HSBC
-invests in deforestation
- racist loans
-sued over profiting over a crisis
Law Courts
http://knowmore.org/wiki/index.php?title=HSBC
Canada Place (Federal Government)
-the top 0.01% of Canadian family’s income was $8.4 million
-The prime minister makes $317,574(est.) a year equal to $26,464 a MONTH
-The Alberta government gave themselves 30% pay hikes (in 2008) and the minimum wage only increased by about 5%.(needs verification)
-In 1992, the top 5 per cent of tax filers brought in about 21 per cent of the nation's total income. By 2004, the same group accounted for 25 per cent of total income.
-Women accounted for a quarter of high income earners in 2004 and only 11 percent of the top 0.01 percent
- The richest group of Canadians increased its share of total national income between 1993 and 2008, while the poorest group lost share. Middle-income Canadians also lost share.
-Effective January 1, 2011 the corporate income tax rate falls to 16.5% from 18% of 2010 corporate income tax rate. Yearly tax reductions will see the corporate income tax rate fall to 15% as of January 1, 2012. These corporate income tax reductions, says the Department of Finance Canada, will give Canadian corporations the lowest tax rate on new business investment in the Group of Seven (G7) by 2011 and the lowest statutory tax rate in the G7 by 2012
-If you make an income of income of $181,000 you are the canadian 1%
-Average Albertan mla makes $78,138 a year with additional committee pay they make between 130,000 and 150,000
-The conference board of Canada reports that Income inequality in Canada has increased over the past 20 years
bank of montreal
-charged undisclosed fees on foreign exchange transactions(weak and would need to check into the outcome of lawsuit)
http://knowmore.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bank_of_Montreal
http://nathancullen.com/issues/article/bank_profits_and_corporate_tax_cuts/
bank of nova scotia
One of the big five along with (Royal Bank of Canada, TD Bank, Bank of Montreal, and CIBC)
http://nathancullen.com/issues/article/bank_profits_and_corporate_tax_cuts/
http://knowmore.org/wiki/index.php?title=Bank_of_Nova_Scotia
Allegedly wrongfully withheld clients' funds on deposit
TD Canada Trust
Canadian Western Bank
Alberta Treasury Bank/Servus Credit Union
CIBC
Lots of fuck ups on there part
-lawsuit over overtime pay being withheld
-connected with enron, manipulated their financial statements
-BIG time privacy mess ups
http://knowmore.org/wiki/index.php?title=Canadian_Imperial_Bank_of_Commerce
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