https://www.cbc.ca/news/pandora-papers-offshore-tax-avoidance-1.6197303
Huge 'Pandora Papers' leak exposes secret offshore accounts of politicians, celebrities and billionaires
Canadians named in confidential files include former auto-racing and figure-skating champions
· CBC News · Posted: Oct 03, 2021 12:30 PM ET | Last Updated: October 4
The
equivalent of at least $14.3 trillion is held in offshore jurisdictions
worldwide, according to a study last year from the Organization for
Economic Co-operation and Development. (CBC)
The offshore fortunes of prime ministers, royalty, billionaires, athletes and celebrities are being laid bare in a giant new leak of tax-haven financial records, even bigger than the Panama Papers, revealed today by a global consortium of media outlets.
The leaked files, dubbed the Pandora Papers, show 35 current or former world leaders and more than 300 other public officials around the globe who have held assets in or through tax havens. Former British prime minister Tony Blair, the current prime ministers of the Czech Republic and Kenya, and the king of Jordan have all benefited from the anonymity or tax advantages of their offshore holdings, the records reveal.
The 11.9 million files — consisting of everything from emails to bank statements, incorporation documents and shareholder registries — are from 14 firms that provide offshore services, and were leaked by a confidential source to the Washington-based International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. The ICIJ has provided access to the files to 150 of its partner news organizations around the world, including CBC/Radio-Canada and the Toronto Star in Canada.
So far, the CBC and the Star have identified the names of at least 500 Canadian citizens or residents in the records.
WATCH | A look inside the Pandora Papers:
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Much like the Panama Papers leak in 2016 or the Paradise Papers the following year, the secret files provide a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how certain global elites — or in other cases, high-profile criminals — take advantage of financial wizardry or opaque corporate structures to either shield assets, wriggle out of their tax obligations, or hide wealth entirely.
After the Panama Papers came to light five years ago, world leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron, repeatedly pledged to crack down on such tax abuses and to clean up the murky world of offshore finance. But the new Pandora Papers show that the global offshore world, while chastened, continued to thrive in recent years.
"When we published the Panama Papers a few years ago, there was a lot of outcry around the world saying that this was a system that needed to end," said Gerard Ryle, the ICIJ's director. "But we're now seeing the very people who could end the system … themselves benefiting from it."
There is nothing inherently illegal about having an offshore bank account or company, as long as it is properly declared to tax authorities, and plenty of major businesses operate overtly and legally in and through tax havens. However, the anonymity provided in offshore jurisdictions, coupled with their minimal or non-existent tax on income, also makes them a magnet for money launderers, tax evaders, corrupt politicians and other criminals.
Canadians
The leaked files contain details on hundreds of offshore companies and accounts set up by or for Canadians. Here are some of the most prominent names.
Jacques Villeneuve had offshore companies set up in zero-tax
jurisdictions from the start of his career. (Jonathan Ferrey/Getty
Images)
Jacques Villeneuve
The only Canadian to ever win a Formula 1 championship, Villeneuve lived a life of luxury in Monaco and Switzerland during most of his racing career, but lived in Quebec for a period in the 1990s and from 2007 to 2013. The Pandora Papers show he had offshore companies set up in zero-tax jurisdictions from the start of his career, back in 1992. They were set up to receive racing and endorsement income.
Elvis
Stojko, seen in the men's short program during the Salt Lake City
Winter Olympics in 2002, says he didn't even know which country his
offshore trust was in until CBC mentioned it. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Elvis Stojko
The karate-chopping figure skater won hearts with his edgy Olympic performances and world championship wins, but the money from his success wasn't bad, either. The leaked files show Stojko transferred Canadian assets worth up to $6.5 million into an offshore trust in the Caribbean in 2007, while he was living in Mexico. Skate Canada, an organization that receives public funding, signed off on the transaction. Stojko told CBC News that he relied on his lawyer to handle his finances, and had "no real involvement or interest" in any of it. "When my longtime lawyer recommended that I set up a trust ... I did not question his advice, and I trusted him to act in a manner which was both in my best interests and in compliance with the law." Skate Canada declined to comment.
Montrealer Firoz Patel pleaded guilty last year to conspiracy
to launder money, but says the case against him was overblown.
(Firoz_Patel_/Twitter)
Firoz Patel
The Quebecer is currently serving a three-year sentence in a Connecticut prison after pleading guilty last year in the U.S. to conspiring to launder money, via his and his brother's unlicensed online payment platforms Payza and AlertPay. The Pandora Papers show that just as the investigation into the Patel brothers was hitting its full stride, Firoz Patel flew to the United Arab Emirates where he acquired an offshore company. From prison, Patel said the corporation was set up legitimately to do business in Asia and had nothing to do with Payza.
Alexandre Cazes
The alleged criminal mastermind behind the dark web marketplace AlphaBay — an online bazaar for buying and selling drugs, guns and stolen credit card info — amassed a fortune worth about $29 million, according to U.S. authorities. The Pandora Papers show for the first time how he used a network of shell companies to obscure his ownership of various assets, including luxury homes.
The Pandora Papers show some of the ways Alexandre Cazes was
able to shift his money around with some degree of anonymity. (Kathy
Gauthier/Facebook)
Cazes died in 2017, a week after he was arrested. It's believed the Trois-Rivières, Que., native took his own life while in custody.
Fred Sharp
Sharp's Vancouver firm, Corporate House, was known as the go-to investment outfit for wealthy Canadians wanting to keep assets hidden and use offshore havens to minimize their taxes, sources in the wealth management industry told the CBC in 2016. Not surprisingly, Sharp was revealed that year as the most frequently named Canadian in the Panama Papers leak.
West
Vancouver ex-lawyer and investment 'middleman' Fred Sharp is facing
charges from the U.S. Justice Department as the alleged 'mastermind' of a
pump-and-dump investment scheme. (Sharp Art Pictures/YouTube)
The Canada Revenue Agency began auditing him and a number of his associates right after. Nothing much has come of it yet — at least in Canada — as Sharp and co. filed dozens of lawsuits to block the CRA's efforts. South of the border, however, Sharp's machinations caught the eye of the FBI, and he and a couple of clients were charged with securities fraud in August. He's less prominent in the new Pandora Papers leak, which mainly shows his firm doing routine administration of offshore companies. Sharp did not comment in response to questions from CBC News and the Toronto Star.
CBC News will report in depth on some of these cases, and other Canadian names, in the weeks ahead.
Global names
Outside of Canada, the prominent names in the leak include eight sitting presidents and three current prime ministers. Some of them had already declared their offshore assets, while for others, such as Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, their holdings were previously a secret.
Kenyan
President Uhuru Kenyatta told an interviewer in 2018 that 'every public
servant’s assets must be declared publicly.' He himself, however, seems
to have been an exception. (Yasuyoshi CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)
"Every public servant's assets must be declared publicly so that people can question and ask — what is legitimate?" Kenyatta had told a BBC interviewer in 2018. The leaked records show he and his mother were beneficiaries of a secretive foundation in Panama, while other family members own five offshore companies with assets worth more than $38 million. Kenyatta and his family did not reply to ICIJ partner journalists' requests for comment.
Among the other prominent global names:
Czech PM Andrej Babis
Listed in Forbes magazine's tally of global billionaires, Babis rose to power promising to crack down on corruption and tax evasion. The Pandora Papers reveal he used a string of shell companies to purchase a sprawling estate, Chateau Bigaud, in southern France and seven other nearby properties before he entered public office. He did not disclose the shell companies in the public declarations he's required to file by law, according to Czech state records obtained by an ICIJ media partner. Within three weeks, a Czech prosecutor will decide whether to lay fraud charges against him in an unrelated case. Babis didn't respond to the ICIJ's requests for comment.
Pop singer Shakira
The Colombian-born pop music sensation is already well known for her tax troubles. Though she declared herself a resident of the Bahamas, authorities in Spain determined she was actually living in Barcelona from 2011 to 2014 but not paying taxes, and in July a Spanish magistrate cleared the way for her to go to trial on criminal charges laid in 2019. The Pandora Papers reveal that even as that investigation in Spain was underway, she was incorporating new offshore entities in the British Virgin Islands, one of which, Titania Management Inc., has never previously been publicly revealed. A copy of her Spanish ID is among the leaked files.
Jordan's
King Abdullah II is connected with several offshore companies
registered in tax havens, including the British Virgin Islands. (Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images)
King Abdullah II
Jordan's ruler, the leak reveals, secretly owns 14 luxury homes in Britain and the U.S., purchased between 2003 and 2017 through companies registered in tax havens. The total value is more than $134 million. Writing to ICIJ on the king's behalf, attorneys denied anything improper about owning homes through offshore companies and said the king doesn't have to pay taxes under Jordanian law. But had the purchases been public, the timing could have alienated many Jordanians. Most of the real estate deals took place since 2011, after Arab Spring protests posed the first serious threat to the Jordanian monarchy in generations. Lately, protests against the royal family have intensified amid allegations that nepotism and corruption are choking the country. Jordan is also one of the poorest countries in the region and depends on foreign aid, including $800 million from Canada in the past 10 years.
