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The Editor:

For many years I have been writing to government authorities, political leaders and editors, complaining about Canada’s loss of billions of dollars annually in tax revenues due to very wealthy Canadians evading or avoiding the payment of their fair share of taxes through the use of offshore tax havens and loopholes.

The billions lost annually could have been used to fund infrastructure renewal programs, reduce taxes for ordinary Canadians or to reduce the deficit.

And yet, throughout the years, old-line parties in Canada failed to take any meaningful action to overcome this problem.

I contacted Tom Mulcair and other NDP functionaries, suggesting that tax evasion and avoidance be made a major election issue. My request was met with stony silence. The issue was never raised at leaders’ debates, leaders’ interviews or in the mainstream media. It almost seems as though tax evasion was a forbidden topic during the election campaign.

With the revelation that top brass around the world are participating in the scheme, one begins to understand their reluctance to solve the problem.

Yours truly,

William Descavich

Edmonton, Alta.