From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Methinks if folks wish to know more about the Taxman, his pal Harper and his Yankee buddies they should Google the following N'esy Pas?
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Methinks whereas most folks love the colour of money they should Google the following sometime N'esy Pas? Trump Cohen Amos FATCA 646-853
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tax-fatca-u-s-canada-1.4988135
David Raymond Amos @DavidRayAmos
Methinks a lot of MPs should review the emails that I have been sending them and many Yankees about FATCA since 2015 N'esy Pas?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tax-fatca-u-s-canada-1.4988135
1.6 million Canadian banking records shared with IRS
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Dino James
Wow ... a bit rich for the Conservatives to be critical of this when they signed off on the agreement in 2014!
Neil Gregory
@Dino James
It is call HYPOCRISY! Hard-line Conservatives and Liberals are masters of the art.
It is call HYPOCRISY! Hard-line Conservatives and Liberals are masters of the art.
Michele McLean
@Dino James
They didn't just sign off on it, they introduced and voted THEIR LEGISLATION into law!
They didn't just sign off on it, they introduced and voted THEIR LEGISLATION into law!
Michael Murphy
@Dino James Reminds me of the
flyer I got from Rona Ambrose after the election, promising to fight to
restore home mail delivery when only a few months prior her party ended
it
David R. Amos
@Dino James Methinks a lot of
MPs should review the emails that I have been sending them and many
Yankees about FATCA since 2015 N'esy Pas?
David R. Amos
@Michael Murphy Methinks your
reply reminds me of an email I got on January 30, 2007 entitled WITHOUT
PREJUDICE Anyone can click on "Show More" to read it N'esy Pas?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vugUalUO8YY
Neil Austen
Yep, you can thank
Conservative Harper for that. Just like he gave away Canadian right to
privacy on the Internet so now copyright hunters can try to extort money
from the old and unsuspecting. Vote Conservatives and continue to
lose your rights and privacy to the rich.
mo bennett
@Neil Austen vote green, make yer life more serene.
David R. Amos
@mo bennett "vote green, make yer life more serene."
YO MO Methinks whereas most folks love the colour of money they should Google the following sometime N'esy Pas?
Trump Cohen Amos FATCA 646-853
YO MO Methinks whereas most folks love the colour of money they should Google the following sometime N'esy Pas?
Trump Cohen Amos FATCA 646-853
Kathy Altenhofen
It would be nice if successive Canadian governments would stop grabbing their ankles for the US.
Kathy Altenhofen
@mo bennett Wasn't aware Mr. Harper wore those.
Mark Sobkow
@Kathy Altenhofen Well, he
didn't wear them in the traditional manner. He used to stuff them in
his pants to try and impress everyone with his "package deal." :P
Kathy Altenhofen
@Mark Sobkow LOL!
mo bennett
@Kathy Altenhofen 03.25.11,
harper government found in contempt of parliament. those socks were just
plain dirty, but still qualified, as they were located around his
ankles.
brian duog
@Kathy Altenhofen Beginning
in September 2018, the information will be sent to the Canada Revenue
Agency (CRA), which in return, will send information about Canadian bank
accounts belonging to non-residents to their home countries.
According to an update provided to G20 leaders earlier this month, 101 countries have signed on to the agreement. Canada has so far worked out information-sharing details with 42 countries.
According to an update provided to G20 leaders earlier this month, 101 countries have signed on to the agreement. Canada has so far worked out information-sharing details with 42 countries.
Rick Wier
@Kathy Altenhofen that is the conservative position
David Allan
@Kathy Altenhofen
We're trying to stop tax evasion in both countries.
It would nice if you could get a clue.
We're trying to stop tax evasion in both countries.
It would nice if you could get a clue.
John Boston
@David Allan Read the article:
* the information exchange is only in one direction.
* the US has not followed through on promises of reciprocity.
* implementation involved blackmail mafia style threats from the US government - the Canadian government could stop sharing this information on the grounds that not until the US provides like for like data.
* The Canadian government pretends that the Canadian Charter of Rights is a scrap of paper, trying to justify its override in implementation of FATCA.
[Canadian banks and their customers pay for implementation - the US should pay for this if they will not provide like for like data]
[The USA is recognised as among the top 2 tax haven countries in the world, with particular states such as Delaware not requiring information on account holders.]
* the information exchange is only in one direction.
* the US has not followed through on promises of reciprocity.
* implementation involved blackmail mafia style threats from the US government - the Canadian government could stop sharing this information on the grounds that not until the US provides like for like data.
* The Canadian government pretends that the Canadian Charter of Rights is a scrap of paper, trying to justify its override in implementation of FATCA.
[Canadian banks and their customers pay for implementation - the US should pay for this if they will not provide like for like data]
[The USA is recognised as among the top 2 tax haven countries in the world, with particular states such as Delaware not requiring information on account holders.]
david mccaig
@Kathy Altenhofen
"NDP Revenue Critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault says the CRA should advise Canadian residents when their banking information is shared with the IRS."
I don't believe government officials " CRA should advise Canadian residents when their banking information is shared with the IRS," whats to stop them.
I wouldn't doubt the agreement the Stephen Harper government signed had hidden rules , forbidding Canada from disclosing when Canadians are being investigated by Americas IRS.
"NDP Revenue Critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault says the CRA should advise Canadian residents when their banking information is shared with the IRS."
I don't believe government officials " CRA should advise Canadian residents when their banking information is shared with the IRS," whats to stop them.
