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Canadian Enforcement: Paul Kershaw and Money Laundering

canadian enforcement: The rally, tagged #HALTthemadness, will take place this Saturday at 2:00 pm at Robson Square on the south side of the Vancouver Art Gallery, according to Metro News. Speakers include Paul Kershaw, a professor at the University of British Columbia who leads Generation Squeeze, a group advocating for better policies to help younger Canadians; Christine Duhaime, a lawyer who specializes in money laundering and has been vocal about lax Canadian enforcement in real estate; and Josh Gordon, a Simon Fraser University professor who penned a paper collecting together academic studies and news accounts he said showed the large role of foreign money in real estate. This is the first rally we've held, said Justin Fung, a member of the months-old group HALT . We're very amateur activists. No income No problem! Irregular B.C. mortgage lending under scrutiny Feds investigating latest B.C. real estate tax evasion allegations Number of 'poor' million-dollar homeowners unusually high in Vancouver: researcher Investigative reporting by Kathy Tomlinson at the Globe and Mail, Sam Cooper at the Province and Ian Young at the South China Morning Post have revealed gaps in money laundering checks, specific examples of individuals who have set up systems to funnel money into Vancouver real estate from Chinese investors while avoiding taxes, and a lack of resources or interest from the Canada Revenue Agency to investigate cases where real estate deals indicate there may be tax evasion. That not the kind of discourse HALT is interested in taking part in, Fung said. The issue can become racially charged, with some members of the public making negative assumptions about all Chinese immigrants. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.