Investigative programs like this are one of the few remaining tools that citizens have to shine a light on corporate and government corruption, well done Fifth Estate!

For the last 40 years, the Canadian government have lost over $500 billion from wealthy Canadians not paying their fair share of taxes. Here is the kicker, the Canadian government gave KPMG $92 million dollar of taxpayers money while KPMG were helping wealthy Canadians to evade paying taxes.

One of the best pieces the Fifth Estate has done in a while! Excellent! Thank you!

Trudeau speaks about equality for all Canadians. Clearly, this is not equally. One set of rules for the rich and one set of rules for the general population. The Finance Minister should be released of his duties. This tax payers money not the governments. This is not in the best interest of Canada.

This was great investigative journalism!!! Top notch

This has been going on for years now, I'm so ashamed. I have been audited numerous times by CRA, when I was in high school and college, making only about $15,000/year or less, just struggling to survive. The weirdest thing is, when I did file my taxes I would always end up owing money...... I went years upon years, always owing and paying back. It breaks my heart as an honest tax payer, who pays my part and always have, that I have been paying back for years, and the rich with millions get to pull scams like these and nothing happens to them...... it's because of scams like these why so many people quit their jobs and decide to live on social assistance - for some reason the government only goes after poor people, who cannot afford high powered lawyers, while the rich get to pull as many scams as they want, yet, they go unpunished. Canada is subsidized by the poor for the benefit of the rich. We the poor are the ones who pay the police to harass us- we the poor we pay for the roads, that the rich could speed on and not get ticketed.....We the poor are the back bone of the Canadian economy.

They came to my equivalent to a college in the Netherlands offering scholarships of €10,000 to a handful of students. I was one of the students introduced for the scholarship. But I refused to be part of their philanthropy PR campaign and walked away from €10,000 eventhough my bank account wished otherwise. It made me sick that they offered pocket change whilst inable people to steal millions in unpaid taxes from under our noses. Proud day for me.

Absolutely discusting! If the committee couldn't investigate without jeopardising the Court Case, then they should have had the RCMP do the investigation with a view to laying charges after the Court rendered its decision.Anew investigation needs to take place. This cannot be allowed to stand!

I'm sick to death of the good old boys clubs, protecting each other's wealth, having a different standard and immunity for their own actions.

"The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall." - Denis Healy, Former British Chancellor of the Exchequer.

The Last Real Investigation Show. Non bias Truth. All My Life I've been Watching.

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How wonderful the world would be without all these rich people.

KPMG, Deloitte, Goldman Sachs, Ernest & Young, etcetera.. know all the tricks of the trade.

The ads here are terrible watching this video for a class assignment. Thank you so much Dr. Ariail

This is ridiculous !! And even in Serbia, which is far from a completely secure rule of law, as far as finances are concerned, nothing happens regarding money transactions. PRINCIPLE OWNER OF MONEY SWEAR! But exclusively according to the Laws !! AND Wayne Easter needs to be thoroughly investigated by the criminal and financial police to determine exactly why he prevented important witnesses from testifying in this case !!!

Didnt even have to watch till the end, Going to guess: No charges laid, No jail time served, Minimal/No Fines paid?

KPMG is still alive and well. Nothing really happened in US, even though it was criminal.

I wish you can also make a report on Duterte's war on drugs, which recently the Philippine Senate have investigated the President's appointed chief of police involved in drug recycling and switching of suspect. His national chief of police Gen. Oscar Albayalde was implicated in a 300 plus kilos of shabu or methamphetamine. drug recycling scandal.

That man said he didn’t want to pay taxes I hope he doesn’t complain when his fancy car hits potholes

Greed trumps everything. Love the Fifth Estate. BTW what wrong with the Canadian justice system? This is a multiple choice question.

I dont wanna pay tax, but I want to benefit from the things that taxes pay for. For example the roads that my expensive car travels on. None of us want to pay it, but we have to! Disgusting!

i'm watching tax evasion docu from you guys. That says something. That says The Fifth Estate know their stuff and they show it well! Thanks!

