CTV News: Top Liberal Party fundraiser, 3 former PMs named in Paradise Papers
Liberal Party fundraiser Stephen R. Bronfman, Queen Elizabeth II, and several of U.S. President Donald Trump’s allies are said to be among 120 international figures and companies who have been using offshore tax havens, an international team of journalists has learned.
The financial dealings are documented in the so-called “Paradise Papers,” a trove of 13.4 million documents originally leaked to the German paper Süddeutsche Zeitung from an offshore law firm called Appleby.
The documents have been the subject of a massive investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) – the same group that dropped the Panama Papers bombshell in April of 2016.
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WNU Editor: Former Canadian Prime Minister Chretien has responded that he has no knowledge of having holdings in a Madagascar oil company as outlined by the Paradise Papers. Former Canadian Prime Minister Paul Martin's family company has responded that he has not been involved in the operations of the business for years .... but there is no denial that it is his name on the paperwork that the Paradise Papers have revealed. No comment yet from former Canadian Prime Minister Mulroney who (according to the above CTV report) was a director of Said Holdings Ltd. between 2004 and 2009. The Bermuda-based company is controlled by Syrian-Saudi businessman Wafic Said, and who is said to have had a key role in the multi-billion dollar al-Yamamah “oil-for-arms” deal between the U.K. and Saudi Arabia. A response from Said confirmed Mulroney’s involvement in his family’s investment company, and referred to his “valuable contributions.” There is a Justin Trudeau connection to the Paradise Papers. He is Stephen Bronfman, a close friend as well as chief fund raiser for the Canadian Prime. The embarrassment with this connection is that it flies in the face of Prime Minister Trudeau's policy positions and public rhetoric that people must pay their fair share of taxes.
More News On The Canadians Uncovered In The Paradise Papers
Top Liberal Party fundraiser, 3 former PMs named in Paradise Papers -- CTV
Billionaires' law firm helped wage 'Kill Bill' campaign to block offshore tax legislation -- CBC
Liberal fundraisers held family millions in offshore trust, leaked documents reveal -- Toronto Star
Huge offshore data leak reveals financial secrets of global elite — from the Queen to former PMs -- CBC
