As usual, Mr. Trudeau’s first reaction was to avoid answering the question of a journalist (in French). The latter insisted by telling him: You did not answer my question, Mr. Trudeau, so I will repeat it again. Well, Mr. Trudeau surprised Bambi by providing a direct answer at the end of his second reply. He said: “Companies using tax havens will still be eligible for the wage subsidy, as the money goes to payroll and workers”.
Bambi agrees with Mr. Trudeau on this issue for the following reasons:
First, how would we know who is paying taxes or not for sure?
Second, why should we punish the employees if their bosses use tax havens or reduces their taxes in different ways?
Third, isn’t it too much to endorse the words of the TV Italian famous broadcaster, Mr. Fabio Fazio (https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-companies-tax-havens-banned-denmark-poland-bailout-2020-4?utmSource=twitter&utmContent=referral&utmTerm=topbar&referrer=twitter): “It has become evident that those who do not pay their taxes are not only guilty of a crime, but of murder: if the beds and the respirators are not there they are partly to blame”?
Of note, Pope Francis applauded Mr. Fazio for the above statement: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pope/pope-says-italy-tax-dodgers-bear-partial-blame-for-virus-health-care-crisis-idUSKBN21524R
Well, on this one, Bambi thinks that Mr. Trudeau is right. Pope Francis is wrong.
