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{
"time": "2021-03-25 16:30:00",
"attribution": {
"en": "Mr. William Ross",
"fr": "M. William Ross"
},
"content": {
"en": "<p data-HoCid=\"6603115\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Actually, first of all, it's a question of traceability. Whenever the Canada Revenue Agency, for instance, tries to find out who is being delinquent on their taxes and it runs into a shell company based in the Bahamas or Bermuda, it hits a wall at a certain point as it hunts for information and it's unable to trace the people responsible for those tax crimes.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6603116\" data-originallang=\"fr\">That's a problem in terms of tax evasion and tax avoidance, but also in terms of money laundering. Organized crime does a lot of that, particularly in real estate investments across Canada as well.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6603117\" data-originallang=\"fr\">For all these reasons, it's absolutely crucial that we know who the beneficiaries of these companies are.</p>",
"fr": "<p data-HoCid=\"6603115\" data-originallang=\"fr\">En fait, il s'agit d'abord d'une question de tra\u00e7abilit\u00e9. Chaque fois que l'Agence du revenu du Canada, par exemple, essaie de voir qui est en d\u00e9faut de payer ses imp\u00f4ts et qu'elle se butte sur une soci\u00e9t\u00e9-\u00e9cran qui a ses racines aux Bahamas ou aux Bermudes, la chasse \u00e0 l'information s'arr\u00eate \u00e0 un certain niveau et elle n'est pas capable de retracer les personnes responsables de ces crimes fiscaux.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6603116\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Cela constitue un probl\u00e8me sur le plan de l'\u00e9vasion fiscale, de l'\u00e9vitement fiscal, mais aussi en mati\u00e8re de blanchiment d'argent. Le crime organis\u00e9 utilise \u00e9norm\u00e9ment cette fa\u00e7on de faire, notamment aussi dans les placements immobiliers partout au Canada.</p>\n<p data-HoCid=\"6603117\" data-originallang=\"fr\">Pour toutes ces raisons, savoir qui sont les b\u00e9n\u00e9ficiaires de ces compagnies est absolument essentiel.</p>"
},
"url": "/committees/finance/43-2/30/william-ross-3/",
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"procedural": false,
"source_id": "11208556",
"document_url": "/committees/finance/43-2/30/",
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}