On special treatment

Linda McQuaig's column on the federal government's disinterest in collecting taxes hidden from Canadian authorities in offshore bank accounts is definitely worth a read. But it's worth noting that the media generally would seem to play a role in keeping the phenomenon out of sight: for all the ink and air time used on violent crimes, how often do tax evasion and other white-collar crimes even get reported when they doesn't involve either a previous celebrity or a completely gutted financial empire?