Apparently a class action lawsuit has been launched relating to the GLGI scheme. In a press release the lawyers for the plaintiffs note “the commencement of a proposed $800 million class action lawsuit against Global Learning Group Inc. (GLGI), and other individuals and entities involved in the development, structuring, creation, promotion and operation of the Global Learning Gifting Initiative Charitable Donation Program (the Gift Program), a complex leveraged charitable donation tax scheme that operated from 2004 to 2014.”
None of the allegations have been proven in court and the defence material should be available at some point.
According to the plaintiffs’ lawyers “This proposed class action is brought on behalf of the approximately 60,000 Canadian taxpayers who participated in the Global Learning Group Inc. (GLGI) charitable donation program (the Program) between 2004-2014, but excludes those who sold the Program or were otherwise involved in its operations.”
Here is the Statement of Claim. Here is the Proposed Class Action Against Global Learning Group Inc. for “Sham” Charitable Donation Tax Scheme press release from the law firms launching the claims.
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