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Carney's green funds at Brookfield used Bermuda tax haven to attract investors
The legal structure of the Brookfield funds is complex and includes many jurisdictions. However, experts say their activities in Bermuda raise questions about Mark Carney's approach to fiscal policy in Canada.
Via Rail hits new high for late arrivals between Quebec City and Windsor
Tardiness is nothing new at Via Rail, but late arrivals are soaring since passenger trains have been forced to slow down at hundreds of rail crossings operated by CN Rail.
Ottawa pays out over $100K to Quebec group that lost contract for Afghan war monument
Ottawa recently signed an out-of-court settlement with a team of Quebec architects that was denied the prestigious contract to design the National Monument to Canada’s Mission in Afghanistan.
Trudeau to fill Senate vacancies before retiring: source
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a final wave of appointments to fill the 10 vacancies in the Senate before he retires in March, Radio-Canada has learned.
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CRA duped yet again in Ontario construction tax credit scheme
The Canada Revenue Agency is being hit again with revelations it failed to detect a scam, one so obvious that, according to insiders, a simple Google or corporate registry search would have prevented it. But this time there’s a twist.
Whistleblowers are compromising tax fraud investigations, minister says
Minister of National Revenue Marie-Claude Bibeau has come out swinging against the whistleblowers behind recent reports that the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) is plagued by major gaps in fraud detection and has paid out hundreds of millions of dollars in bogus refunds.
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CRA leadership knew of major gaps in fraud detection as agency paid out bogus refunds, records show
In early 2024, senior officials at the Canada Revenue Agency were so concerned it had wrongly authorized bogus refunds of tens of millions of dollars that they wrote confidential briefing notes stating that the agency was plagued by significant "gaps" in its ability to spot — and stop — scammers, records show.
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CRA launched 'witch hunt' against whistleblowers who exposed millions in bogus refunds, sources say
The Canada Revenue Agency is on a “witch hunt” to find whistleblowers who may have spoken to the media and exposed how it has been repeatedly duped into paying out millions in bogus refunds to scammers, according to sources.
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CRA duped in $40M bogus tax refund case. Why did it take a big bank to notice?
In 2023, a Canadian taxpayer logged into his Canada Revenue Agency account, falsely amended previous tax returns and wrongly claimed he was owed more than $40 million in refunds. Without verifying any of the newly filed tax slips, the Canada Revenue Agency authorized the payments and began making the initial instalments, according to sources.
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Tens of thousands of taxpayer accounts hacked as CRA repeatedly paid out millions in bogus refunds
At the height of this year’s tax season, the Canada Revenue Agency discovered that hackers had obtained confidential data used by one of the country’s largest tax preparation firms, H&R Block Canada.