Former
British prime minister Tony Blair, seen last month, purchased shares in
a company registered in the British Virgin Islands in order to acquire
a building in London that became the offices of his wife's law firm. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)
Former U.K. PM Tony Blair
Britain's longest-serving Labour prime minister and his wife, lawyer Cherie Blair, purchased an $11-million Victorian building in London in 2017 for her law firm. But it wasn't an ordinary real estate transaction. Instead of buying the property, they acquired the shares of the British Virgin Islands company that owned it, from the family of Bahrain's industry and tourism minister. By purchasing the company shares instead of the building, the Blairs benefited from a legal arrangement that saved them from having to pay more than $580,000 in property transfer taxes. Cherie Blair said in replies to questions from the U.K.'s Guardian newspaper that her husband was not involved in the transaction and that the "seller for their own purposes only wanted to sell the company" and not the property. Blair said she and her husband took immediate steps after acquiring the property to merge it back into a U.K.-based holding company, making it fully taxable in Britain.
The consequences for countries of wealth moving offshore, out of the reach of tax authorities, are particularly devastating this year, as national treasuries struggle against the whipsaw of a COVID-induced economic slowdown and sharply higher costs for health care, protective equipment and social programs.
The equivalent of at least $14.3 trillion is held offshore, according to a 2020 study by the Paris-based Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. However, the complexity and secrecy of the offshore system make it impossible to know how much of that is tied to tax evasion and other crimes and how much has been reported to authorities.
"These are loopholes that are available to wealthy people but not available to others," Robert Palmer, executive director of the advocacy group Tax Justice UK, told ICIJ partner the Guardian. "Politicians need to fix the tax system so that everyone pays their fair share."
-With files from CBC/Radio-Canada's Frédéric Zalac, Paul Emile d'Entremont, Charles Rusnell, Alex Shprintsen, Terence McKenna, Jeff Yates, Nicholas De Rosa, Benoit Michaud, Jonathon Gatehouse and Dexter McMillan
Follow Zach Dubinsky on Twitter @DubinskyZach
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2021/03/rcmp-threaten-bc-church-with-canada.html
Sunday, 7 March 2021
RCMP threaten a BC church with Canada Revenue Agency investigation??? NOW THATS TOO TOO FUNNY INDEED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eDtGnH4sFU
Police threaten BC church with Canada Revenue Agency investigation for in-person church services
13,959 views
•Jan 15, 2021
Deja Vu Anyone???
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2019/05/cra-signs-secret-settlement-with.html
Thursday, 30 May 2019
CRA signs secret settlement with wealthy KPMG clients involved in offshore tax scheme
From: Ministerial Correspondence Unit - Justice Canada <mcu@justice.gc.ca>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:35:08 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: KPMG
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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From: pierre.poilievre.a1@parl.gc.ca
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 17:35:08 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: KPMG
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Thank you for your email.
I am out of the office. Please contact Jeremy at
pierre.poilievre.a4@parl.gc.ca or call 613-992-2772.
Manjit
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From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)" <PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca>
Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2019 18:43:30 +0000
Subject: KPMG
To:
Dear Taxpayer:
Thank you for your correspondence regarding the KPMG case, which
attracted media attention. Thank you also for your understanding
regarding the delay of this response.
As Minister of National Revenue, my goal is to make sure the Canada
Revenue Agency (CRA) offers services that are fair, helpful, and easy
to use. This continues to be my priority and my focus as I devote my
efforts to delivering tangible results to taxpayers.
Although I cannot comment on a specific case, I can give you the
following general information. Settlements are concluded independently
from the Minister of National Revenue and the Minister's Office to
ensure the integrity of the tax system. They involve an independent
process within the CRA, in collaboration with the Department of
Justice.
In tax disputes, there is limited flexibility on settlement amounts
because CRA tax disputes are subject to the legal principles set out
in the Income Tax Act. The CRA is bound by the principles of tax law
and the rules arising from Canadian tax legislation. For example, when
a tax dispute involves an amount of $50,000, the taxpayer and the CRA
can agree on a lesser amount only if the determination of this amount
is based in law.
Settlements can also resolve tax issues that are not before the Court.
These settlements are carried out through an agreement called "minutes
of settlement," which is signed by a CRA official and the taxpayer.
Because this agreement is not public, taxpayers may see the use of
settlements as a lack of transparency. This is why I have asked the
CRA to review its procedures to find ways it can ensure greater
transparency regarding why it enters into settlements. Taxpayers
expect the tax system to be fair and equitable, and the CRA works
continuously to make sure that it is.
The CRA remains committed to combatting tax evasion and aggressive tax
avoidance. Individuals who participate in illegal tax strategies must
face the consequences of their actions, and taxpayers expect nothing
less.
I appreciate the opportunity to respond to your concerns and trust the
information I have provided is helpful.
Sincerely,
The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
Minister of National Revenue
https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2018/02/bill-morneau-got-copy-of-revenue.html
Thursday, 15 February 2018
Bill Morneau got a copy of Revenue Minister Diane Lebouthillier's email to me about KPMG as soon as I read it
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/cra-panama-papers-raids-vancouver-toronto-calgary-1.4535565
CRA raids locations in Toronto, Calgary and West Vancouver in Panama Papers probe
Agency discloses unprecedented details of criminal investigation prompted by huge leak of records
Comments
Mike McNair
Morneau forgets he has a
villa in France and nothing happens to him. A Waitress in PEI forgets
to include some tips on her tax return and she gets slapped with huge
fines.
David Amos
@Mike McNair Trust that I
made certain the Bill Morneau got a copy of Revenue Minister Diane
Lebouthillier's email to me about KPMG as soon as I read it
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Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:48:25 +0000
Subject: RE: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631
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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From: Green Party of Canada | Parti vert du Canada <info@greenparty.ca>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:48:45 +0000
Subject: Re: Fwd: Your various correspondence about abusive tax
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To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
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https://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.com/2017/11/well-it-look-like-my-lawsuit-against.html
Sunday, 5 November 2017
Well it looks like my lawsuit against the Queen just may pay dividends for many ordinary folks
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/paradise-papers-reaction-opposition-cra-1.4388916
CRA promises 'appropriate action' on tax haven use after Paradise Papers leak
Stephen Bronfman says he's never used offshore trusts, and his Canadian trusts have paid all taxes
CBC News Posted: Nov 06, 2017 8:47 AM ET1851 Comments
Commenting is now closed for this story.
Bill Davis
Right, the CRA will slam all the little people while allowing the elite to skate It is how Canada rolls.
David Raymond Amos
@Bill Davis I have a letter from Diane Lebouthillier, Minister of National Revenue that affirms your reasoning
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From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)"
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000
Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631
To: David Raymond Amos
Dear Mr. Amos:
Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes, and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.
"On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the Panama Papers leaks."
"The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution, court fines, and jail time."
David Raymond Amos
@Gary McCaig Amazing how you 3
dudes skipped over my comment like it wasn't there even though if was
irrefutable proof of an an important email to from the boss of the CRA
about the very topic of this article
David Raymond Amos
@JimWBrennan "In the age of
Internet and smartphones everyone has broadcast capabilities. We have
the power to tune out the drivel and the corporate messages and tune in
the community using the very same technology"
FYI last week I was talking too two well known journalists within the press gallery in Ottawa (One worked for CBC and both of them knew me) I asked the very busy fellas a simple question and both had the same response. I asked if they read the comment sections of their articles. They said they could not be bothered (Who cares about what the little people think when even the media does not?)
Anyway I just laughed and told them the snobby dudes they really should because I was talking about them and blogging about it as well.
Perhaps you should read all my comments in this article They have already been blogged particularly the ones that were blocked by CBC
Gerald Landry
@David Raymond Amos
Honourable of you to write the Regulators about such a serious issue that cripples all Canadians defrauded of Public Services.
Honourable of you to write the Regulators about such a serious issue that cripples all Canadians defrauded of Public Services.
Gerald Landry
@David Raymond Amos
My girlfriend always states, "the Internet will bring Us down". I'll change that to the "Internet will bring TheM down". Good work.
My girlfriend always states, "the Internet will bring Us down". I'll change that to the "Internet will bring TheM down". Good work.
@Gerald Landry Thank you for the kind words sir and say hey to your lady friend for me
Jeff Taylor
Wow, this'll be interesting.
One of the first things the Liberals did in 2016, was to prohibit the CRA from investigating KPMG and the Panama papers scheme.
One of the first things the Liberals did in 2016, was to prohibit the CRA from investigating KPMG and the Panama papers scheme.
@Jeff Taylor I wonder if
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau anyone else recalls why I sued Her Majesty
the Queen while I was running in the election of the 42nd Parliament?
Check the records for yourself
Federal Court File # T-1557-15
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
Fredericton 14-DEC-2015 BEFORE The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell Language: E Before the Court: Motion Doc. No. 8 on behalf of Plaintiff Result of Hearing: The presiding Judge recused himself on 14-DEC-2015 sitting
A decision I received from the Federal Court of Appeal File # A- 48-16 on All Hallows Eve bought me the ticket to the Supreme Court.