I wouldn't doubt the agreement the Stephen Harper government signed had hidden rules , forbidding Canada from disclosing when Canadians are being investigated by Americas IRS.
David R. Amos
@mo bennett YO MO Oh So True
Methinks if folks wish to know more about the Taxman, his pal Harper and his Yankee buddies they should Google the following N'esy Pas?
Methinks if folks wish to know more about the Taxman, his pal Harper and his Yankee buddies they should Google the following N'esy Pas?
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David R. Amos
David R. Amos
@David R. Amos
David Amos IRS CRA KPMG FATCA Diane Lebouthillier
David Amos IRS CRA KPMG FATCA Diane Lebouthillier
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@mo bennett
David Amos IRS CRA KPMG FATCA Diane Lebouthillier
David Amos IRS CRA KPMG FATCA Diane Lebouthillier
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David R. Amos
@mo bennett David Amos IRS CRA KPMG FATCA
David R. Amos
@David R. Amos Methinks will have to do research by themselves will no tip from me allowed N'esy Pas?
Paul Bourgoin
Like always, Canadian Joe
Public will have his Privacy of Canadian banking violated while the
Industry Old Boys Club transactions will go unnoticed and unaffected!
David R. Amos
@Paul Bourgoin YUP
Bob Baker
Seems your privacy went South
under the Harper years, no surprise there with the Cons US first policy
but what was most disturbing, at least to the cynic in me, is why wont
the CRA disclose how many Banking records etc that they received off
the IRS in the US? Surely a "Ball Park" total isn't a breach in Privacy.
I hope they're are going after the Tax Evaders as zealously as the US
is.
David R. Amos
@Bob Baker "I hope they're are going after the Tax Evaders as zealously as the US is."
Methinks it depends on how wealthy they just like south of the 49th N'esy Pas?
Methinks it depends on how wealthy they just like south of the 49th N'esy Pas?
Mark Klement
What a corrupt agreement. The
focus should be on corporations who skip taxes with mail boxes in the
Caymens, Bahamas, Netherlands, Luxembourg etc. The amount of taxes not
paid by Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon alone could wipe out so many
societal ills its not even funny. Canada and the US are completely
corrupt when it comes to corporate governance.
David R. Amos
@Mark Klement "Canada and the US are completely corrupt when it comes to corporate governance."
I wholeheartedly agree sir
I wholeheartedly agree sir
Stan Johnston
I think people just scream Trudeau this or that without even thinking about what they are saying, it's getting old.
David R. Amos
@Stan Johnston Methinks you should Google Federal Court File no. T-1557-15 then scroll down to statement 83 N'esy Pas?
John Siciliano
In 2016 and again in 2017,
the Canada Revenue Agency provided the IRS with information on 600,000
Canadian bank accounts each year. That's a sharp increase from the
300,000 records shared in 2015 and the 150,000 records shared in 2014,
the year the sharing began.
The best thing to do is have a challenge. Both Liberals and Conservatives are to blame on this one.
Yet Kelly seems to suggest that the Liberals are violating privacy when I would argue both are to blame and both have sold out sovereignty.
The best thing to do is have a challenge. Both Liberals and Conservatives are to blame on this one.
Yet Kelly seems to suggest that the Liberals are violating privacy when I would argue both are to blame and both have sold out sovereignty.
mo bennett
@John Siciliano finally someone listened.
David R. Amos
@mo bennett Methinks all we truly hear is crickets N'esy Pas?
John Smith
Canada is a vassal state of
the USA. That's not new or surprising. The UK is another, famously
described as its poodle. I guess we are the shih-Tzu.
David R. Amos
@John Smith Methinks Trudeau the Elder referred to us as a mouse in bed with an elephant N'esy Pas?
Michele McLean
Excuse me, Conservative Revenue critic - it was YOUR GOVERNMENT that passed this legislation!!!!
David R. Amos
@Michele McLean YUP
David R. Amos
@Michele McLean Methinks all
MPS cannot deny that when I filed my complaint in Federal Court in
September of 2015 Harper's buddies decided against Mr Kish and his
lawyer's arguments The proof is in the public record of that court N'esy
Pas?
"Stephen Kish is a member of the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian Sovereignty, which mounted the legal challenge. He questioned how many of those records should have been shared.
"It's a huge number of accounts. What our lawyers are trying to find out is how many of those accounts were those of Canadian citizens, how many of those accounts were, in fact, U.S. persons, how many of those accounts should not have been sent because they didn't achieve the correct account balance."
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1.6 million Canadian banking records shared with IRS
CRA now transferring 600,000 banking records per year under controversial information sharing agreement
The Canadian government has shared more
than 1.6 million Canadian banking records with the U.S. Internal
Revenue Service since the start of a controversial information-sharing
agreement in 2014, CBC News has learned.
In 2016 and again in 2017, the Canada Revenue Agency provided the IRS with information on 600,000 Canadian bank accounts each year. That's a sharp increase from the 300,000 records shared in 2015 and the 150,000 records shared in 2014, the year the sharing began.
However, that doesn't necessarily correspond to the number of people affected. Some people may have more than one bank account, while some joint accounts could have more than one account holder — including people who don't hold U.S. citizenship.
Among the items of Canadian bank account information being shared with the U.S. are the names and addresses of account holders, account numbers, account balances or values, and information about certain payments such as interest, dividends, other income and proceeds of disposition.