While watching them get away with their crimes was painful enough, what really hurt was watching them try to dance...badly.

Put the IRS in prison and those politicians who concocted tax laws to feed the banksters.

The judges, the lawyers, the scammers, the rich dirt bags, and politicians - they are all on the same team, we the poor are the suckers.

I made $320,000 in 4 years and was taxed approximately $150,000. I lost my job and I recieved $970.00 every 2 weeks for 46 months and then shut off completely. The government should be charged for lack of compassion.

The ignorance of the rich thinking they don't have to pay their share of taxes to support a country they live is absolutely disgusting. While the middle class pays more than their fair share. These people should be stripped of their wealth and put in jail.

This whole episode is a shame on the government of Canada working with criminals - KPMG

If Stephanie Henderson could not identify her signature was she saying she knew nothing about the Isle of Man deal and if Wayne Easter was appointed to enquire into it how was he forbidden to do so on any point of it implying that someone else other than the legislature's appointee was controlling his enquiry? In refusing to take questions on KPMG was MP Easter protecting it from justice since any evidence would surely see KPMG acquitted of wrongdoing unless it was guilty? Are the police prevented from inquiring into crimes committed by someone already charged and in court with different crimes and must not all citizens with evidence offer it to the police? Why would a government committee refuse to accept evidence against a company the parliament thought fit to inquire into unless it was set up to deceive the public or not to know the truth and if the, latter why not? Is it fair to assume that someone in government or even Mr Easter, is afraid of the truth and prioritizes that over protecting the public from financial malpractice and tax avoidance? What could KPMG possibly fear from questions concerning its accounting practices - the subject of the other court cases in question - unless they were not totally lawful and why would it not take the opportunity of displaying them in public to the inquiry and to the public and thus end its other costly litigation when everyone knew the truth - good for business - unless it wasn't the truth? What Mr Easter did showed that his legal advice has authority over the legislature and can prevent it inquiring into matters the parliament wants investigated. Is that not saying that the MPs do not have freedom of speech and can be financially penalised if they say something members of the public object to?

this could be one of the reasons the UK is getting out of the EU as new tax avoidance and transparency laws for shell company's are coming in or were

5th Estate; part 2 is long overdue: the transfer pricing swindle!!

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Some high up or Seniors from KPMG are goverment treasures for countries. Imagine the curruption

it's clear some of the clients of this KPMG deal were highly influential and were able to persuade the investigators to close the issue without having to admit wrongdoing or even risk exposing them as clients. There is literally no other reason the investigators would have looked the other way.

Why my comment over the substantial absence of these issues in mainstream TV and newspapers keep on disappear? I posted it about 5 times and it's never shown ...a comment about the preventive systematic autocensorship in TV and newspapers is even censored on KZfaq?

I say what I've said for many many years, NDA aren't worth the paper its printed on. If you break it, nothing happens. The law should also apply to those who talk, they are not whistle blowers, they PARTICIPATED in it. What's the use of asking people to sign NDAs if they can be broken with impunity.!! Also: one more reason to NEVER have a wife or a long term relationship and specially no live-in girlfriend. That way you never have to "circumvent divorce laws..." and don't have to give half to someone you had the hots for for a few months with nothing else to offer. Ito is incredible to me that they don't create the money or company and can walk away with half, THAT is the real crime!!

Only in Canada can we expect no criminal prosecution. This is becoming a common occurrence. We have the Law Society of Ontario obstructing justice by ignoring evidence thus fixing complaints for their friends, Ontario police forces obstructing justice by refusal to take information on suspected corruption but ignoring the Charter when it is a poor person, municipalities that ignore laws like they are above the law and a Ministry of the Attorney General of Ontario that also fixes criminal investigations for their friends. There is something very wrong with how this country is run. I'm sick of hearing media like the CBC keep pointing the finger at the United States as if they are more corrupt. There is no possible way.