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
This matter comes on for hearing on 24-MAY-2017 at Fredericton before The Honourable Mr. Justice Webb The Honourable Mr. Justice Near The Honourable Madam Justice Gleason Appearances: David Raymond Amos (self-litigant) for the appellant Jan Jensen for the respondent
Judgment dated 30-OCT-2017 The Court's decision is with regard to Appeal Result: dismissed The Court's decision is with regard to Cross-appeal Result: granted Filed on 30-OCT-2017 entered in J. & O. Book, volume 300 page(s) 440 - 440 (Final decision)
The hearing on May 24th, 2017
https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
No Joke See if you can find me mentioned in the last election or four others before that
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs
Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28 elections over 101 years
CBC News Posted: Oct 17, 2015 6:00 AM AT
Ralph Fiennes
Hell as far as the CRA goes I am still trying to report to them that a man has been dead for quite some time and that they are being ripped off some of their tax money. The noname nomind CRA and Service Canada employees I do manage to talk to quite simply don't care...
More importantly I did have a long and decent conversation with a very nice lady who works for Sueddeutsche Zeitung the German newspaper that apparently broke this story. She promised to try hard to have her people call me back. Should I hold my breath or just sue the Queen again? Survey says?
Check the records for yourself
Federal Court File # T-1557-15
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
Fredericton 14-DEC-2015 BEFORE The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell Language: E Before the Court: Motion Doc. No. 8 on behalf of Plaintiff Result of Hearing: The presiding Judge recused himself on 14-DEC-2015 sitting
A decision I received from the Federal Court of Appeal File # A- 48-16 on All Hallows Eve bought me the ticket to the Supreme Court.
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
This matter comes on for hearing on 24-MAY-2017 at Fredericton before The Honourable Mr. Justice Webb The Honourable Mr. Justice Near The Honourable Madam Justice Gleason Appearances: David Raymond Amos (self-litigant) for the appellant Jan Jensen for the respondent
Judgment dated 30-OCT-2017 The Court's decision is with regard to Appeal Result: dismissed The Court's decision is with regard to Cross-appeal Result: granted Filed on 30-OCT-2017 entered in J. & O. Book, volume 300 page(s) 440 - 440 (Final decision)
The hearing on May 24th, 2017
https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
JimWBrennan
@William Roberts "Good luck getting independents elected. They don't have the financial or media support."
In the age of Internet and smartphones everyone has broadcast capabilities. We have the power to tune out the drivel and the corporate messages and tune in the community using the very same technology. No need for expensive national advertising, just do it community by community. Our freedom is at stake, we should probably do something greater than criticize others for the way they victimize us. By being willing victims now, the next group will be unwilling victims. We don't have to be victims at all, we just have to get off the couch and get independents on the ballot. Every community has underutilized communications channels: markets, halls, restaurants, bars, rinks, sports fields, lampposts, etcetera.
Our complacency is our biggest enemy. We have all the tools we need, we just have to use them before they are taken away by those we empower. It should be vastly more interesting and entertaining than another evening of corporate media.
In the age of Internet and smartphones everyone has broadcast capabilities. We have the power to tune out the drivel and the corporate messages and tune in the community using the very same technology. No need for expensive national advertising, just do it community by community. Our freedom is at stake, we should probably do something greater than criticize others for the way they victimize us. By being willing victims now, the next group will be unwilling victims. We don't have to be victims at all, we just have to get off the couch and get independents on the ballot. Every community has underutilized communications channels: markets, halls, restaurants, bars, rinks, sports fields, lampposts, etcetera.
Our complacency is our biggest enemy. We have all the tools we need, we just have to use them before they are taken away by those we empower. It should be vastly more interesting and entertaining than another evening of corporate media.
Content disabled.
David Raymond Amos
@JimWBrennan I have lived through what you just wrote about while running as a an Independent in 5 elections thus far.
Perhaps you should scroll up in this thread and read the comment of mine that Che just buried for political reasons?
Perhaps you should scroll up in this thread and read the comment of mine that Che just buried for political reasons?
David Raymond Amos
@JimWBrennan I was truly amazing that CBC just blocked my reply to you sir.
JimWBrennan
@William Roberts " they would have to take the buy outs to get anything done"
Not supporting all party policies would be an adequate start for getting things done. Not being yet another voice for the parties would be a step to a better balanced parliament.
We're stuck in a Canadian snow drift. It will take time to work our way out.
Not supporting all party policies would be an adequate start for getting things done. Not being yet another voice for the parties would be a step to a better balanced parliament.
We're stuck in a Canadian snow drift. It will take time to work our way out.
David Raymond Amos
@JimWBrennan Whereas CBC is
now blocking me for political reasons Perhaps we should talk? Google my
name you will find my phone number if you are interested.
David Raymond Amos
@JimWBrennan Snow drift is a
understatement CBC has me buried under a Polar Icecap but it melting
because of all the methane being spewed by politicians in Washington
Ottawa and the EU etc
No Joke See if you can find me mentioned in the last election or four others before that
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fundy-royal-riding-profile-1.3274276
Fundy Royal campaign targets middle class with focus on jobs
Fundy Royal voters have elected Conservatives all but 1 time in 28 elections over 101 years
CBC News Posted: Oct 17, 2015 6:00 AM AT
Ralph Fiennes
Now now people...settle
down...I'm sure the Honourable Revenue Minister Dianne Lebouthillier and
the Canada Revenue Agency have everything under control and will be
addressing this matter in the same manner that they handled the Panama
Papers revelation (i.e. they will do absolutely nothing except make
meaningless rhetorical comments)
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David Raymond Amos
@Ralph Fiennes Methinks its a
classic circlejerk embellished with meaningless rhetoric meanwhile the CRA
hires KPMG people and, more importantly, KPMG hires 'ex' CRA people. Go
Figure why I am suing the Crown
David Raymond Amos
@Ralph Fiennes Meaningless
rhetoric is correct Meanwhile the CRA hire KPMG people and, more
importantly, KPMG hire 'ex' CRA people. Go Figure why I am suing the
Crown
John Cookshaw
"Appropriate Action", this means the CRA is going after those that cannot afford lawyers or don't qualify to use tax shelters.
David Raymond Amos
@John Cookshaw "Appropriate Action", this means the CRA is going after those that cannot afford lawyers "
Sounds to me like standard operating procedure ofr questionable law enforcement authorities in every country around the world. Why would anyone presume that our CRA would be any more ethical or less evil?
Sounds to me like standard operating procedure ofr questionable law enforcement authorities in every country around the world. Why would anyone presume that our CRA would be any more ethical or less evil?
Jamie Taylor
Hey CBC, why not publish the 3300 names and let us decide who's notable?
You have the list, so publish it!!
This is how citizens/consumers become empowered.
Where our government will not punish them for their criminality and/or their disloyalty to Canadians, we can choose NOT to do business with them... an effective and appropriate way to punish them, i think.
Publish the names CBC!!!
You have the list, so publish it!!
This is how citizens/consumers become empowered.
Where our government will not punish them for their criminality and/or their disloyalty to Canadians, we can choose NOT to do business with them... an effective and appropriate way to punish them, i think.
Publish the names CBC!!!
Tom Peters
@Jamie Taylor
Freedom of the press dies years ago.
Freedom of the press dies years ago.
David Raymond Amos
@Tom Peters In my humble opinion the press never was free.
Rosebud
Rosebud
Emile Nelligan
I think nothing angers me
more than someone who lectures me on ethics and policy and then, doesn't
pay his or her fair share of taxes....
David Raymond Amos
@Emile Nelligan You must be angry a lot.
Bob Lashram
I bet...kinda like the government's action against KPMG...Nada...
George William
@Bob Lashram ..CRA won't investigate anyone who can afford their own lawyers.
David Raymond Amos
@Bob Lashram Watch me take on the CRA and their KPMG pals in short order in Federal Court
Marty Lee
Don't hold your breath on this one...The CRA seems to have two sets of laws:
-one set of laws for the rich, connected and entitled
and
-one set of laws for the rest of us, the average, hardworking Canadians...
Something has to change....
-one set of laws for the rich, connected and entitled
and
-one set of laws for the rest of us, the average, hardworking Canadians...
Something has to change....
David Raymond Amos
@Marty Lee Prime Minister
Trudeau "The Younger" and his minions will need a lot of luck trying to
convince anyone that his party and the CRA have any semblance of
integrity after the pounding the press has been giving them lately
Hell as far as the CRA goes I am still trying to report to them that a man has been dead for quite some time and that they are being ripped off some of their tax money. The noname nomind CRA and Service Canada employees I do manage to talk to quite simply don't care...
Pete Shartin
Harper brought in legislation to prevent this sort of thing
trudeau immediately removed it , now we know why
trudeau immediately removed it , now we know why
David Raymond Amos
@Pete Shartin Harper was no better that Trudeau everybody knows that
Mick Nuggets
Good for them. Where did the
CBC place the call? KPMG? That's where all the CRA brass ends up
councilling rich clients how to evade the tax regime they themselves
designed. Speaking of which what is going on with the KPMG
investigation? Seems to have fallen off the radar. If you believe
anything out of the CRA you've not been paying attention. Plus they're
very busy harassing wait staff, hot dog vendors and bike couriers.
