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In the 1950s, an ex-governor of Canada's central bank attempted to establish a low taxation regime in Jamaica. In the 1960s, the transformation of the Bahamas into a tax haven characterized by impenetrable banking secrecy was shaped by a minister of finance who sat on the Royal Bank of Canada's board of directors. A Calgary lawyer and former Conservative Party heavyweight drew up the clauses that transformed the Cayman Islands into an opaque offshore jurisdiction. For years, Canadian politicians have debated annexing tax havens such as the Turks and Caicos Islands, making them part of Canadian territory. Canada has signed a free-trade agreement with Panama and is currently seeking a wider agreement with countries in CARICOM, the Caribbean economic community. 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Delving into the scandals and financial structure of this hidden side of globalisation, sociologist Deneault depicts something larger and more ominous than simple tax havens where financial elites and corporations must reside to protect their earnings. 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Two years later, it took possession of Rupert's Land--all of the land draining into Hudson Bay--and the North West Territories from the Hudson's Bay Company, 3 million square miles of resources, and set about its nation-building enterprise of extending its Dominion \"from sea to sea.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This Canadian imperial heritage continues to offer the extractive sector worldwide a customized trading environment that: supports speculation, enables capital flows to finance questionable projects abroad, pursues a pro-active diplomacy which successfully promotes this sector to international institutions, opens fiscal pipelines to Caribbean tax havens, provides government subsidies, and most especially, offers a politicized legal haven from any risk of litigious recourse attempted by any community seriously affected by these industries.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Traditionally rooted in Canadian law, the right to reputation effectively supersedes freedom of expression and the public's right to information. 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