The information transfer is the result of a controversial information sharing agreement between Canada and the U.S. negotiated in the wake of the American government's adoption of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The act, adopted in a bid to curb offshore tax evasion, obliges foreign financial institutions to report information about accounts held by people who could be subject to U.S. taxes.
The Canadian government argued that negotiating the information-sharing agreement would be better than forcing Canadian banks to deal directly with the IRS. Under the agreement, Canadian financial institutions send information on accounts held by clients with U.S. indicia (such as the account-holder being born in the United States) to the CRA; once a year, the CRA then forwards the information to the IRS.
Under
the intergovernmental agreement, Canadian financial institutions
transfer information on bank accounts held by people who could be
subject to U.S. taxes to the CRA.
In
return, the IRS is supposed to send the CRA information about U.S. bank
accounts held by Canadians. The CRA, however, has repeatedly refused to
reveal how many records, if any, it has received from the IRS as a
result of the agreement.
Nor does the CRA automatically notify Canadian account holders when their information is transferred to the U.S., said CRA spokesman Etienne Biram.
"There is no legislative requirement to disclose this information," he wrote. "However, if requested by a taxpayer, the CRA will confirm whether information relating to a particular individual or entity has been reported and provided to the United States of America under FATCA."
The CRA said the increase in the number of records transferred from one year to the next was expected because certain financial accounts did not have to be reported during the first two years of the agreement.
The revelation that 1.6 million records have been shared with the U.S comes as the Federal Court of Canada prepares to hear a constitutional challenge of the information-sharing agreement next week in Vancouver.
Those challenging the agreement argue that it violates sections 7, 8 and 15 of Canada's Charter of Rights, which protect Canadians from violations of their right to life, liberty and security, unreasonable search and seizure and discrimination against those who hold U.S. as well as Canadian citizenship.
In its submission to the court, the plaintiffs argue that some of the people whose banking records have been shared with the IRS may not be subject to U.S. taxes.
Conservative
Revenue Critic Pat Kelly says the information sharing agreement could
help the IRS target Canadian residents who could be subject to the
repatriation tax signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump in 2017. (Christian Diotte/House of Commons)
The
government, however, presents the information-sharing agreement as the
lesser of available evils and an attempt to mitigate the potential
impact of FATCA, which included a potential 30 per cent withholding tax
on institutions that didn't comply.
"There were potentially severe consequences to the Canadian financial sector, its customers and investors, and to the Canadian economy as a whole if Canadian financial institutions were unable or unwilling to comply with FATCA," wrote the government in its submission to the court.
"Canada sought to avoid those consequences and at the same time obtain less burdensome compliance rules for Canadian financial institutions and their customers, and additional information from the United States for Canadian tax compliance purposes."
The government argues the deal doesn't violate any charter rights — and that even if it does, it is a reasonable limit on those rights given what was at stake. It also points out that close to 100 countries have negotiated similar deals with the U.S. in the wake of FATCA.
NDP
Revenue Critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault says the CRA should advise Canadian
residents when their banking information is shared with the IRS. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)
Stephen
Kish is a member of the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian
Sovereignty, which mounted the legal challenge. He questioned how many
of those records should have been shared.
"It's a huge number of accounts. What our lawyers are trying to find out is how many of those accounts were those of Canadian citizens, how many of those accounts were, in fact, U.S. persons, how many of those accounts should not have been sent because they didn't achieve the correct account balance."
Conservative Revenue Critic Pat Kelly said sharing banking records with the IRS has increased the number of Canadian residents at risk of being hit by the repatriation tax signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump in December 2017. The tax has hit thousands of Canadian residents with U.S. or dual citizenship and a company incorporated in Canada.
"The information sharing agreement ... helps facilitate giving the IRS a target list in Canada," he said. "The Canadian government has to respect Canadians' privacy and be aware of all of these consequences."
NDP Revenue Critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault said the CRA should proactively notify Canadian bank account holders when information about their accounts is transferred to the U.S.
"The CRA should do its job of informing their citizens, the taxpayers of Canada that they are taking their personal banking information and transferring it to a foreign country. This is the bare minimum and it shows again the lack of transparency of this government."
Elizabeth Thompson can be reached at elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca
In 2016 and again in 2017, the Canada Revenue Agency provided the IRS with information on 600,000 Canadian bank accounts each year. That's a sharp increase from the 300,000 records shared in 2015 and the 150,000 records shared in 2014, the year the sharing began.
However, that doesn't necessarily correspond to the number of people affected. Some people may have more than one bank account, while some joint accounts could have more than one account holder — including people who don't hold U.S. citizenship.
Among the items of Canadian bank account information being shared with the U.S. are the names and addresses of account holders, account numbers, account balances or values, and information about certain payments such as interest, dividends, other income and proceeds of disposition.
The information transfer is the result of a controversial information sharing agreement between Canada and the U.S. negotiated in the wake of the American government's adoption of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The act, adopted in a bid to curb offshore tax evasion, obliges foreign financial institutions to report information about accounts held by people who could be subject to U.S. taxes.
The Canadian government argued that negotiating the information-sharing agreement would be better than forcing Canadian banks to deal directly with the IRS. Under the agreement, Canadian financial institutions send information on accounts held by clients with U.S. indicia (such as the account-holder being born in the United States) to the CRA; once a year, the CRA then forwards the information to the IRS.