Neel Kamal
We wonder if one could check the finances of the people who sit on CBC's Board of Governors?
David Raymond Amos
@Mick Nuggets FYI I called
CBC first thing yesterday and this morning I called four offices of the
Appleby Law Firm and stuck my hand out to them (I contacted Bermuda
first and left a message for Ms Marsh) Not one of the lawyers called
back just like the dudes from Panama. Surprised? Not I.
More importantly I did have a long and decent conversation with a very nice lady who works for Sueddeutsche Zeitung the German newspaper that apparently broke this story. She promised to try hard to have her people call me back. Should I hold my breath or just sue the Queen again? Survey says?
David Raymond Amos
@Neel Kamal I checked them out in 2004
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/stephen-bronfman-trudeau-paradise-papers-1.4382511
CBC Investigates
Trudeau's chief fundraiser linked to Cayman Islands tax scheme
Massive offshore leak reveals secrets of Stephen Bronfman's company
By Harvey Cashore, Chelsea Gomez, Gillian Findlay, CBC News5161 Comments (Now 5129)
Commenting is now closed for this story.
This thread was deleted
John Milkovic
The Bronfman/Trudeau
connection goes way back,several decades back. Wealthy supporter of Papa
and now son. Collusion runs deep in the Quebec political menage.
David Raymond Amos
@John Milkovic Trust that CBC
knows more about such topics than you and I put together. However I
remember talking to Harvey Cashore in 2015 while Trudeau and I were
candidates in the Federal Election and I had already filed my first
lawsuit in Federal Court I even sent Cashore and his cohorts emails
about KPMG etc about matters that they did not know about and they quite
simply didn't care. Go Figure why Cashore considered me rude.
Zavie Johnston
My fellow Canadians;
1) We can explain
2) It's not what it looks like
3) Canadian small business owners are tax cheats
4) Please ignore this story and do as we say, not as we do.
xoxo
Justin Trudeau
Bill Morneau
1) We can explain
2) It's not what it looks like
3) Canadian small business owners are tax cheats
4) Please ignore this story and do as we say, not as we do.
xoxo
Justin Trudeau
Bill Morneau
David Raymond Amos
@Zavie Johnston Where did the "Most liked" thread by by John milkovic go?
David Raymond Amos
@David Raymond Amos @John
Milkovic Trust that CBC knows more about such topics than you and I put
together. However I remember talking to Harvey Cashore in 2015 while
Trudeau and I were candidates in the Federal Election and I had already
filed my first lawsuit in Federal Court I even sent Cashore and his
cohorts emails about KPMG etc about matters that they did not know about
and they quite simply didn't care. Go Figure why Cashore considered me
rude.
Kristoffer Luukski Gildenlöw
@Zavie Johnston Quebec Liberal member of Parliament
Denis Lemieux resigns seat. The rats are leaving the ship, the SS
Trudeau
David Raymond Amos
@Kristoffer Luukski Gildenlöw Now that is interesting
david mccaig
@Zavie Johnston
As if this problem suddenly started when Trudeau was elected. These right wingers are hypocrites.
As if this problem suddenly started when Trudeau was elected. These right wingers are hypocrites.
David Raymond Amos
@david mccaig Methinks the NDP and the Greens are no better In fact I know it for a fact
Greg Gore (formerly Greggore)
@david mccaig - because for ever 1 CPC there are 10 liberals on the list!
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David Raymond Amos
@Greg Gore (formerly Greggore) The LIEbranos are far richer because they are the natural ruling party and entitled to their entitlements
Harry Flemming
Trudeau says it is all about
the middle class and making the 1 % pay their fair share . HAAHAHAA I
bet Trudeau , Morneau and Bronfman have a good laugh about that .
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David Raymond Amos
@Harry Flemming Gee I wonder
if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau anyone else recalls why I sued Her
Majesty the Queen while I was running in the election of the 42nd
Parliament?
Check the records for yourself
Federal Court File # T-1557-15
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=T-1557-15&select_court=T
Fredericton 14-DEC-2015 BEFORE The Honourable Mr. Justice Bell Language: E Before the Court: Motion Doc. No. 8 on behalf of Plaintiff Result of Hearing: The presiding Judge recused himself on 14-DEC-2015 sitting
A decision I received from the Federal Court of Appeal File # A- 48-16 on All Hallows Eve bought me the ticket to the Supreme Court.
http://cas-cdc-www02.cas-satj.gc.ca/IndexingQueries/infp_RE_info_e.php?court_no=A-48-16&select_court=All
This matter comes on for hearing on 24-MAY-2017 at Fredericton before The Honourable Mr. Justice Webb The Honourable Mr. Justice Near The Honourable Madam Justice Gleason Appearances: David Raymond Amos (self-litigant) for the appellant Jan Jensen for the respondent
Judgment dated 30-OCT-2017 The Court's decision is with regard to Appeal Result: dismissed The Court's decision is with regard to Cross-appeal Result: granted Filed on 30-OCT-2017 entered in J. & O. Book, volume 300 page(s) 440 - 440 (Final decision)
The hearing on May 24th, 2017
https://archive.org/details/May24thHoedown
David Raymond Amos
@Harry Flemming Why is it
that I was not surprised that CBC would block the awful truth of it all
particularly after it deleted John Milkovic's entire thread
David Raymond Amos
David Raymond Amos
@Harry Flemming Need I say
that first thing this morning I called four of the Appleby Law firms and
they have not called back yet?
However I did have a very decent conversation with a nice lady who works for the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Maybe just maybe they will call me back. Survey Says?
However I did have a very decent conversation with a nice lady who works for the German newspaper Sueddeutsche Zeitung. Maybe just maybe they will call me back. Survey Says?
Lori Patrick
Mr. Bronfman and company:
kindly stop sending me emails begging for money for the "struggling"
Liberal Party. I can't afford to pay all of my bills this month. I
regret with enormity that I voted for Justin Trudeau. I won't make that
mistake again.
David Raymond Amos
@Lori Patrick "Mr. Bronfman and company: kindly stop sending me emails begging for money for the "struggling" Liberal Party."
Now that is truly funny. My hat is off to you
Now that is truly funny. My hat is off to you
Harry Flemming
The hypocrisy of the Trudeau Liberals is astonishing .
David Raymond Amos
@Charles Jones I said a lot
about Ron Ambrose and her boss Harper actions against me when I was
running for Parliament in 2015 and suing the Crown and arguing Peter
MacKay's many minions in Federal Court at the same time. Once Morneau
and his boss were sworn in they quickly proved to me in no uncertain
terms that they supported Harper and Ambrose and were against me as
well.
@Rob Lehtisaari Methinks you
should go to the website of the Federal Court of Canada and query the
dockets of both courts with my name in order to reach an understanding
as to why the Liberals are no better than the Conservatives. After all
the public record is the PUBLIC record
Joyce Dunn
Another day, another liberal scandal.
David Raymond Amos
@Joyce Dunn "Another day, another liberal scandal."
YUP The little Lords know I love their circus
YUP The little Lords know I love their circus
alan boucain
Funny how Trudeau ran his
campaign about going after tax cheats. In particular, those little Mom
and Pop operations. Now looky here,
David Raymond Amos
@alan boucain Its called Doublespeak in that old book by George Orwell
Vernon Shein
The Liberanos...............
David Raymond Amos
@Vernon Shein I call them LIEbranos
jimmysinclair
Well folks, it's been said a million times ...
Grit times are graft times.
Grit times are graft times.
David Raymond Amos
@jimmysinclair Mulroney and his bag money was not graft?
McKenzie Liam (McLiberal)
As long as we don't close the
loopholes in the tax code the wealthy Canadians and foreigners will
avoid paying their fair share of taxes. The solution is not to blame
this or that person but to actually ask the government to close the
loopholes. People who are earning over $200,000 per year are the people who are complaining about the tax code reforms that the Liberal government wants to push forward and they are trying whatever they can to change the story from tax reform to government hypocrisy and use it to prevent the reform.
Here is the fact:
if your annual household income is over $200,000 you are in the top 1% category not middle class
Charles Jones
@McKenzie Liam (McLiberal)
The truth is, the tax changes are affecting high earning middle class Canadians and not touching well connected ultra-rich people like Trudeau, Morneau and now Bronfman and others. If you're OK with that kind of hypocrisy, God love ya. I'm sickened by it.
The truth is, the tax changes are affecting high earning middle class Canadians and not touching well connected ultra-rich people like Trudeau, Morneau and now Bronfman and others. If you're OK with that kind of hypocrisy, God love ya. I'm sickened by it.
Rob Lehtisaari
@McKenzie Liam (McLiberal)
I agree with everything you said, and was surprised that the fact is that making over 190k per year does put said Canadians in the top 1% bracket.
Minimum income to be in the top ... According to the 2011 survey, there were 272,600 Canadians who had incomes of at least $191,100 in 2010. That hefty number was the cutoff to make it into the top one per cent of Canadian income earners.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/who-are-canada-s-top-1-1.1703321
I agree with everything you said, and was surprised that the fact is that making over 190k per year does put said Canadians in the top 1% bracket.
