The Eritrean consulate must stop collecting a “diaspora tax” from Eritrean-Canadians or Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says he will shut it down. This is the latest of Baird’s attempts to get the consulate to stop demanding expatriates pay two per cent of their incomes. Last year, he expelled Consul General Semere Ghebremarian O. Micael.
The UN has condemned Eritrea for collecting the tax on its nationals around the world. People in Canada have complained that if they don’t pay it, relatives back home will suffer consequences.
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