Nor does the CRA automatically notify Canadian account holders when their information is transferred to the U.S., said CRA spokesman Etienne Biram.
"There is no legislative requirement to disclose this information," he wrote. "However, if requested by a taxpayer, the CRA will confirm whether information relating to a particular individual or entity has been reported and provided to the United States of America under FATCA."
The CRA said the increase in the number of records transferred from one year to the next was expected because certain financial accounts did not have to be reported during the first two years of the agreement.
The revelation that 1.6 million records have been shared with the U.S comes as the Federal Court of Canada prepares to hear a constitutional challenge of the information-sharing agreement next week in Vancouver.
Those challenging the agreement argue that it violates sections 7, 8 and 15 of Canada's Charter of Rights, which protect Canadians from violations of their right to life, liberty and security, unreasonable search and seizure and discrimination against those who hold U.S. as well as Canadian citizenship.
In its submission to the court, the plaintiffs argue that some of the people whose banking records have been shared with the IRS may not be subject to U.S. taxes.
"There were potentially severe consequences to the Canadian financial sector, its customers and investors, and to the Canadian economy as a whole if Canadian financial institutions were unable or unwilling to comply with FATCA," wrote the government in its submission to the court.
"Canada sought to avoid those consequences and at the same time obtain less burdensome compliance rules for Canadian financial institutions and their customers, and additional information from the United States for Canadian tax compliance purposes."
The government argues the deal doesn't violate any charter rights — and that even if it does, it is a reasonable limit on those rights given what was at stake. It also points out that close to 100 countries have negotiated similar deals with the U.S. in the wake of FATCA.
"It's a huge number of accounts. What our lawyers are trying to find out is how many of those accounts were those of Canadian citizens, how many of those accounts were, in fact, U.S. persons, how many of those accounts should not have been sent because they didn't achieve the correct account balance."
Conservative Revenue Critic Pat Kelly said sharing banking records with the IRS has increased the number of Canadian residents at risk of being hit by the repatriation tax signed into law by U.S. President Donald Trump in December 2017. The tax has hit thousands of Canadian residents with U.S. or dual citizenship and a company incorporated in Canada.
"The information sharing agreement ... helps facilitate giving the IRS a target list in Canada," he said. "The Canadian government has to respect Canadians' privacy and be aware of all of these consequences."
NDP Revenue Critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault said the CRA should proactively notify Canadian bank account holders when information about their accounts is transferred to the U.S.
"The CRA should do its job of informing their citizens, the taxpayers of Canada that they are taking their personal banking information and transferring it to a foreign country. This is the bare minimum and it shows again the lack of transparency of this government."
Elizabeth Thompson can be reached at elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca
About the Author
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "MinFinance / FinanceMin (FIN)" <fin.minfinance-financemin.
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:52:33 +0000
Subject: RE: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump
I just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
The Department of Finance acknowledges receipt of your electronic
correspondence. Please be assured that we appreciate receiving your
comments.
Le ministère des Finances accuse réception de votre correspondance
électronique. Soyez assuré(e) que nous apprécions recevoir vos
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:51:14 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
To: president <president@whitehouse.gov>, mdcohen212@gmail.com, pm
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.
<MulcaT@parl.gc.ca>, Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca,
B.English@ministers.govt.nz, Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au
pminvites@pmc.gov.au, mayt@parliament.uk, press
<press@bankofengland.co.uk>, "Andrew.Bailey"
<Andrew.Bailey@fca.org.uk>,
fin.financepublic-
<newsroom@globeandmail.ca>, "CNN.Viewer.Communications.
<CNN.Viewer.Communications.
<news-tips@nytimes.com>, lionel <lionel@lionelmedia.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, "justin.ling@vice.com, elizabeththompson"
<elizabeththompson@ipolitics.
"Bill.Morneau" <Bill.Morneau@canada.ca>, postur <postur@for.is>,
stephen.kimber@ukings.ca, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
"Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>, oldmaison
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, andre <andre@jafaust.com>
---------- Original message ----------
From: Michael Cohen <mcohen@trumporg.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
<fin.financepublic-
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:05:00 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo President Trump RE the Federal Court of Canada File No
T-1557-15 lets see how the media people do with news that is NOT FAKE
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:16:17 +0000
Subject: Accusé de réception / Acknowledge Receipt
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable Mélanie Joly, ministre du Patrimoine canadien.
La ministre est toujours heureuse de prendre connaissance des
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Hancox, Rick (FCNB)" <rick.hancox@fcnb.ca>
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:22 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
G'Day/Bonjour,
Thanks for your e-mail. I am out of the office until 24 February. If
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veuillez contacter France Bouchard au 506 658-2696 pour assistance
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---------- Original message ----------
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Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 04:46:16 +0000
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---------- Original message ----------
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Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:48:00 +0000
Subject: Merci / Thank you
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Bonjour,
Nous vous remercions d'avoir communiqué avec le bureau de Jean-Yves
Duclos, député de Québec et Ministre de la Famille, des Enfants et du
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:44:27 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Hey Elizabeth Tompson RE your concrens about the PCO and
the TPP We talked once again yesterday and as usual you were too busy
to listen to me but I also called many of your associates in the
Parliamentry Press Galllery and some did listen to me Correct?