Minimum income to be in the top ... According to the 2011 survey, there were 272,600 Canadians who had incomes of at least $191,100 in 2010. That hefty number was the cutoff to make it into the top one per cent of Canadian income earners.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/who-are-canada-s-top-1-1.1703321
Charles Jones
@Rob Lehtisaari
And they paid on average 151,900 in tax (2013 numbers, first one that popped up). how much did YOU pay to help prop up the system Rob?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-rich-1-tax-income-1.3301268
And they paid on average 151,900 in tax (2013 numbers, first one that popped up). how much did YOU pay to help prop up the system Rob?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-rich-1-tax-income-1.3301268
Rob Lehtisaari
@Charles Jones
I've paid my share as required.
It appears I have may also have a cyber stalker now, you realize if you cannot address the message, making it personal to attack the messenger is simply another form of shooting the messenger.
Why, say, they , when you have already admitted that your one of them?
I've paid my share as required.
It appears I have may also have a cyber stalker now, you realize if you cannot address the message, making it personal to attack the messenger is simply another form of shooting the messenger.
Why, say, they , when you have already admitted that your one of them?
David Raymond Amos
@Rob Lehtisaari Methinks you are too sensitive to to dice within CBC's domain
Daniel Griffiths
Bad weekend for JT and Hilary
David Raymond Amos
@Daniel Griffiths I would
feel for them but FATCA took my sense of empathy I may have had for any
politician who plays games with the Tax Man for their benefit not ours
Immediately below is the top portion of what I believe is the first email I sent the CBC snob Harvey Cashore but there have been many since then
here is a link to just one example
http://davidraymondamos3.blogspot.ca/2016/04/the-cra-cbc-rcmp-and-kpmg-try-hard-to.html
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:57:49 -0400
Subject: Re: I tried to explain my concerns with KPMG, Joey Oliver and Kerry-Lynne.Findlay to Harvey Cashore of CBC but he was too busy to talk to mean old me
To: investigations@cbc.ca, ElenaChurikova@ifac.org, office@cga-ns.org, info@cpacanada.ca, chait@bcsc.bc.ca, lara.gaede@asc.ca, cmcinnis@osc.gov.on.ca, anctil-bavas@lautorite.qc.ca, Communications@ifac.org, info@cairp.ca, gmoore@icans.ns.ca, tlambie@cpacanada.ca, tobin.lambie@cica.ca, kevin.dancey@cica.ca, heather.whyte@cica.ca, Hwhyte@cpacanada.ca, Kdancey@cpacanada.ca, Andrew.Treusch@cra-arc.gc.ca, John.Ossowski@cra-arc.gc.ca, Richard.Montroy@cra-arc.gc.ca, irussell@iiac.ca, bamsden@iiac.ca, ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca, public.integrity@oag.state.ny.us, dmills@cra.ca, dfrancis@nationalpost.com, dsimon@stu.ca, rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca, DAmirault@bankofcanada.ca, ZLalani@bankofcanada.ca, victor.boudreau@gnb.ca, ibruce@petersco.com, rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, jlisson@fasken.co.uk, labe@fasken.com, george.greer@cica.ca, Rachel.degrace@payroll.ca, Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@cra-arc.gc.ca, atip-aiprp@cra-arc.gc.ca, atip-aiprp@bankofcanada.ca, jbutler@cppib.com, mmcdaid@cppib.com, roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, pm@pm.gc.ca, info@ndp.ca, Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@parl.gc.ca, Philippe.Brideau@cra-arc.gc.ca, Madonna.Gardiner@cra-arc.gc.ca, Bill.Blair@cra-arc.gc.ca, Doug.Gaetz@cra-arc.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, harvey.cashore@cbc.ca, joe.oliver.a1@parl.gc.ca, Terry.Milewski@cbc.ca, ht.lacroix@cbc.ca, nick.moore@bellmedia.ca
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ministre de la Justice Ministre de la Justice
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:55:07 -0400
Subject: Rép. : I tried to explain my concerns with KPMG, Joey Oliver
and Kerry-Lynne.Findlay to Harvey Cashore of CBC but he was too busy
to talk to mean old me (Accusé de réception)
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Bonjour,
Nous accusons réception de votre courriel et vous remercions d'avoir
communiqué avec la ministre de la Justice.
Nous vous assurons que votre demande sera traitée avec toute l'attention
qu'elle mérite.
On 9/21/15, David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com wrote:
> Perhaps the KMG Ombudsman will explain my actions to CBC before the
> election
>
> https://www.scribd.com/doc/281442628/Me-Versus-the-Crown
>
> http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/06/5-years-waiting-on-bank-fraud-payout.html
>
> http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/04/fwd-canada-revenue-agency-lawyers-money.html
>
> Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:49:20 -0300
> From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
> To: Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, Akoschany@ctv.ca,
> jtravers@thestar.ca, warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
> Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-grc.gc.ca, oldmaison.wcie@gmail.com,
> "Richard Harris" injusticecoalition@hotmail.com, oldmaison@yahoo.com,
> Investor.Relations@realogy.com, bruce.noble@fredericton.ca,
> webo@xplornet.com, samperrier@hotmail.com, gypsy-blog@hotmail.com,
> donald.arseneault@gnb.ca
> Subject: Hey WICE you should make sure that Chucky Leblanc and the
> RCMP read this blog N'est Pas
> CC: premier@gnb.ca, Chris.Baker@gnb.ca, nouvelle@acadienouvelle.com,
> newsroom@nbpub.com, carl.davies@gnb.ca, advocacycollective@yahoo.com,
> mleger@stu.ca, jwalker@stu.ca, plee@stu.ca, dwatch@web.net,
> Duane.Rousselle@unb.ca, jonesr@cbc.ca,
> collins.moncton-east@hotmail.com, MichaelB.Murphy@gnb.ca,
> kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca, greg.byrne@gnb.ca, Bill.Fraser@gnb.ca,
> mary.schryer@gnb.ca, rick.miles@gnb.ca, Bernard.LeBlanc@gnb.ca,
> Cheryl.Lavoie@gnb.ca, claude.landry@gnb.ca, Jack.Keir2@gnb.ca,
> abel.leblanc@gnb.ca, eugene.mcginley2@gnb.ca, John.Foran@gnb.ca,
> roly.macintyre@gnb.ca, Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca
> Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:57:48 -0800 (PST)
> From: "David Amos"
> Subject: What kind of Bullshit Response is that Paulette
> To: "Paulette Delaney-Smith" Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca
>
> We also talked at least twice recently because your fellow cops
> directed me to you instead of the dudes I wanted to speak to. You told
> me that you gave my material to Kevin Jackson and commented that you
> had not received any emails from me lately ( you never respnded to the
> ones I sent in the past anyway) and I told you that they had been
> blocked by your pals and I suggested that you talk to your incompetent
> lawyer Gilmour. Remember lady?
>
> Anyway I was so pissed off by your pals stalking me and putting the
> proof of their malice in Youtube that i sent you some emails from my
> son's email address (your cop pals killed my other email accounts)
> just to see if they would get through. Surprise surprise some did and
> some did not. However Iknew that you got yours Methinks there is some
> defections in your ranks. Perhaps you and your fellow whisleblowers
> who cry alot in the Media should pick up the phone and make a deal
> with a honest whistleblower and then tell the truth, the whole truth
> and nothing but the truth for the benefit of all Canadians EH?
> Everybody and his dog knows that the RCMP are as crooked as hell and
> they only care about the RCMP and their pensions not the interests of
> the people they were hired to serve and protect.
>
> Veritas Vincit
> David Raymond Amos
>
> P.S. I will keep this email in confidence for one day then email it to
> politicians and the media and then post it on the web. Quit playing
> games and call me will ya? they may be a very importenat election in
> the near future and our affairs may become of interest to some smiling
> bastards loooking to get relected. Obviously nobody can deny that you
> and I did not cross paths before the 39th Parliament sat on April 4th,
> 2006 and you refused to act within the scope of your employment for
> some strange reason and shortly thereafter your former lawyer Richard
> Bell whom I had crossed paths with in 2004 became the first judge
> Stevey boy Harper appointed Surprise Surprise N'est Pas? 506 434 1379
> Please use it tomorrow before I file my first complaints in Federal
> Court.
>
> Paulette Delaney-Smith Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-grc.gc.ca wrote:
>
> David,
>
> I received your voice mail, I have been transferred to another unit
> and I am unaware of who is dealing with your complaints at this time.
>
> Paulette Delaney-Smith, Cpl.
> RCMPolice "J" DIvision HQ
>
> David Amos 01/03/08 12:49 AM
>
> Whereas you RCMP people refused to act within the scope of your
> employment and investigate major crimes Tis time for me to sue many
> bankers too N'est Pas Ms. Paulette Delaney-Smith and your old buddy
> Louie Lefebvre?
>
> US-KPMG FW Ombudsman Office wrote:
>
> Subject: Response to your emails
> Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:16:12 -0500
> From: "US-KPMG FW Ombudsman Office"
> To: ,
>
> Dear Mr. Amos,
>
> Thank you for contacting us. We have reviewed the information that you
> provided in your emails, and are not able to determine what specific
> issues you are raising that we should consider investigating. Thus, in
> order to conduct an investigation, we need to gather more specific
> information. Would you be willing to have a confidential conversation
> with me, the Ombudsman here at KPMG LLP (US) or would you be willing
> to provide me with a summary of your allegations as they relate to
> KPMG LLP or its clients and any evidence to support those allegations?
