{"id":854086,"date":"2025-06-07T22:13:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-08T03:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/poilievre-promises-to-name-and-shame-corporate-tax-cheats\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T22:13:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-08T03:13:23","slug":"poilievre-promises-to-name-and-shame-corporate-tax-cheats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/07\/poilievre-promises-to-name-and-shame-corporate-tax-cheats\/","title":{"rendered":"Poilievre promises to \u2018name and shame\u2019 corporate tax cheats"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<figure data-aqa=\"featured-image\"><picture><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=aW_XcpdIkEDhhNaaGSGu4Q, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1128&#038;h=846&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=9AW1G3HyrZtolQI6-1QhAA 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=564&#038;h=423&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=Z2XpGhhCvlOVkTXtVCcIMg, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1128&#038;h=846&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=9CNWmfIy-m7zWdq7O-XZNA 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=472&#038;h=354&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=DuuZ-ti7DRhwfHWL4NsxqQ, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=944&#038;h=708&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=27r_EBdDTV9eE5fx_DcWZg 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=472&#038;h=354&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=kB4uvzGQmpO8LsBz13qouA, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=944&#038;h=708&#038;type=jpg&#038;sig=_dapmo0boDc6z5S_KNnLpw 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\"><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=klVyPxWZO1bXLo03QyLLYQ, \nhttps:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;type=webp&#038;sig=TyXiI3H-TkP-r3k_40NS6g 2x\" type=\"image\/webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Pierre Poilievre.\" src=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=ga9iSHP3tz47U7CwIW1EvA\" srcset=\"https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=288&#038;h=216&#038;sig=ga9iSHP3tz47U7CwIW1EvA,\n                    https:\/\/smartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\/nationalpost\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Pierre-Poilievre-mining.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;w=576&#038;h=432&#038;sig=KNchbnpxE3G5PfHQ_kFpGQ 2x\" height=\"750\" width=\"1000\"><\/picture><figcaption><span>Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a stop in Sudbury, Ont. on Wednesday March 19, 2025.<\/span> <span>Photo by John Lappa\/Postmedia<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Conservatives are promising to move resources from the Canada Revenue Agency\u2019s small business audits to further target big businesses, which they will \u201cname and shame\u201d when caught \u201cdodging taxes.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section data-aqa=\"identity-sign-in\" data-async id=\"article-block\">\n<header>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"National Post\" height=\"37\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/dcs-static.gprod.postmedia.digital\/18.8.2\/websites\/images\/identity\/logo-identity-np-new.svg\" width=\"280\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. 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He promised a Conservative government would come down hard on \u201ctax cheats,\u201d redirect CRA\u2019s auditing firepower from small to large businesses and recover billions in unpaid taxes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConservatives will end the double standard so multinational corporations and the ultra rich can\u2019t just ship their money abroad to avoid paying their fair share at home,\u201d Poilievre said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<div aria-labelledby=\"FirstReading2080427581072220504422709695873024\" data-account-id=\"b9d3df2fccd108b5eff3c44f573b2cd6\" data-aqa=\"widget-newsletter\" data-newsletter=\"single\" data-newsletter-component data-target-list=\"PM_Politics_Newsletters\" data-widget=\"newsletter\">\n<p>By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>In the video, Poilievre accused CRA of \u201charassing and auditing innocent small business owners\u201d and promised to redirect resources from the small and medium enterprise audit branch towards cracking down on \u201coffshore tax havens.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p data-async>He said the increased focus on offshore tax evasion would net the government an additional $1 billion in yearly tax revenue. The Liberals also frequently promised additional investments in the CRA would net billions of dollars in additional unpaid taxes from large corporations, <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"though the actual results are unclear.\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/new-report-finds-the-cras-performance-less-than-the-world-class-they-say-it-is\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/new-report-finds-the-cras-performance-less-than-the-world-class-they-say-it-is\">though the actual results are unclear.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>As part of his plan, Poilievre also said he would create a \u201cname and shame\u201d publication targeting multinational corporations that are caught dodging their taxes. He also promised to boost whistleblower payouts to up to 20 per cent of recovered unpaid taxes.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can\u2019t avoid your taxes, and large corporations shouldn\u2019t be doing so either,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>He also said his government would create a \u201ctax task force\u201d that would rewrite tax rules to make them \u201cfairer, simpler and easier to administer.\u201d He said that same team would be given the monumental task of closing \u201call\u201d loopholes that allow companies to hide their money in tax havens.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p data-async>NDP leader Jagmeet Singh <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"made a similar announcement days earlier\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/www.ndp.ca\/news\/ndp-unveils-plan-stop-corporate-tax-dodgers-carneys-brookfield\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ndp.ca\/news\/ndp-unveils-plan-stop-corporate-tax-dodgers-carneys-brookfield\" target=\"_blank\">made a similar announcement days earlier<\/a> when he promised a review of the Income Tax Act (ITA) to \u201cclose loopholes that allow big corporations to avoid paying what they owe.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p data-async>Tax law specialists <a data-evt-val=\"{\"control_fields\": {\"mparticle\": {\"keys\": {\"click_source_type\": \"click_source_type\", \"anchor_text\": \"anchor_text\", \"target_url\": \"target_url\", \"layout_section\": \"layout_section\"}, \"mp_event_type\": \"Navigation\", \"extra_keys\": [\"click_vertical_position_percentage\", \"click_vertical_position_pixels\"]}}, \"click_source_type\": \"in-page link\", \"anchor_text\": \"have long argued that a wholesale rewriting\", \"target_url\": \"https:\/\/nationalmagazine.ca\/en-ca\/articles\/law\/hot-topics-in-law\/2025\/why-it-s-time-to-tackle-the-income-tax-act\", \"layout_section\": \"in-page-link\"}\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalmagazine.ca\/en-ca\/articles\/law\/hot-topics-in-law\/2025\/why-it-s-time-to-tackle-the-income-tax-act\">have long argued that a wholesale rewriting<\/a> of the ITA is long overdue. At 3,000 printed pages spread over two volumes, it is the longest and one of the most complex pieces of Canadian legislation.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>But political parties rarely commit to the daunting task because the issue does not speak to many voters.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>Poilievre also accused Liberal leader Mark Carney of helping Brookfield Asset Management, which he chaired for four years before entering politics, to \u201cstash\u201d its cash away from the taxman.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p> Christopher Nardi <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/nationalpost.com\/news\/politics\/poilievre-promises-to-name-and-shame-large-companies-caught-dodging-taxes\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre speaks during a stop in Sudbury, Ont. on Wednesday March 19, 2025. 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