To: gerry@marinerpartners.com, "Stephen.Horsman"
<Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca>, customerservice@schiffradio.
curtis@marinerpartners.com, "rick.hancox" <rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>,
rjgillis@gmglaw.com, rgfaloon@gmglaw.com, "sally.gomery"
<sally.gomery@
<ahamilton@casselsbrock.com>, "bruce.northrup"
<bruce.northrup@gnb.ca>, bruce <bruce@brucehyer.ca>, "bruce.fitch"
<bruce.fitch@gnb.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:13:15 -0400
Subject: Hey Elizabeth Tompson RE your concerns about the PCO and the
TPP We talked once again yesterday and as usual you were too busy to
listen to me but I also called many of your associates in the
Parliamentry Press Galllery and some did listen to me Correct?
To: elizabeththompson@ipolitics.ca
<pm@pm.gc.ca>, "justin.trudeau.a1" <justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca>
"justin.ling" <justin.ling@vice.com>, "rob.moore.a1"
<rob.moore.a1@parl.gc.ca>, jesse <jesse@jessebrown.ca>,
"thomas.mulcair.a1" <thomas.mulcair.a1@parl.gc.ca>
<leader@greenparty.ca>, "Jacques.Poitras" <Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>,
editor@canadalandshow.com, editor <editor@thetyee.ca>, editor
<editor@frankmagazine.ca>, "peacock.kurt"
<peacock.kurt@
nbmilk@nbmilk.org, weekesj@bennettjones.com,
mclellana@bennettjones.com, votefast2015@gmail.com,
info@karenmccrimmon.ca, info@marthahallfindlay.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<ed.fast@parl.gc.ca>, asiskind@newscorp.com, Rupert.Murdoch@fox.com,
shipshore44 <shipshore44@gmail.com>, investor@newscorp.com,
Claude.J.G.Levesque@
<maryann4peace@gmail.com>, grant.mccool@thomsonreuters.
newsroom@theguardian.pe.ca, Bob.Kerr@cbc.ca,
Susan.J.Collins@bhpbilliton.
bruce.northrup@gnb.ca, Andrew.Robb.MP@aph.gov.au, gopublic
<gopublic@cbc.ca>, "marylou.babineau"
<marylou.babineau@greenparty.
ritzg <ritzg@parl.gc.ca>, ritzg <ritzg@sasktel.net>,
mgeist@uottawa.ca, birgittaj <birgittaj@althingi.is>, birgittajoy
<birgittajoy@gmail.com>
Here is a little proof to support what I said on the phone.
A debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
and a lawsuit
https://www.scribd.com/doc/
https://www.scribd.com/doc/
FYI During my debates in Fundy Royal I made certain that Rob Moore
and his boss Harper and the Libranos knew within the emails found
below that I was not talking through my hat with reference to the TPP
false promises dairy farmers and my concerns about the Internet
As you journalists well know I made good on my promise to sue the
CROWN while running for a seat in Parliament one last time. As usual
CBC and most of the other very unethical "journlists" ignored the
obvious except Rogers TV and the local reporters employed by the
Irving billionaires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Clearly Jesse Brown and his buddy Mean Mikey Geist were yapping about
the TPP before you revealed the PCO's point of view about Harper's
false promise. More importantly to Mean Old Me both those very snobby
and very unethical Upper Canadian spin doctors well aware I knew the
very sneaky Julian Assange long BEFORE he and Birgitta Jonsdotir made
Wikileaks. Hell I have been dicing with the bast Geist for over ten
years since he stuck his nose in Byron Prior's matters (Another matter
no journalist will report about) Anyone can scroll down or just Google
"Michael Geist" "David Amos" or "Julian Assange" "David Amos" to see
the proof of what I say is true.
http://canadalandshow.com/
Katie Jensen • October 12, 2015
Show notes:
University of Ottawa's Michael Geist breaks down the TPP
(Trans-Pacific Partnership), a proposed trade agreement that Stephen
Harper has been toiling over in secret for the last five years - an
agreement that will have huge impacts on Canada's internet freedom and
copyright issues.
Michael Geist's Twitter: @mgeist
I am a law professor at the University of Ottawa where I hold the
Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law. My current
contact information is included below:
Address: University of Ottawa
Faculty of Law
Common Law Section
57 Louis Pasteur
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5
Canada
Phone: (613) 562-5800 extension 3319
Fax: 613-562-5124
E-mail: mgeist@uottawa.ca
Full text of the TPP leak
http://ipolitics.ca/2015/10/
Harper lacks authorities for promised $4.3B TPP farm compensation, PCO admits
By Elizabeth Thompson | Oct 13, 2015 4:20 am | 1 comment |
http://www.cbc.ca/news/
Privy Council Office tracks party promises to prepare for government transition
Senior public servants log and analyze every election promise on a
daily basis to prep briefing books
By Dean Beeby, CBC News Posted: Oct 14, 2015 5:00 AM ET|
http://www.cbc.ca/news/
Liberals, NDP decline PCO offer of confidential briefing on TPP trade deal
Offer to view trade deal just before election rejected as 'political ploy'
CBC News Posted: Oct 15, 2015 5:11 PM ET|
"Mulcair said Trade Minister Ed Fast broke a promise to make all
details of the accord public ahead of election day.
"Instead of openness and transparency, Canadians are learning details
through leaked information and the government's own self-serving
promotional efforts. That's not acceptable," Mulcair said.
The Privy Council Office is the department that provides non-partisan
support to the prime minister and cabinet. The Conservative campaign
told CBC News the government asked the PCO to offer the briefing to
the opposition parties.
