From: AlanBaggett@volcanomail.com   
      
   Why are a Former Liberal MP's Tax Charges being Ignored? : CRA SOTW   
      
   Running this election in Surrey-Newton, Sukh Dhaliwal pled guilty to three   
   counts in 2014.   
      
   By Andrew MacLeod, Today, TheTyee.ca    
      
   Approved and supported by the Liberal party, Sukh Dhaliwal says he's visited   
   20,000 doorsteps during his campaign. 'I haven't had a single comment on this   
   issue.'   
      
   Several federal election candidates have ended their campaigns after foolish   
   things they've said on social media websites have come to light, but a former   
   member of Parliament who pled guilty in 2014 to charges under the Income Tax   
   Act remains in the    
   race.   
      
   "Sukh Dhaliwal, while an MP from 2006 [to] 2011, failed to file tax returns   
   for his company and was later charged under the Income Tax Act," former NDP   
   MLA Guy Gentner wrote in a recent Facebook post.   
      
   "The imprudent actions of an experienced politician, a former MP at that, has   
   gone virtually unnoticed by the media," he wrote.   
      
   Meanwhile the media and opponents have vigorously attacked other candidates,   
   mainly rookies, for untoward comments posted to social media sites, some of   
   them long ago, he said.   
      
   During the campaign period more than a dozen candidates have dropped out or   
   had to apologize after the discovery of comments they'd made about 9/11,   
   Palestine, Israel, Muslims, homosexuality and other topics.   
      
   In an interview, Gentner noted that Dhaliwal wanted to run as a BC Liberal in   
   the 2013 provincial election, but the provincial party wouldn't accept   
   Dhaliwal's candidacy while he faced charges under Canada's tax laws.   
   But now after pleading guilty, Dhaliwal appears welcome to run with Justin   
   Trudeau's Liberals and nobody seems to care, Gentner said.   
   Guilty plea, $3,000 fine   
      
   Dhaliwal represented Newton-North Delta until 2011 in the federal Parliament   
   and is running against NDP incumbent Jinny Sims and Conservative Harpreet   
   Singh in the new riding of Surrey-Newton. Based on transposed results from the   
   2011 election, the vote    
   is expected to be close.   
      
   In 2012, Dhaliwal was charged with six counts under the Income Tax Act related   
   to Genco Consultants Inc.'s failure to file corporate income tax returns for   
   all but one year between 2004 and 2010. Dhaliwal was president of Genco, his   
   wife Roni was    
   secretary, and there were no other directors.   
      
   Each count said that despite personally receiving notice of the need to file,   
   Dhaliwal "did unlawfully direct, authorize, assent to, acquiesce in or   
   participate in Genco Consultants Inc.'s failure to file a completed Corporate   
   Income Tax Return."   
      
   Dhaliwal pled guilty to three of the counts and in 2014 was fined $3,000.   
   His wife Roni faced 14 charges related to Genco, pled guilty to five of them,   
   and was fined $5,000.   
      
   Administrative matter, Dhaliwal says   
      
   When Dhaliwal re-entered politics to run federally, media outlets did pay some   
   attention to his record. "This was an administrative matter," the Vancouver   
   Sun quoted him saying in September 2014. "I took the responsibility, I dealt   
   with it. Everything's    
   all up to date and now is the time to look forward."   
      
   In December 2014, the Georgia Straight quoted Liberal party B.C. campaign   
   spokesperson Mike Witherly as saying Dhaliwal was guilty of not filing the   
   returns, but didn't owe any money. "He just didn't do the paper work. It's   
   pretty mundane in terms of    
   that issue."   
      
   Court documents are silent on whether or not Genco owed money for taxes, and   
   the fines were low considering the offences carry a maximum penalty of $25,000   
   and a year in jail.   
      
   Dhaliwal said in an Oct. 7 interview that he has visited 20,000 doorsteps   
   during the campaign. "I haven't had a single comment on this issue," he said,   
   adding people want to talk about crime prevention, opportunities for young   
   people and raising the    
   middle class. "I'm hearing people are tired and fed up with the Conservatives   
   right now."   
      
   He said he went through an extensive approval process with the party, that the   
   nomination process was competitive, and now it's up to voters in Surrey-Newton   
   to decide who they want to represent them.   
      
   There's no comparison between his situation and those of candidates whose past   
   comments have caught up with them, Dhaliwal said. Asked if voters should also   
   get to decide in those situations as well, he said, "It's up to the party   
   leadership to make that    
   decision."   
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