Wow a liberal lawyer in sask is hiding money!

[newguy]

Thought he was kicked out of the Liberal
party years ago. His wife may sit as a
liberal senator but Tony is only a lawyer.

[newguy]

Everyone soon forgets about all his "class action lawsuits" in which his firm takes millions to defend.

We beat up on the aboriginal operations for the the misuse of funds (and some are valid mis-use) but this slim ball should pay dearly.

What else could this investigation uncover?

[sumdumguy]

This is way too complex to comment on.

[wilagro]

Lots of businessmen invest "overseas"...who says ANYTHING IS ILLEGAL HERE or NOT LEGIT?

Presuming guilt when there is NO evidence or TRIAL is being disingenuous to say the least.

And to attach that "Liberal" label to the "LAWYER" bit is typical of right-wingers...are there no crooked CONservatives? Seems to me I recall when MOST of the Saskatchewan government cabinet ministers ended up in the slammer.

[carebear300]

It could be that he is innocent, but seems strange that someone that seeks out each opportunity to speak on camera, this time is strangely enavailable for comment. I hope the media remembers this in the future and doesn't give him every little bit of attention he wants for his lawsuits. What if this money was actually supposed to go to his clients, wouldn't that be something!!!!!!!!! Oh sorry i am presuming the unlikely, at least hopefully not. When you refuse to comment and avoid all contact with the media at times like these you create your own problems.

[cottonpicken]

Its all about income tax.

Very wealthy people SHOULD have oversees
accounts,but if they dont report the income and stash
it in tax havens they should get put in jail,which is
what the government is trying to stop.

What is scary is the vilification going on in the media
and government of people trying to do what they
want with their money.

I believe this is pre-cursor moves to what is coming
down the pipe.

HUGE capital flows are coming(and happening now)
because people will be trying to find safe havens to
protect themselves from the inevitable implosion of
the western world and money moving out of banks
and countries will have huge impacts on us.

[Burbert]

Whinnning snivelling framers, ***** not in
a position ta take advantage of the
loopholes er r to stupid ta figre things
out. Pointin fingers are scumbag lawyers
***** more smart than framers. Yeah all
framers should be ashamed a themselves
cousin theys payn taxis fer others. Butt
then again ya coulda/shoulda stayed in
school fool!!!!

[Mjolnir]

Yes wilagro I agree, Saskfarmer has it all wrong.
It's spelled Lieberal not Liberal.
And what do we have here:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/03/offshor
e-companies-politicians_n_3008426.html

Tony Merchant, one of Canada’s top class-action
lawyers, took extra steps to maintain the privacy
of a Cook Islands trust that he’d stocked with
more than $1 million in 1998, the documents
show.

In a filing to Canadian tax authorities, Merchant
checked “no” when asked if he had foreign assets
of more than $100,000 in 1999, court records
show.

Between 2002 and 2009, he often paid his fees to
maintain the trust by sending thousands of dollars
in cash and traveler’s checks stuffed into
envelopes rather than using easier-to-trace bank
checks or wire transfers, according to documents
from the offshore services firm that oversaw the
trust for him.

One file note warned the firm’s staffers that
Merchant would “have a st[r]oke” if they tried to
communicate with him by fax.

It is unclear whether his wife, Pana Merchant, a
Canadian senator, declared her personal interest
in the trust on annual financial disclosure forms.
Under legislative rules, she had to disclose every
year to the Senate’s ethics commissioner that she
was a beneficiary of the trust, but the information
was confidential.

[sumdumguy]

This says a lot about Gord Kuski. Was involved in
a law suit many years ago, like 25 years ago with
him on opposite side. He was excellent. Since
that day, I said, if I needed a good defense ever,
he would be the one.