And we have to live off food banks and struggle for years and years.

What a beautiful subject! Tax evasion!!!!

How many of those guys in Congress were sweating, I wonder.

How many senators, MPs and Canadian government members are clients of KPMG?

Make them tell you by putting them in jail for CONTEMPT that's what you do to us.JUSTICE IS ONLY FOR THE RICH.

Imagine what nations could accomp!ish in mediical research, health care, new infrastructure and childhood education without tax evasion. Same companies like to play "we'll match your contribution." The latter two make doing business feasible using taxes.

Wealth inequality and global corruption based on secretive tax laws are by far the most important issues facing the average human being today.

A disclosure is extremely hard in this case. It's a universal accounting ethic where the accountant is suppose to keep complete confidentiality about their client, unless it's involved in money laundering, drug trafficking, treason, and terrorism. And there are far more complex consequences when asking the accountants to open their records for the clients. In short, if the Canadian court had required KPMG to do so, they could create a great havoc and none of listed companies (and the others) will want to open their books to auditors. As a result, the government will have to pay a much heftier bills when it comes to tax evasion or bail-out on corporate tax.

If the government committee stops questions concerning KPMG, then one might conclude that some of the committee members were involved in the tax evasion schemes?

37:23 Its gets more interesting when they talk about St. Kitts (in the Caribbean)

I REALLY LOVE THIS DOCUMENTARIES OR CRIME SHOWS...BUT THERE'S SOMETHING HERE I DON'T UNDERSTAND.. SO FAR IN ALL THE EPISODES THE ENDING IS CUT SHORT.. IT JUST STOP AT THE END WITHOUT SOME MORE INFO OF WHAT HAPPENED AT THE END.. I WONDER WHY?.. BESIDES THAT I THINK IS ONE OF THE BEST CRIME TV SHOWS ..STILL,WHY THERE CUT SHORT BOTHER ME...ANYONE?

KPMG showed the middle finger to Canadian taxpayers. I guess in front of Canadian Tax Authority not all Canadians are equal.

that minister guy was probably bribed by kpmg, has an interest in the scheme (ie he himself invested or has close family members who did), or was pressured by someone higher up with aligned interests with kpmg. you all know who im talking about.

It does not mean they won't pay any alimony. And in Canada, we call it spousal support, not alimony.

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Time to clean house!

We the people elect and empowered these people that tell us what to do, forget not.

Excellent show this.

I'd say by the greed in society today that the devil is winning and I'm not even religious.

The G stands for greeeaaasssyyy!

This story is very important to see...we all regular people work hard..every day.. We pay taxes.. And some people do not have to do anything..

is there any literature reference according related to the topic above?

KPMG: the worlds best rincer. Its a Mafia.

just to be clear.... can we reopen an already settled case by cra??

Canada must be really proud of this! both Harper and Turd-oo

Until people go to jail it will continue.

Lol. do you think that just kpmg was doing that.

Politicians are tools for corporation a tool that can bite or a tool that obeys...

The strong do as they please and the weak do as they must. Thucydides; 388 BC.

public companies and big companies of public intrest are collapsing here in Kenya thanks to the big 4

I was planning to apply to this firm for their internship only to find out they are guilty of fraud before lol. This is interesting

35:00 highly credited for the professionalism.

Even judges need interpretations of tax law because so few understand it because it's written in hieroglyphics.

Judge & crooks are scratching each other's backs. Little gift here & there to look the other way. This has been going on USA for long, long time

"I don't want to go down a path that'll cause trouble"!!

Guess not one of those rich Canadians mentioned that evaded taxes ever had any problem?

