Why isn't the Seafarer Unions speaking out against taxing seafarers as normal citizens?

Okay is it my imagination but in all the Canadian Seafarer Union web sites that I have visited. None of them speak or show any information about them trying to get taxes for the seafarer made equal to other countries such as the UK. Not one site mentioned that the seafarer should have the same taxation as someone who works up on the oil rigs.

Please tell me this isn’t so. The unions are not fighting for this as it affects every Canadian Seafarer who works in international waters.

Something now on the move?

Here is a link to a site that has some very interesting information. Look at the recomendation on seafarer's and taxes. Now look who did this presentation. Seems we are now getting more attention than before.

http://www.mun.ca/harriscentre/Conferences_Workshops/APTF-2nd_Cities/Dick_Hodgson_presentation.pdf