Denis Coderre still hasn’t sorted out his tax problems. More discreet for some time now, the former mayor of Montreal insists that his situation will be resolved before the start of the Liberal leadership race in January.
Several media outlets have reported that Coderre owes approximately $134,000 to Revenu Québec. He has always remained tight-lipped about the details surrounding this story, citing a “confidentiality agreement.”
“It’s coming. It will be done by January. I still have to finalize things, but everything is going very well,” he said in an interview with The Canadian Press.
At the Quebec Liberal Party caucus in September, MNA Désirée McGraw – who is supporting Pablo Rodriguez for the leadership – said that Coderre had disqualified himself as a candidate for the Liberal leadership by not paying his taxes.
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