The minute the current "general pool" anti-wealth model of taxation was implemented, stuff like this KPMG obscenity was born. If income taxes were confined to funding healthcare, education, transportation/roads, fire and law enforcement, and if the tax model used was the Singapore system, a larger proportion of "ordinary" Canadians would retain more of their income. And if, over the span of an average person's working life, all wage deductions for things like EI and CPP were deposited into an account bearing that person's SIN number (i.e. like a personal bank account), that person would have over $1M in retirement income. However, Tall Poppy Syndrome is deeply entrenched in Canadian culture and it is reflected in the tax regime. In addition to funding the necessary and legit. things like infrastructure and healthcare, the average working Joe also has to fund the state's futile attempts to finance every vicissitude of the human condition. And so, the very rich will continue to shunt their money offshore, and the ordinary taxpayer will continue to find his efforts at honest wealth accumulation to be stymied by the state's intentional design.

KPMG is just one of the Big 4, I wonder how the other is doing?

Mike Duffy, Wayne Ester. Has a honest political ever From PEI gone to Ottawa?

"...calculating the risk of getting caught..." That's what all insurance companies do all day long playing and putting a price to people's lives, and they are legal. That's how they price you how much they are going to charge you for anything. Of course other companies and businesses should be able to do that too, why not??

Politicians, are in the pockets of KPMG? KPMG said jump the chairman said how high?

Whenever a corporate entity is fined, I want to know what their profits were for the crimes committed… Let’s see what the fine is worth as opposed to the profit… Bottom line, $500 million is not a big fine when opposed to the billions in ILLEGAL PROFITS!! The business entity should be fined DOUBLE THE VALUE of the profits which would probably put them out of business and show other companies what the outcome is for criminals… Lose everything and be in debt the rest of your life while you serve time in jail. That is fair.

The narrative talks about how smart the accountants were. The other large accounting firms use intelligent planning to lessen their clients' taxes. This firm, lacking the intellectual horsepower of the other large firms, takes shortcuts. For a tax accountant, this didn't take intellect; it took hubris.

Not all rich people are tax evaders. Most just work hard, live within their means and pay their normal taxes.

it wasnt just canada, uk, and many other countries

Way too many commercials!

Its ok we poorer people will pay your taxes for you.

Are they the same company who act as independent observer for the Irish Lottery ?.

it should be illegal to give money...make an AI that gage the price of everything, to prevent money laundering and tax havens i might also add that the concept of "Gross domestic product" is flawed because the government doesn't value materials as a form of currency.

19:27 and I didn't think it was necessary to be more forceful aka he got a payout #boughtoff

Another type of advice provided by KMPG is apparently re-registering companies in countries with lower tax rates, here in the UK Starbucks coffee, apparently pay no tax claiming that they pay their tax elsewhere in the world.

KPMG the firm has a lot going on . Partners can place money all over the place . It takes a hired professional to locate all of a partner's personal income . The IRS has it's work cut out for them when dealing with partners . I am not saying the firm is hiding money but some of the partners are. Partners need to be audited .

how many of the committee were kpmg clients? most it looks.

It's sort of comforting to see that Canadian politicians are just as slimy & pathetic as the ones we have in the US.

I disagree with canadian forced divorce law, compltely. It's unfair!

Brilliant way to invest...just make it a donation. Love it

I worked for them as an admin assistant. One of the worst jobs of my life.

Settlements are normal in these situations and generally involve no jail time so the risk vs. rewards balance is skewed. The government does not want to be too onerous because it doesnt want capital flight to other countries so they say pay as much as you can.

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Do you want to drive your fancy cars on good roads, across safe bridges, children raised in safe cities, where fire trucks arrive when called, police walk a beat, military stand at the ready to fight for your country, schools are funded, arts are funded? I don't get why people are so goddamned determined to avoid taxes. Where do they think the money goes? I get not wanting to pay for some of the idiots making laws, but that's what your vote is for. The world is bonkers.

Every large corporation does exactly the same thing. They blackmail the revenue office that if they don't allow then to avoid tax they will not oporate in that area. and jobs not created. Corporations blackmail or governments. Yeah did you get that?

...the same KPMG that has ties to Ghislaine Maxwell?