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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · 5d

Excellent interview! @taxjustice.net @theguardian.com 💥💥

Tax Justice Network @taxjustice.net · 5d

It's impossible to earn a billion, but there are more billionaires every year. How?

We talk w/ @theguardian.com's @josh-tou.bsky.social about "collected wealth" vs "earned wealth", how we tax them unequally & why #WealthTax protects our earner way of life #TaxTheSuperRich youtu.be/vPZRDt1kcV8?...

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Silas Xuereb @silasxuereb.bsky.social · Sep 5

In our latest for The Breach, Jared and I do a deep dive on how continued tax haven abuse is not just despite our government policy - it's because of our government policy.

The Breach @breachmedia.ca · Sep 4

Canada loses an astonishing $15 billion every year to tax havens.

Jared Walker & @silasxuereb.bsky.social argue that this money could fund public services, but successive governments have let corporations shift profits offshore—while regular Canadians pay the price.
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Canada’s hidden tax crisis is stripping $15 billion from the economy every year ⋆ The Breach

For decades, Liberal and Conservative governments alike have incentivized corporations and wealthy individuals to shift profits overseas.

breachmedia.ca

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Sep 5

Our ED, Jared Walker, and researcher, @silasxuereb.bsky.social, on the billions lost to tax havens. Check it out in @breachmedia.ca! 👀

The Breach @breachmedia.ca · Sep 4

Canada loses an astonishing $15 billion every year to tax havens.

Jared Walker & @silasxuereb.bsky.social argue that this money could fund public services, but successive governments have let corporations shift profits offshore—while regular Canadians pay the price.
breachmedia.ca/canadas-hidd...

Canada’s hidden tax crisis is stripping $15 billion from the economy every year ⋆ The Breach

For decades, Liberal and Conservative governments alike have incentivized corporations and wealthy individuals to shift profits overseas.

breachmedia.ca

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Broadbent Institute @broadbent.bsky.social · Aug 11

Canada has a tax haven problem — and it's costing all of us.

Listen to Jared Walker of @c4tf.bsky.social on the Perspectives Journal podcast: perspectivesjournal.ca/canadas-tax-haven-dilemma/

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Isaac Phan Nay @isaacphannay.bsky.social · Aug 25

"The richest, and the top one per cent in particular, have captured a significantly outsized proportion of economic growth,” — @silasxuereb.bsky.social with @c4tf.bsky.social

thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

#BCLab #CanEcon

How Rich Canadians Got Even Richer | The Tyee

Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. How did we get here?

thetyee.ca

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our policy analyst, @silasxuereb.bsky.social, spoke to @thetyee.ca about the ever-growing income gap in Canada thetyee.ca/News/2025/08...

How Rich Canadians Got Even Richer | The Tyee

Canada’s income gap reached a record high this year. How did we get here?

thetyee.ca

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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · Jul 24

"The ultrawealthy and large corporations that benefit the most from our economy are able to move their assets to low-tax jurisdictions to avoid paying billions in taxes, while the rest of us are left holding the bag." @c4tf.bsky.social

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: Why do we keep letting Canada’s ultrarich use tax havens to stash wealth?

Carney needs to end a near-universally loathed loophole that allows the wealthiest and largest corporations to avoid paying billions

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Angella MacEwen @angella.bsky.social · Jul 24

Canada should be addressing tax havens - oped from @c4tf.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Opinion: Why do we keep letting Canada’s ultrarich use tax havens to stash wealth?

Carney needs to end a near-universally loathed loophole that allows the wealthiest and largest corporations to avoid paying billions

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our latest report on tax havens exposes how the ultra-rich are hiding hundreds of billions in tax shelters - with help from our government. 🌴💸 Check out our op-ed in today's Globe & Mail! www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com... And send a message to Ottawa to end tax havens here: bit.ly/C4TFhavens 💫

Opinion: Why do we keep letting Canada’s ultrarich use tax havens to stash wealth?

Carney needs to end a near-universally loathed loophole that allows the wealthiest and largest corporations to avoid paying billions

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jul 21

Tell your MP to shut down tax havens and bring our tax dollars home!

✍️ www.taxfairness.ca/en/act/take-...

Shut down tax havens and bring our tax dollars home!

Big corporations and the ultra-rich are using tax havens to hide hundreds of billions from taxes every year while everyday Canadians are left holding the bag. In 2024 alone, wealthy Canadians and larg...

www.taxfairness.ca

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jul 21

Recovering the $15B/year Canada loses to tax havens—and billions more from other tax loopholes—could save us from 15% or more in cuts to the CBC, VIA Rail, StatsCan, museums, and other public services.

It can also help reverse deepening wealth and income inequality. Pass it on 📣

bit.ly/4lJz3OM

Ricardo Tranjan: Income inequality reached a new high. Here’s why Ottawa’s DOGE-style cuts will only make it worse

The prime minister has gone from Captain Canada to Captain Cuts.

www.thestar.com

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jul 19

📢 Big corporations & the ultra-rich are hiding $682B in tax havens, while everyday Canadians are left holding the bag. That’s a 165% increase since 2014.

Tell MPs: shut down tax havens & bring our tax dollars home!

📝 Sign the petition: www.taxfairness.ca/en/act/take-...

Shut down tax havens and bring our tax dollars home!

