** Best Canadian Documentary Award – Vancouver Film Critics Circle **
** Named one of the top ten Canadian films by the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) **
A documentary by Harold Crooks inspired by Brigitte Alepin’s book, La Crise fiscale qui vient
Quebec, Canada, 2014, 90 minutes, French, English, French subtitles
How do tax havens undermine the foundations of democracy? Why are states powerless over multinational tax avoidance strategies? What will the price be if nothing is done to restore equity? Philosopher, economist, lawyer, journalist, sociologist and politician sound the alarm.
The screening will be followed by a discussion with:
Brigitte Alepin (via Skype), tax specialist and tax policy specialist. A graduate of the School of Management Sciences at UQAM and Harvard University, she is the author of The Rich who do not pay taxes (Éditions du Méridien, 2004) and La Crise fiscale qui vient (VLB publisher, 2011);
Nathalie Barton, Producer, InformAction Films.
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