Silence from Ottawa on the millions in tax havens

Boris Proulx

Tuesday, 23 January 2018 01:00

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Tuesday, 23 January 2018 01:00

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OTTAWA | Person the federal government has not been able, yesterday, to clarify how it intends to prevent millions from tax havens in the industry of cannabis legal are linked to organized crime.

Despite requests from the Journal to the RCMP, to the ministers of Finance, Revenue, Health, and the office of the prime minister, it was not possible to obtain clear answers to our questions.

Our Office investigation, it was revealed yesterday that $ 165 million from tax havens financed producers of cannabis allowed.

Experts and opposition parties in Ottawa are concerned about the risk of infiltration of organized crime and are calling on Ottawa to action.

Silence “troubling”

“Is it that we close our eyes because we have friends involved in these companies, there [cannabis] ? The silence of the Trudeau government is disturbing “, reacts to NDP mp, Alexandre Boulerice.

“It is very worrying, given that the objective was to oust the organized crime in the cannabis plant. It may be in the process of resuming, in a roundabout way, ” adds the mp bloquiste Gabriel Ste-Marie.

As the only response, Ottawa reiterates that the history of the directors of the companies in legal cannabis and their key leaders will be passed to the magnifying glass. A zeal which does not seem to extend to their financial.

“These are only investors, it does not mean that they are involved in the management decisions of everyday life,” minimizes Allan Rewak, Cannabis Canada, which confirms that the investors are exempt from testing.