> Thank you for your continued assistance with this matter.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Michael Plansky
> Ombudsman
>
> The information in this email is confidential and may be legally
> privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this
> email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended
> recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken
> or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be
> unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice
> contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions
> expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter.
>
> http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cabinet-ministers-met-publicly-with-kpmg-while-firm-s-tax-sham-under-cra-probe-1.3234876
>
> Cabinet ministers met publicly with KPMG while firm's tax 'sham' under CRA
> probe
> Accounting firm joined revenue minister at speech while fighting court
> order
> By Harvey Cashore and Frederic Zalac, CBC News Posted: Sep 21, 2015
> 5:53 PM ET|
> Finance Minister Joe Oliver, left, was introduced by KPMG's head of
> tax, Elio Luongo, right, at a meeting of the Vancouver Board of Trade
> on April 28, 2015. (CBC)
>
> Related Stories
> ■KPMG offshore 'sham' deceived tax authorities, CRA alleges
> ■Tax havens explained: How the rich hide money
> ■Secret files reveal more Canadians using offshore tax havens
> ■Federal probe of KPMG tax 'sham' stalled in court
> ■KPMG tax 'sham' could lead to criminal investigation, experts say
> External Links
> ■Government of Canada: Kerry-Lynne Findlay's speech, Feb. 9, 2015
> (Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of
> external links.)
>
> Top Conservative cabinet ministers met publicly with senior staff from
> KPMG's tax division, and one went so far as to promote the firm, even
> as the Canada Revenue Agency was alleging the company set up an
> offshore tax "sham" that deceived the government and deprived the
> treasury of potentially millions of dollars, a CBC News investigation
> shows.
>
> Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Finance Minister Joe Oliver and
> Prime Minister Stephen Harper all appeared in public with officials
> from KPMG's tax department in 2014 and 2015 during the period when CRA
> auditors were continuing an investigation into one of the accounting
> firm's tax schemes and seeking names of multimillionaire clients.
>
> KPMG also sponsored Oliver's 2015 post-budget speech in Vancouver. And
> in August 2014, KPMG executives registered to lobby the prime minister
> and his staff.
>
> ■KPMG offshore 'sham' deceived tax authorities, CRA alleges
> ■Federal probe of KPMG tax 'sham' stalled in court
> ■KPMG tax 'sham' could lead to criminal investigation: experts
> ■Tax havens explained: How the rich hide money
> The CRA has alleged in court documents that the KPMG tax dodge —
> which involved clients with a minimum of $5 million setting up shell
> companies in the Isle of Man — was "intended to deceive" authorities.
>
> KPMG has been fighting a February 2013 court order to hand over the
> list of wealthy clients to the CRA for more than two years.
>
> Yet in the 31 months since the judicial authorization, neither the
> federal government nor KPMG has requested a court date for the
> accounting firm's appeal.
>
> A letter filed in Federal Court on July 20, 2015, written by a KPMG
> lawyer — stating the letter was "approved in …advance" by lawyers at
> the Department of Justice on behalf of the minister of national
> revenue — said that both sides are pursuing "confidential" discussions
> to try to settle out of court.
>
> KPMG lawyers had previously told the court the "lengthy process" was
> due to the "complexity" of the issues.
>
> Appearance of conflict of interest?
> Duff Conacher, a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa who
> teaches on ethics in government, said the Tory meetings with KPMG,
> while it was being pursued by the government, could raise questions of
> an appearance of a conflict of interest.
>
> Conacher said the meetings may lead to speculation about what is
> happening behind closed doors "because anyone who looks at it from the
> outside says, 'Hey, wait a second, this case hasn't been pursued
> aggressively. I wonder why?' "
>
> A spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office declined to say what
> was discussed with Harper and his aides, except to say that the
> meetings with KPMG were part of routine "stakeholder" discussions.
>
> The spokesperson did not respond to questions about whether anyone
> approached the prime minister or his staff to discuss the court case
> against KPMG.
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For confidential tips on this story, please email
> investigations@cbc.ca or call Harvey Cashore at 416-526-4704.
>
>
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 16:58:13 -0300
Subject: Re: Methinks Anti-vaxxers, the RCMP, their buddies in KPMG
and all their wealthy clients know that the 'Pandora Papers' leak is
just a distraction because your COVID 19 BS has yu in hot water N'esy
Pas Mr Trudeau?
To: Toby Mendel <toby@law-democracy.org>
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Need I say fuck you???
---------- Original message ----------
From: Toby Mendel <toby@law-democracy.org>
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 16:53:47 -0300
Subject: Re: Methinks Anti-vaxxers, the RCMP, their buddies in KPMG
and all their wealthy clients know that the 'Pandora Papers' leak is
just a distraction because your COVID 19 BS has yu in hot water N'esy
Pas Mr Trudeau?
To: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Please remove me from your mailing list.
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From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos333@gmail.
Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2021 16:41:32 -0300
Subject: Methinks Anti-vaxxers, the RCMP, their buddies in KPMG and
all their wealthy clients know that the 'Pandora Papers' leak is just
a distraction because your COVID 19 BS has yu in hot water N'esy Pas
Mr Trudeau?
To: pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, "Katie.Telford" <Katie.Telford@pmo-cpm.gc.ca>,
"pierre.poilievre" <pierre.poilievre@parl.gc.ca>,
"fin.minfinance-financemin.
<fin.minfinance-financemin.
"fin.financepublic-
<fin.financepublic-
oipcns@novascotia.ca, toby <toby@law-democracy.org>,
Chris.dEntremont@parl.gc.ca, "Bernadette.Jordan"
<Bernadette.Jordan@parl.gc.ca>
jean.laroche@cbc.ca, "steve.murphy" <steve.murphy@ctv.ca>,
sheilagunnreid <sheilagunnreid@gmail.com>, andrew
<andrew@frankmagazine.ca>, micote <micote@postmedia.com>, mcu
<mcu@justice.gc.ca>, mlcohen@eastlink.ca, "marc.garneau"
<marc.garneau@parl.gc.ca>, jeffsadrian@kpmglaw.ca,
lawrencemack@kpmg.com, "Nathalie.Drouin"
<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca
"claude.poirier" <claude.poirier@snb.ca>, "clare.barry"
<clare.barry@justice.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>,
"bill.pentney" <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, bob.hamilton@canada.ca,
"Diane.Lebouthillier" <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
spelech@kinexus.ca, "Diane.Lebouthillier"
<Diane.Lebouthillier@parl.gc.
Cc: motomaniac333 <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, postur <postur@for.is>,
PREMIER <PREMIER@gov.ns.ca>, "blaine.higgs" <blaine.higgs@gnb.ca>,
premier <premier@gov.ab.ca>, Office of the Premier
<scott.moe@gov.sk.ca>, premier <premier@gov.yk.ca>, premier
<premier@gov.pe.ca>, premier <premier@leg.gov.mb.ca>, premier
<premier@gov.nt.ca>, premier <premier@gov.nl.ca>, premier
<premier@ontario.ca>, premier <premier@gov.bc.ca>
https://www.cbc.ca/news/
Anti-vaxxers face few questions at legislative hearing on mandatory immunization
Opponents to proposed law that would eliminate all non-medical
exemptions for students used up allotted time
Jacques Poitras · CBC News · Posted: Aug 28, 2019 4:35 PM AT
https://vaccinechoicecanada.
The Letter to UBC Faculty Senates About Mandatory Vaccination
Friday, September 10, 2021
Submitted by Steven Pelech, Ph.D.
Professor, Division of Neurology,
Department of Medicine, University in British Columbia.
Senate Representative for Faculty of Graduate and Post-doctoral Studies.
President & Chief Scientific Officer Kinexus Bioinformatics Corporation Majority shareholder.
Chair, Scientific and Medical Advisory Committee Canadian Covid Care Alliance.
E-mail: spelech@kinexus.ca
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From: "Sadrian, Jeff" <jsadrian@kpmg.ca>
Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:28:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE My calls emails and the documents I gave
to the CRA, the Border Services and the CBC and the sneaky lawyer Duff
Conacher in 2004
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2018 06:35:05 -0400
Subject: The Acting Chief Counsel William M. Paul of the IRS should
check my attachments and his files and talk to his lawyer buddies in
the CRA, KPMG, Grant Thornton, SEC, FBI, RCMP and Banks,ASAP EH Mikey
Ferguson and Mikey Cohen?
To: william.m.paul@irscounsel.
Gerald.Semasek@irscounsel.
David.kautter@treasury.gov, Lafayettechip.harter@treasury.
Arlene.preston@irscounsel.
Leni.c.perkins@irscounsel.
Aaron.junge@mail.house.gov, Kara.getz@mail.house.gov,
Jennifer_Acuna@finance.senate.
RepatRemedy@democratsabroad.