But in a separate letter released Thursday, Liberal candidate John
McCallum accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper of continuing a "lack
of transparency" over the deal's details.
"Despite a commitment by the minister of international trade, Mr. Ed
Fast, to release the text of the agreement so all Canadians can judge
it on its merits before election day, media reports this week state
that the details will remain secret," McCallum wrote.
"It is troubling that with just four days remaining until election
day, you continue to refuse to release the text of the agreement for
Canadians to see."
McCallum noted that a previous briefing attended by party
representatives on Oct. 4 "provided no actual details beyond the
limited information already released publicly."
"It is simply not possible to conduct a meaningful, in-depth analysis
of the 1,500-plus page agreement in 90 minutes," he wrote.
I am included in briefing. I was only leader to participate in the 1st
#TPP briefing. #GPC #elxn42 @CanadianGreens @Politicolnews @PnPCBC
— @ElizabethMay
Conservative campaign spokesman Kory Teneycke told CBC News the
Liberals initially agreed to attend the Friday briefing, while the NDP
declined. Teneycke said the briefing was to be based on the chapter
summaries, since the final text does not exist yet.
A Liberal campaign spokesman referred CBC News to McCallum's letter,
but said any suggestion the party had accepted the offer of the
briefing was false."
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Robb, Andrew (MP)" <Andrew.Robb.MP@aph.gov.au>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 03:51:41 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE TPP Trust that LOTS of Farmers in New
Brunswick and many Yankees, Icelanders and New Zealanders know exactly
who I am EH John Key. Birgitta Jonsdottir, Wayne Easter and Rob
Nicholson?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Thank you for taking the time to contact me.
This is an automatically generated reply so that you know that your
email has arrived.
As you will appreciate given the large number of emails received each
day, a reply cannot be sent immediately, nor can a reply be sent to
every email received.
I will however read your correspondence.
I prioritise emails from my constituents and those relating to my
trade, investment and tourism portfolio.
If your email relates to my responsibilities as Minister for Trade and
Investment, I will consider your correspondence and respond if
appropriate.
If your email is part of an automatically generated campaign, I will
note your views.
For those interested, there is a significant amount of useful facts
regarding the China FTA and Trans Pacific Partnership on my
Department’s website:
http://dfat.gov.au/trade/
and
http://dfat.gov.au/trade/
In the meantime, you may be interested in completing my community
survey by clicking
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 23:47:53 -0400
Subject: Fwd: RE TPP Trust that LOTS of Farmers in New Brunswick and
many Yankees, Icelanders and New Zealanders know exactly who I am EH
John Key. Birgitta Jonsdottir, Wayne Easter and Rob Nicholson?
To: t.groser@ministers.govt.nz, m.mccully@ministers.govt.nz,
t.mcclay@ministers.govt.nz, reception@liberal.pe.ca, birgittaj
<birgittaj@althingi.is>, jamie_macphail@hotmail.com, nichor
<nichor@parl.gc.ca>, MMcalvanah@ustr.eop.gov,
Andrew.Robb.MP@aph.gov.au, "peter.mackay"
<peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca>, "rob.moore.a1" <rob.moore.a1@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
sally.gomery@
Timothy_Reif@ustr.eop.gov, Michael_Froman@ustr.eop.gov,
public.div@asean.org, sflynn@wcl.american.edu
https://www.whitehouse.gov/
https://ustr.gov/about-us/
http://www.international.gc.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/
http://thedavidamosrant.
http://infojustice.org/
http://www.liberal.ca/
Riding President
Jamie MacPhail
jamie_macphail@hotmail.com
reception@liberal.pe.ca
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "J Key (MIN)" <J.Key@ministers.govt.nz>
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 01:38:56 +0000
Subject: Thank you for your email
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
On behalf of the Prime Minister, Rt Hon John Key, thank you for your email.
Please note that although email increases the speed of delivery, it
may not be possible to provide you with the rapid response users of
email may anticipate.
The fact that you have taken the time to write is appreciated. You
can be assured that your views will be noted.
Yours sincerely
The Office of the Prime Minister
______________________________
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 21:38:42 -0400
Subject: RE TPP Trust that LOTS of Dairy Farmers in New Brunswick and
many Yankee, Icelanders and New Zealanders know exactly who I am EH
John Key. Birgitta Jonsdottir, Wayne Easter and Rob Nicholson?
To: J.Key@ministers.govt.nz
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
https://www.facebook.com/
Birgitta Jonsdottir
September 23 at 10:52am ·
Transparency Tim: show us the text
The TPP Internet Censorship Plan is coming
We need you to tell your Trade Minister today: don't let the
Trans-Pacific Partnership destroy our laws and censor the Internet.
stopthesecrecy.net
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Gary Bonn
Gary Bonn Thank you Birgitta Jonsdottir
1 · September 24 at 5:30am
http://thedavidamosrant.
From: Birgitta Jonsdottir
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 07:14:02 +0000
Subject: Re: Bon Soir Birgitta according to my records this is the
first email I ever sent you
To: David Amos
dear Dave
i have got your email and will read through the links as soon as i
find some time keep up the good fight in the meantime
thank you for bearing with me
i am literary drowning in requests to look into all sorts of matters
and at the same time working 150% work at the parliament and
the creation of a political movement and being a responsible parent:)
plus all the matters in relation to immi
with oceans of joy
birgitta
Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are
not.
