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Laval Mayor Calls on Ottawa to Waive $1 Million in Taxes on Recovered Corruption Funds
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Laval, Que., asked to pay $1M to disgraced former mayor Gilles Vaillancourt
The Canada Revenue Agency is asking the City of Laval to write a $1 million cheque to Gilles Vaillancourt, the longtime mayor who pleaded guilty to several charges in 2016 following years of corruption allegations. The money would go toward paying the taxes Vaillancourt owes the government.
The Mayor of Laval challenges a "rare" request from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).
Laval mayor calls on Ottawa to waive $1 million in taxes on recovered corruption funds
The mayor of Laval is urging the federal government to ensure residents are not taxed on money recovered from a major municipal corruption scheme tied to former mayor Gilles Vaillancourt. Vaillancourt, who served as Laval’s mayor from 1989 to 2012, was sentenced to six years in prison in December 2016 after pleading guilty to fraud, […]
The mayor of Laval, Stéphane Boyer, considered it "unacceptable" to have to pay a million dollars to former mayor Gilles Vaillancourt, so that he could pay tax on sums he had stolen from the population. His administration called for an Ottawa intervention.
The City of Laval is forced to make a cheque of $1 million to former Mayor Gilles Vaillancourt to pay taxes to Revenue Canada on stolen money.
Laval was warned by the lawyer of the deposed mayor Gilles Vaillancourt who claims a million dollars for his client to be able to pay federal tax on the approximately 7 million dollars he had returned to the Municipality in 2016 after pleading guilty to reduced charges of conspiracy, abuse of trust and fraud. A claim supported by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), today reveals Radio-Canada. It is learned that the tax authorities force the City to…
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