Big corporations and the ultra-rich are using tax havens to hide hundreds of billions from taxes every year while everyday Canadians are left holding the bag. In 2024 alone, wealthy Canadians and larg...

www.taxfairness.ca

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Silas Xuereb @silasxuereb.bsky.social · Jul 18

The use of tax havens is not just due to a few bad apples. We found that over three quarters of S&P/TSX 60 firms have at least one subsidiary in a tax haven, and the real number is likely even higher. Through differences in foreign tax rates, these firms avoided $7B in taxes in 2024.

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Silas Xuereb @silasxuereb.bsky.social · Jul 18

After decades of international cooperation and the domestic implementation of a global minimum corporate tax, the use of tax havens must be declining, right?

Actually, our new report finds Canadian assets in tax havens hit a record $682B in 2024, up 165% from 2014 www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...

The rise and rise of tax havens

Introduction: Canada has a big tax haven problem

www.taxfairness.ca

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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · Jul 16

The super rich have tons of tax advantages available to them, and yet...

They're still choosing to steal billions every year according to a new report from @c4tf.bsky.social

These people aren't patriots. They don't care about our economy, democracy, or country.

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https://www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources/reports/rise-and-rise-tax-havens

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jul 18

🚨 NEW REPORT: The Rise and Rise of Tax Havens 🌴

Our new report details how use of tax havens by mega-corporations and the ultra-wealthy has exploded by 165% in the last decade, and how it's been enabled through government policy.

Read more: www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources... #CDNpoli

The rise and rise of tax havens

Introduction: Canada has a big tax haven problem

www.taxfairness.ca

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jul 7

Great piece in @macleans.bsky.social from the newest #TaxTheRich kids on the block, @patmillscanada.bsky.social! 💫

Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · Jul 7

After a long career in tech, Avi Bryant is familiar with venture-capital.

Invest broadly, expect that not everything will pay out, but a really successful investment pays for all the others, and much more.

macleans.ca/politics/tax...

Quote graphic from Avi Bryant saying: "The same should be true for Canada: we invest in all of our people, but the vast majority of tax revenues should come from those fortunate enough to accumulate great wealth."

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Space Goat Coast to Coast 🇨🇦 🏳️‍🌈 @spacegoatc2c.bsky.social · Jun 30

Carney may have dropped his elbows but the rest of us need to keep them up. If you want to support fair taxation initiatives, give Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social a follow.

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jul 2

Proud to sign on to this important statement with our civil society colleagues in the Toronto Star in support of the DST www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

Dear Mark Carney and François-Philippe Champagne: Canada cannot afford to concede more to foreign tech giants

We are disappointed by the government’s decision yesterday to both halt collection of the Digital Services Tax and eventually repeal the Digital Services Tax Act.

www.thestar.com

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jun 27

Trump is a bully, with the attention span of a goldfish. Canada can’t cave to the pressure and enable the long-term greed of big tech because he’s throwing a tantrum. Our latest on the DST here: www.taxfairness.ca/en/resources...

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jun 27

Our ED, Jared A. Walker, on what Canadian progressives can learn from fair tax champion Mamdani’s historic win:

Ricochet Media @ricochetmedia.bsky.social · Jun 26

In New York, #ZohranMamdani built a multi-generational populist movement promising to freeze the rent, provide free buses, and establish publicly-owned grocery stores — and won.

Could that happen in #Canada?

New column from Jared Walker:

ricochet.media/politics/zoh...

#cdnpoli @c4tf.bsky.social

Zohran Mamdani’s victory should be a wake-up call to Canadian progressives

Proving that people-first politics rooted in fairness, affordability, and real unity is the way forward

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jun 25

Huge congrats to fair tax champion Zohran Mamdani! 🌟

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Jun 25

In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done.

My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it.

I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.

Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jun 23

Our new ED, Jared A. Walker, on why we need the DST to stand up to big tech, and to Trump ⬇️

Canadian Dimension @canadiandimension.bsky.social · Jun 23

Big Tech pays almost nothing while making billions off Canadians. The digital services tax fixes that. It’s one of the few signs the Carney government is willing to stand up to wealth and power. But fair taxation can’t stop there.

NEW from @c4tf.bsky.social Exec Director Jared Walker:

Why Carney is right to keep the digital services tax

Keeping the digital services tax is a sorely needed step in the right direction, but it is just one step. As Canadians for Tax Fairness Executive Director Jared A. Walker writes, to build a more indep...

canadiandimension.com

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Canadians for Tax Fairness @c4tf.bsky.social · Jun 16

New report out from our friends, @patmillscanada.bsky.social! 👀

Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · Jun 16

We took the message right to G7 leaders in Alberta yesterday!

Check out our new report “Fighting Wealth Inequality in the G7: Revenue Estimate for Wealth Taxes”

patrioticmillionaires.ca/s/Fighting-W...

A panel truck from Patriotic Millionaires Canada reading “G7 Leaders! Patriotic Millionaires Say Tax The Ultra-Rich!!”

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Patriotic Millionaires Canada @patmillscanada.bsky.social · Jun 11

We’re in Ottawa, joining our friends at @oxfamcanada.bsky.social and @c4tf.bsky.social discussing the opportunity Canada has at the G7 to be a leader on combating wealth inequality through the tax code

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