Andre Gide
Birgitta Jonsdottir
Birkimelur 8, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland, tel: 354 692 8884
http://this.is/birgitta – http://joyb.blogspot.com -
http://www.facebook.com/
>>> From: "Julian Assange)" editor@wikileaks.org
>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 3:15 PM
>>> Subject: Al Jazeera on Iceland's plan for a press safe haven
>>>
>>> FYI: Al-Jazeera's take on Iceland's proposed media safe haven
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?
>>>
>>> More info http://immi.is/
>>>
>>> Julian Assange Editor WikiLeaks http://wikileaks.org/
>>>
>>> From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>> To: "Julian Assange)" editor@wikileaks.org
>>> Cc: "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net; "Byrne. G" Byrne.G@parl.gc.ca
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:35 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Al Jazeera on Iceland's new plan Thanx Here is
>>> something
>>> about Iceland and Banksters Al Jazeera would enjoy
>>>
>>> Checkout this old pdf file from 2005 at about page two or three
>>>
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/
>>>
>>> Then read on and chuckle
>>>
>>> From: postur@fjr.stjr.is
>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009
>>> Subject: Re: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious
>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years?
>>> To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Dear David Amos
>>>
>>> Unfortunately there has been a considerable delay in responding to
>>> incoming letters due to heavy workload and many inquiries to our
>>> office.
>>>
>>> We appreciate the issue raised in your letter. We have set up a web
>>> site www.iceland.org where we have gathered various practical
>>> information regarding the economic crisis in Iceland.
>>>
>>> Greetings from the Ministry of Finance.
>>>
>>> TilvÃsun à mál: FJR08100024
>>>
>>> From: postur@for.stjr.is
>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008
>>> Subject: Regarding your enquiry to the Prime Ministry of Iceland
>>> To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>
>>> Your enquiry has been received by the Prime Ministry of Iceland and
>>> waits attendance.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008
>>> Subject: I just called to remind the Speaker, the Bankers and the
>>> Icelanders that I still exist EH Mrs Mrechant, Bob Rae and Iggy?
>>> To: Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com,
>>> egilla@althingi.is, william.turner@exsultate.ca
>>> Cc: Rae.B@parl.gc.ca, Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca, lebrem@sen.parl.gc.ca,
>>> merchp@sen.parl.gc.ca, coolsa@sen.parl.gc.ca, olived@sen.parl.gc.ca
>>>
>>> All of you should review the documents and CD that came with this
>>> letter ASAP EH?
>>>
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/
>>>
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/
>>>
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/
>>>
>>> Perhaps Geir Haarde and Steingrimur Sigfusson should call me back
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>
>>> The ReykjavÃk Grapevine
>>> Hafnarstræti 15
>>> 101 ReykjavÃk
>>> Iceland
>>> grapevine@grapevine.is
>>> +354-540-3600
>>
>>
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 21:21:42 -0400
Subject: FWD LOTS of Dairy Farmers in New Brunswick know exactly who I
am ask Wayne Easter why EH Rob Moore?
To: nbmilk@nbmilk.org, weekesj@bennettjones.com,
mclellana@bennettjones.com, votefast2015@gmail.com,
info@karenmccrimmon.ca, info@marthahallfindlay.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
https://mobile.twitter.com/
Wayne Easter @WayneEaster 15h
Heartwarming y'day on campaign trail as several non-farm households
stated "concerned for dairy farmers"(due 2 TPP)Support 4 fellow
citizens
http://wayneeaster.parl.
Conservative Government Must be Transparent with Canadians during TPP Talks
Posted on July 16, 2012
CHARLOTTETOWN— Liberal International Trade critic Wayne Easter made
the following statement today on Canada’s Trans-Pacific Partnership
(TPP) negotiations:
“According to a recent report, the US will be seeking ‘new market
access’ from Canada in the TPP negotiations. The report noted that a
major component of negotiations would be Canada’s supply management
system.
It is imperative that this Conservative government be completely
transparent on their TPP negotiations, especially in regards to what
Canada is conceding in order to be accepted into this partnership.
Canadian dairy and poultry producers depend on the supply management
system, just as Canadian consumers rely on its stable pricing, and
they all deserve assurance that their livelihoods and food safety will
not be compromised in these negotiations.”
http://www.ctvnews.ca/
"Saputo said some dairy farmers have good reason to be worried if
there are dramatic changes to Canada's protective supply management
system, as demanded by some of the 12 countries involved in
negotiating the trade deal. But he said other farmers are efficient,
can compete with anybody in the world and flourish in an unregulated
system.
The abolition of Canada's dairy supply management system would
threaten 4,500 to 6,000 farms and up to 24,000 direct jobs across the
country, according to a study released last week commissioned by dairy
co-operative and Saputo rival Agropur.
Up to 40 per cent of Canada's milk production would be at risk, said
the 56-page report from Boston Consulting Group."
http://www.ctvnews.ca/
"Fast used more guarded language on dairy. Of that, he said: "There's
still lots of work to be done."
The Canadian government faces domestic pressure from dairy-producing
provinces, who are not at the negotiating table but have provincial
representatives in Atlanta pushing against any opening to foreign milk
and cheese.
Canada isn't the only country with domestic pressure: the American
delegation has received a public letter from influential lawmakers
urging it to walk away unless it can secure certain gains for American
businesses.
But the biggest U.S. business lobby is urging a deal now.
It says the decade-long TPP project could be destroyed by domestic
politics if it doesn't happen immediately, with elections in Canada,
then the U.S., Japan and Peru next year and governments under pressure
to protect individual sectors.