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<Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>, "dean.buzza" <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>,
"mark.vespucci" <mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, "Mark.Blakely"
<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, gabrielle.hirz@ropesgray.com,
Jason.anderson@us.gt.com, lawrencemack@kpmg.com, "Nathalie.Drouin"
<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca
"claude.poirier" <claude.poirier@snb.ca>, "clare.barry"
<clare.barry@justice.gc.ca>, "jan.jensen" <jan.jensen@justice.gc.ca>,
"bill.pentney" <bill.pentney@justice.gc.ca>, bob.hamilton@canada.ca,
"Diane.Lebouthillier" <Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
Russell TIGTA <j.Russell.George@tigta.treas.
<Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca>, "Jody.Wilson-Raybould"
<Jody.Wilson-Raybould@parl.gc.
pierre.corbin@cra-arc.gc.ca, ciat@ciat.org, tax@americanbar.org,
drewacummings@gmail.com, matthewscottcooper@gmail.com,
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<michael.comeau@gnb.ca>, "serge.rousselle" <serge.rousselle@gnb.ca>,
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Ministre-Minister.PWGSC@tpsgc-
<Michael.Ferguson@oag-bvg.gc.
djtjr <djtjr@trumporg.com>
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Corbin, Pierre" <Pierre.Corbin@cra-arc.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 22:40:47 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: ATTN Michael Snaauw I call you and a lot of
your pals today
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
I am out of the office and will be returning on Aug 23, 2018.
Je suis absent du bureau et je serai de retour le 23 aout 2018.
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Subject: Automatic reply: ATTN Michael Snaauw I call you and a lot of
your pals today
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2018 18:09:35 -0400
Subject: ATTN I Just called Acting Chief Counsel William M. Paul,
To: william.m.paul@irscounsel.
Gerald.Semasek@irscounsel.
David.kautter@treasury.gov, Lafayettechip.harter@treasury.
Arlene.preston@irscounsel.
Leni.c.perkins@irscounsel.
Aaron.junge@mail.house.gov, Kara.getz@mail.house.gov,
Jennifer_Acuna@finance.senate.
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
RepatRemedy@democratsabroad.
mdcohen212 <mdcohen212@gmail.com>, washington field
<washington.field@ic.fbi.gov>, "Boston.Mail" <Boston.Mail@ic.fbi.gov>,
"dean.buzza" <dean.buzza@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, "mark.vespucci"
<mark.vespucci@ci.irs.gov>, "Mark.Blakely"
<Mark.Blakely@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>, gabrielle.hirz@ropesgray.com,
Jason.anderson@us.gt.com, lawrencemack@kpmg.com
https://www.irs.gov/about-irs/
Commissioner, Internal Revenue — David J. Kautter (acting)
William M. Paul, Acting Chief Counsel
Drita Tonuzi, Deputy Chief Counsel (Operations)
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 317-3300
Fax: (855) 573-7040
https://www.irs.gov/about-irs/
http://www.fedbar.org/
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Grant Thornton LLP
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Washington, DC 20005
(202)-875-0716
anne.r.gordon@pwc.com
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Gabby Hirz
Ropes & Gray LLP
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Boston, MA 02199
gabrielle.hirz@ropesgray.com
Jason Anderson
Grant Thorton LLP
171 N. Clark St., Suite 200
Chicago, IL 60601
(312) 602-8208
Jason.anderson@us.gt.com
Larry Mack
KPMG
1418 C Street NE
Washington, DC 20002
(202)533-3381
lawrencemack@kpmg.com
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From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2018 13:49:13 -0400
Subject: Attn Commissioner of Revenue Bob Hamilton I just called Best
you start lining up your lawyers ASAP EH?
To: bob.hamilton@canada.ca, "Diane.Lebouthillier"
<Diane.Lebouthillier@cra-arc.
<j.Russell.George@tigta.treas.
"Jean-Yves.Duclos" <Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<Nathalie.Drouin@justice.gc.ca
Bob Hamilton
Commissioner of Revenue and Chief Executive Officer of the CRA
Telephone Number 613-957-3688
Email bob.hamilton@canada.ca
Perhaps I will run into somebody ethical some day but I bet the
Yankees know that they won't work for any government. N'esy Pas
George J Russell and Mikey Cohen?
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From: "Ministre / Minister (SPAC/PSPC)"
<TPSGC.Ministre-Minister.
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:56:46 -0400
Subject: Accusé réception / Acknowledgement
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Le présent message accuse réception de votre courriel au ministre des
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Tuesday, 14 February 2017
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???
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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>
Effective January 20, 2017, I have accepted the role as personal
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From: "Min.Mail / Courrier.Min (CRA/ARC)" <PABMINMAILG@cra-arc.gc.ca>
Date: Wed, 24 May 2017 13:10:52 +0000
Subject: Your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes - 2017-02631
To: "motomaniac333@gmail.com" <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Mr. David Raymond Amos
motomaniac333@gmail.com
Dear Mr. Amos:
Thank you for your various correspondence about abusive tax schemes,
and for your understanding regarding the delay of this response.
This is an opportunity for me to address your concerns about the way
the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) deals with aggressive tax planning,
tax avoidance, and tax evasion by targeting individuals and groups
that promote schemes intended to avoid payment of tax. It is also an
opportunity for me to present the Government of Canada’s main
strategies for ensuring fairness for all taxpayers.
The CRA’s mission is to preserve the integrity of Canada’s tax system,
and it is taking concrete and effective action to deal with abusive
tax schemes. Through federal budget funding in 2016 and 2017, the
government has committed close to $1 billion in cracking down on tax
evasion and combatting tax avoidance at home and through the use of
offshore transactions. This additional funding is expected to generate
federal revenues of $2.6 billion over five years for Budget 2016, and
$2.5 billion over five years for Budget 2017.
More precisely, the CRA is cracking down on tax cheats by hiring more
auditors, maintaining its underground economy specialist teams,
increasing coverage of aggressive goods and service tax/harmonized
sales tax planning, increasing coverage of multinational corporations
and wealthy individuals, and taking targeted actions aimed at
promoters of abusive tax schemes.
On the offshore front, the CRA continues to develop tools to improve
its focus on high‑risk taxpayers. It is also considering changes to
its Voluntary Disclosures Program following the first set of program
recommendations received from an independent Offshore Compliance
Advisory Committee. In addition, the CRA is leading international
projects to address the base erosion and profit shifting initiative of
the G20 and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development, and is collaborating with treaty partners to address the
Panama Papers leaks.
These actions are evidence of the government’s commitment to
protecting tax fairness. The CRA has strengthened its intelligence and
technical capacities for the early detection of abusive tax
arrangements and deterrence of those who participate in them. To
ensure compliance, it has increased the number of actions aimed at
promoters who use illegal schemes. These measures include increased
audits of such promoters, improved information gathering, criminal
investigations where warranted, and better communication with
taxpayers.
To deter potential taxpayer involvement in these schemes, the CRA is
increasing notifications and warnings through its communications
products. It also seeks partnerships with tax preparers, accountants,
and community groups so that they can become informed observers who
can educate their clients.
The CRA will assess penalties against promoters and other
representatives who make false statements involving illegal tax
schemes. The promotion of tax schemes to defraud the government can
lead to criminal investigations, fingerprinting, criminal prosecution,
court fines, and jail time.
Between April 1, 2011, and March 31, 2016, the CRA’s criminal
investigations resulted in the conviction of 42 Canadian taxpayers for
tax evasion with links to money and assets held offshore. In total,
the $34 million in evaded taxes resulted in court fines of $12 million
and 734 months of jail time.
When deciding to pursue compliance actions through the courts, the CRA
consults the Department of Justice Canada to choose an appropriate
solution. Complex tax-related litigation is costly and time consuming,
and the outcome may be unsuccessful. All options to recover amounts
owed are considered.
More specifically, in relation to the KPMG Isle of Man tax avoidance
scheme, publicly available court records show that it is through the
CRA’s efforts that the scheme was discovered. The CRA identified many
of the participants and continues to actively pursue the matter. The
CRA has also identified at least 10 additional tax structures on the
Isle of Man, and is auditing taxpayers in relation to these
structures.
To ensure tax fairness, the CRA commissioned an independent review in
March 2016 to determine if it had acted appropriately concerning KPMG
and its clients. In her review, Ms. Kimberley Brooks, Associate
Professor and former Dean of the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie
University, examined the CRA’s operational processes and decisions in
relation to the KPMG offshore tax structure and its efforts to obtain
the names of all taxpayers participating in the scheme. Following this
review, the report, released on May 5, 2016, concluded that the CRA
had acted appropriately in its management of the KPMG Isle of Man
file. The report found that the series of compliance measures the CRA
took were in accordance with its policies and procedures. It was
concluded that the procedural actions taken on the KPMG file were
appropriate given the facts of this particular case and were
consistent with the treatment of taxpayers in similar situations. The
report concluded that actions by CRA employees were in accordance with
the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct. There was no
evidence of inappropriate interaction between KPMG and the CRA
employees involved in the case.
Under the CRA’s Code of Integrity and Professional Conduct, all CRA
employees are responsible for real, apparent, or potential conflicts
of interests between their current duties and any subsequent
employment outside of the CRA or the Public Service of Canada.
