PRESS DIGEST- Canada - April 12
April 12 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
** The Ontario Securities Commission will open the doors on its new whistle-blower office in the early summer, providing payments as high as C$5 million ($3.89 million) for tips that lead to successful prosecutions. (http://bit.ly/25WCYMg)
** The Canada Revenue Agency is vowing to recover C$2.6 billion ($2.02 billion) over five years by targeting notorious tax havens, stepping up audits of large foreign transfers of money and investigating consultants selling shelters. (http://bit.ly/1Q4hvW6)
NATIONAL POST
** Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told his senior lieutenants to draw up plans to make the Energy East pipeline and the Trans Mountain expansion in British Columbia to achieve the ambitious economic growth targets his government has set. (http://bit.ly/1Vj7f48)
** Iraq offers Canadian companies investment and business opportunities worth $1 trillion as it looks to rebuild itself, but there are also large security risks, according to Bruno Saccomani, the Canadian ambassador to Iraq and Jordan. (http://bit.ly/1VjrcYI) ($1 = C$1.29) (Compiled by Vishal Sridhar in Bengaluru)
