Trudeau's Top Fundraiser Jew S. Bronfman Linked To Offshore Tax Avoidance Scheme

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"Tax avoidance, tax evasion is something we take very seriously." - Justin Trudeau

Canadian Liberal Party fundraiser Stephen Bronfman's connection to companies that were owed millions by an offshore trust lasted into the mid-2000s, new documents uncovered by ICIJ's Canadian partner reveal, despite Bronfman's claim his involvement ended years earlier. The Paradise Papers revealed that, as Justin Trudeau campaigned to become Canada's prime minister on a platform of economic and tax fairness, his chief fundraiser Bronfman quietly helped move millions of dollars offshore, using his family's private investment company Claridge.

Massive offshore leak reveals secrets of Stephen Bronfman's company

 
Bronfman, an heir to the Seagram family fortune and a close Trudeau family friend, was revenue chair of the Liberal Party. That day, according to news reports, the two men raised $250,000 in under two hours. Within weeks, the Liberals would launch their federal election campaign, sweeping to power on a "Real Change" platform that focused on the middle class and a promise to tax the rich... Trudeau said shortly after his election victory. "Tax avoidance, tax evasion is something we take very seriously." But an investigation by the CBC, Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star has found that Bronfman and his Montreal-based investment company, Claridge Inc., were key players linked to a $60-million US offshore trust in the Cayman Islands that may have cost Canadians millions in unpaid taxes. Read more ...

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Stephen Bronfman, Justin Trudeau's chief fundraiser, had offshore links longer than he admitted
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