"If we miss this opportunity I believe we may lose it forever," said
Tami Overby, vice-president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
"We have the Canadian election. No one knows what that outcome's going
to be. We also get closer to the U.S. 2016 (presidential race) -- that
gets harder. So from my perspective nothing gets better. But the risk
increases, and in some cases quite significantly as time goes by."
As if to underscore her point, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair announced Friday
that he wouldn't consider himself bound to ratify any deal reached
during the election campaign.
Overby encouraged all countries to put some of the proverbial water in
their wine.
For Canada, that wine comes with a little more foreign cheese.
She said New Zealand hasn't asked for much. But it helped spearhead
the TPP project years ago, with its one major demand being access to
dairy markets.
Other Canadian industries are thrilled at the prospect of a deal.
The head of Canada's pro-free-market agriculture group said he expects
a nine-per-cent increase in canola exports alone, with big gains for
other industries including pork, beef and barley.
"We're extremely optimistic for our sector," said Brian Innes of the
Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, and vice-president of the Canola
Council.
"We face significant trade barriers, this is the most ambitious deal
in decades, and it could have a major impact on our ability to
export."
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Transfer of Canadian banking records to U.S. tax agency doubled last year
Documents for thousands of Canadian residents transferred under
controversial FATCA legislation
By Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News Posted: Jan 29, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Banking records of more than 315,000 Canadian residents were turned
over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service last year under a
controversial information sharing deal, CBC News has learned.
That is double the number transferred in the deal's first year.
The Canada Revenue Agency transmitted 315,160 banking records to the
IRS on Sept. 28, 2016 — a 104 per cent increase over the 154,667
records the agency sent in September 2015.
Lisa Damien, spokeswoman for the CRA, attributed the increase to the
fact it was the second year for the Canada-U.S. information sharing
deal that was sparked by the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
(FATCA).
"The exchange in September 2015 was based on accounts identified by
financial institutions at the time," she said. "The number of reported
accounts was expected to increase in 2016, because the financial
institutions have had more time to complete their due diligence and
identify other reportable accounts."
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Prior to coming to power, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opposed the
agreement to share banking records of Canadian residents with the IRS.
He has since changed his position. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The transmission of banking records of Canadian residents is the
result of an agreement worked out in 2014 between Canada and the U.S.
after the American government adopted FATCA. The U.S. tax compliance
act requires financial institutions around the world to reveal
information about bank accounts in a bid to crack down on tax evasion
by U.S. taxpayers with foreign accounts.
Dual citizens, long-term visitors affected
The deal requires financial institutions to share the banking records
of those considered to be "U.S. persons" for tax purposes — regardless
of whether they are U.S. citizens.
Among the people who can be considered by the IRS as "U.S. persons"
are Canadians born in the U.S., dual citizens or even those who spend
more than a certain number of days in the United States each year.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper's government argued that given
the penalties the U.S. was threatening to impose, it had no choice but
to negotiate the information sharing deal. The former government said
it was able to exempt some types of accounts from the information
transfer.
CRA
The Canada Revenue Agency transfers banking records of people believed
to be 'U.S. persons' to the IRS. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The Canada Revenue Agency triggered controversy after it transferred
the first batch of Canadian banking records to the IRS in September
2015 in the midst of the election campaign, without waiting for an
assessment by Canada's privacy commissioner or the outcome of a legal
challenge to the agreement's constitutionality.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Treasury Board President Scott Brison
and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale have dropped calls to scrap
the deal, which they had made before the Liberals came to power.
Watchdog wants proactive notification
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has raised concerns about the
information sharing, questioning whether financial institutions are
reporting more accounts than necessary. Under the agreement, financial
institutions only have to report accounts belonging to those believed
to be U.S. persons if they contain more than $50,000.
Therrien has also suggested the CRA proactively notify individuals
that their financial records had been shared with the IRS. However,
the CRA has been reluctant to agree to Therrien's suggestion.
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Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has questioned whether the CRA is
transmitting more banking records to the IRS than is necessary.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault said the increase in the
number of files transferred was "surprising," and he questioned
whether financial institutions are only sharing records of accounts
worth more than $50,000.
"I don't see how there would be 150,000 more accounts reportable to
the IRS in one year. It is something I will look into."
Dusseault said the CRA should notify every Canadian resident whose
banking records are shared with the IRS.
Lynne Swanson, of the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian
Sovereignty, which is challenging the information sharing agreement in
Federal Court, said she has no idea why the number of banking records
shared with the IRS doubled.
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NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault says the CRA should notify
every Canadian resident whose banking records are shared with the IRS.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
"It still seems low in comparison to the number of Canadians that are
affected by this," she said. "It is estimated that a million Canadians
are affected by this."
Hopes for repeal
Swanson hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump, or Congress — which is
now controlled by the Republican Party — will scrap FATCA. The
Republican platform pledged to do away with the information collecting
legislation.
"FATCA not only allows 'unreasonable search and seizures' but also
threatens the ability of overseas Americans to lead normal lives," the
platform reads. "We call for its repeal and for a change to
residency-based taxation for U.S. citizens overseas."
Swanson's group is also hoping the Federal Court of Canada will
intervene, although a date has not yet been set for a hearing.
"A foreign government is essentially telling the Canadian government
how Canadian citizens and Canadian residents should be treated. It is
a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms."
Elizabeth Thompson can be reached at elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca
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