Over one half of the world’s stock of money is beyond the reach of public treasuries.

Read that sentence again!

Multinational corporations are depriving governments of trillions of dollars of tax revenues by stashing their profits in offshore tax havens, placing the tax burden on small businesses, the middle class and the poor.

On March 4th, Awareness Film Night will be screening “The Price We Pay,” a recently released  documentary by Canadian filmmaker Harold Crooks (“The Corporation,” “Surviving Progress”) that examines the dark history and dire present-day reality of big business tax avoidance.

The next time you hear a government spokesperson tell you that there is no money for much-needed services, infrastructure, project and art grants, cost and fee reductions, wage increases, resource monitoring, pollution control, etc., bear in mind that offshore tax havens by corporate and financial giants are depriving government coffers of trillions of dollars.

Showtime is at 7 p.m. at Edward Milne Community School theatre, 6218 Sooke Rd.  Admission is by donation.

This film will not be in the film library at A Sea Of Bloom, as it must be returned to the filmmaker.

For more information, visit the Awareness Film Night’s website.