into them.
>
> "Many of the clients under audit have also hired criminal lawyers.
> Legal bills submitted by Fred Sharp for GST purposes demonstrate there
> has been close co-ordination between these criminal lawyers from the
> outset in respect of these civil audits," the CRA's internal draft
> report states.
> WATCH | 'Pandora Papers' leak reveals offshore tax havens:
> ‘Pandora Papers’ leak reveals offshore tax havens of the rich and famous
> 1 month ago
> 2:33
> A massive new leak of documents dubbed 'The Pandora Papers' is
> shedding light on how the rich and famous are hiding their money, and
> how a world of off-shore tax havens is still thriving. The documents
> were obtained by the International Consortium of Investigative
> Journalists, which includes the CBC. Among the Canadians named in the
> documents are figure skater Elvis Stojko and race-car driver Jacques
> Villeneuve. 2:33
>
> Discussing the case, a senior CRA official told CBC News in a
> background briefing three years ago that it is "symptomatic" of some
> of the challenges the agency faces when looking into taxpayers who
> might have hidden money offshore.
>
> "We at the audit stage are encountering significant litigation from
> taxpayers," the official said, "who are refusing to collaborate and
> provide information once the audit has started."
> ABOUT THE AUTHOR
> Zach Dubinsky
>
> Senior Writer, CBC Investigations Unit
>
> Zach Dubinsky is an investigative journalist. His reporting on
> offshore tax havens (including the Paradise Papers and Panama Papers),
> political corruption and organized crime has won multiple national and
> international awards. Phone: 416-205-7553. Twitter: @DubinskyZach
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