Consequences and corrective measures play an important role in
protecting the CRA’s integrity.
The CRA takes misconduct very seriously. The consequences of
misconduct depend on the gravity of the incident and its repercussions
on trust both within and outside of the CRA. Misconduct can result in
disciplinary measures up to dismissal.
All forms of tax evasion are illegal. The CRA manages the Informant
Leads Program, which handles leads received from the public regarding
cases of tax evasion across the country. This program, which
coordinates all the leads the CRA receives from informants, determines
whether there has been any non-compliance with tax law and ensures
that the information is examined and conveyed, if applicable, so that
compliance measures are taken. This program does not offer any reward
for tips received.
The new Offshore Tax Informant Program (OTIP) has also been put in
place. The OTIP offers financial compensation to individuals who
provide information related to major cases of offshore tax evasion
that lead to the collection of tax owing. As of December 31, 2016, the
OTIP had received 963 calls and 407 written submissions from possible
informants. Over 218 taxpayers are currently under audit based on
information the CRA received through the OTIP.
With a focus on the highest-risk sectors nationally and
internationally and an increased ability to gather information, the
CRA has the means to target taxpayers who try to hide their income.
For example, since January 2015, the CRA has been collecting
information on all international electronic funds transfers (EFTs) of
$10,000 or more ending or originating in Canada. It is also adopting a
proactive approach by focusing each year on four jurisdictions that
raise suspicion. For the Isle of Man, the CRA audited 3,000 EFTs
totalling $860 million over 12 months and involving approximately 800
taxpayers. Based on these audits, the CRA communicated with
approximately 350 individuals and 400 corporations and performed 60
audits.
In January 2017, I reaffirmed Canada’s important role as a leader for
tax authorities around the world in detecting the structures used for
aggressive tax planning and tax evasion. This is why Canada works
daily with the Joint International Tax Shelter Information Centre
(JITSIC), a network of tax administrations in over 35 countries. The
CRA participates in two expert groups within the JITSIC and leads the
working group on intermediaries and proponents. This ongoing
collaboration is a key component of the CRA’s work to develop strong
relationships with the international community, which will help it
refine the world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.
The CRA is increasing its efforts and is seeing early signs of
success. Last year, the CRA recovered just under $13 billion as a
result of its audit activities on the domestic and offshore fronts.
Two-thirds of these recoveries are the result of its audit efforts
relating to large businesses and multinational companies.
But there is still much to do, and additional improvements and
investments are underway.
Tax cheats are having a harder and harder time hiding. Taxpayers who
choose to promote or participate in malicious and illegal tax
strategies must face the consequences of their actions. Canadians
expect nothing less. I invite you to read my most recent statement on
this matter at canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/
statement_from_
Thank you for taking the time to write. I hope the information I have
provided is helpful.
Sincerely,
The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier
Minister of National Revenue
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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 23:36:35 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: NATA and "Litigation Lmbo" with Trump and
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Date: Sun, 22 Jul 2018 16:49:18 -0700
Subject: Merci / Thank you Re: Fwd: NAFTA and "Litigation Lmbo" with
Trump and his buddies in the WTO
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
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Sunday, 22 July 2018
"Litigation Lmbo" with Trump and his buddies in the WTO
So many of my fellow Canadians were enjoying the circus in the CBC
comment section I did not bother to try to add my 2 bits worth.
Instead I picked up the phone and reminded a lot of evil Yankee
lawyers that I was still alive and paying attention as to how truly
stupid they are. Then I sent a few emails too.
Only one lawyer answered me in an ethical and timely fashion. Go
Figure who it was.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 12:18:08 -0300
Subject: Fwd: I tried to explain my concerns with KPMG, Joey Oliver
and Kerry-Lynne.Findlay to Harvey Cashore of CBC but he was too busy
to talk to mean old me
To: communications3@fintrac-
<Wayne.Gallant@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
hmenard@centre-ebo.com, fleblanc@centre-ebo.com
Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>, "justmin@gov.ns.ca"
<justmin@gov.ns.ca>, gopublic <gopublic@cbc.ca>
http://www.fintrac.gc.ca/
So I cannot open an account to cash my Canada Pension cheque?
http://atlanticcreditunions.
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geraldcossette@yahoo.ca
http://www.fintrac-canafe.gc.
http://www.fintrac-canafe.gc.
http://www.fintrac.gc.ca/
Gérald Cossette was appointed Director of FINTRAC on October 15, 2012.
Prior to this, he served as Associate Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
(starting in June 2009) and as the Prime Minister's personal representative
for the G8 and the Nuclear Security Summit (beginning in October 2010).
Mr. Cossette started his career as a Foreign Service Officer in 1982 and,
until 1995, he held various positions at the Department of Foreign Affairs
and International Trade in Nairobi (Kenya) and Washington (United States).
In 1996, he moved to the Privy Council Office where his main
responsibilities included Canada-Europe relations. He was assigned to the
Treasury Board Secretariat in 1999 as Director of the Foreign Affairs and
Defence Division, then as Executive Director of the Management Strategies
Division in charge of the team that developed the new governance framework
for Crown corporations.
Mr. Cossette returned to the Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade in 2005 as Head of the Corporate Task Force and
Director General, Strategic Planning and Resource Coordination. In July
2006, he took over as Chief Executive Officer of Passport Canada. In
addition to his responsibilities as CEO, he was appointed Assistant Deputy
Minister, Summit Management Office, in 2009. During his tenure as ADM
Summit Management, he built the team that managed the organization of the
G8 and the G20 Summits that took place in Canada in 2010.
Mr. Cossette received the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work at the
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. As well, under his
leadership, Passport Canada was awarded the Public Service Award of
Excellence and the Institute of Public Administration/Deloitte Public
Sector Leadership (Gold) Award.
Mr. Cossette received his formal education in Social Sciences from Laval
University in Québec City.
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 11:51:10 -0300
Subject: Fwd: I tried to explain my concerns with KPMG, Joey Oliver
and Kerry-Lynne.Findlay to Harvey Cashore of CBC but he was too busy
to talk to mean old me
To: partner-partenaire@fintrac-
<roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 11:32:30 -0300
Subject: Fwd: I tried to explain my concerns with KPMG, Joey Oliver
and Kerry-Lynne.Findlay to Harvey Cashore of CBC but he was too busy
to talk to mean old me
To: F2R@fintrac-canafe.gc.ca
Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 22, 2015 at 11:14 AM
Subject: Fwd: I tried to explain my concerns with KPMG, Joey Oliver and
Kerry-Lynne.Findlay to Harvey Cashore of CBC but he was too busy to talk to
mean old me
To: gravelle.tamara@brunswicknews.
peacock.kurt@telegraphjournal.
Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 18:54:32 -0400
Subject: I tried to explain my concerns with KPMG, Joey Oliver and
Kerry-Lynne.Findlay to Harvey Cashore of CBC but he was too busy to
talk to mean old me
To: investigations@cbc.ca, ElenaChurikova@ifac.org, office@cga-ns.org,
info@cpacanada.ca, chait@bcsc.bc.ca, lara.gaede@asc.ca,
cmcinnis@osc.gov.on.ca, anctil-bavas@lautorite.qc.ca,
Communications@ifac.org, info@cairp.ca, gmoore@icans.ns.ca,
tlambie@cpacanada.ca, tobin.lambie@cica.ca, kevin.dancey@cica.ca,
heather.whyte@cica.ca, Hwhyte@cpacanada.ca, Kdancey@cpacanada.ca,
Andrew.Treusch@cra-arc.gc.ca, John.Ossowski@cra-arc.gc.ca,
Richard.Montroy@cra-arc.gc.ca, irussell@iiac.ca, bamsden@iiac.ca,
ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca, public.integrity@oag.state.ny.
dmills@cra.ca, dfrancis@nationalpost.com, dsimon@stu.ca,
rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca, DAmirault@bankofcanada.ca,
ZLalani@bankofcanada.ca, victor.boudreau@gnb.ca, ibruce@petersco.com,
rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, jlisson@fasken.co.uk, labe@fasken.com,
george.greer@cica.ca, Rachel.degrace@payroll.ca,
Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@cra-arc.
atip-aiprp@bankofcanada.ca, jbutler@cppib.com, mmcdaid@cppib.com,
"roger.l.brown" <roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, Karine Fortin <info@ndp.ca>,
Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@parl.gc.ca
Madonna.Gardiner@cra-arc.gc.ca
Doug.Gaetz@cra-arc.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, harvey.cashore@cbc.ca,
"joe.oliver.a1" <joe.oliver.a1@parl.gc.ca>, Terry.Milewski@cbc.ca,
"ht.lacroix" <ht.lacroix@cbc.ca>, "nick.moore"
<nick.moore@bellmedia.ca>
Perhaps the KMG Ombudsman will explain my actions to CBC before the election
https://www.scribd.com/doc/
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.
http://thedavidamosrant.
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:49:20 -0300
From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
To: Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-
jtravers@thestar.ca, warren.mcbeath@rcmp-grc.gc.ca,
Stephane.vaillancourt@rcmp-
"Richard Harris" injusticecoalition@hotmail.com
Investor.Relations@realogy.com
webo@xplornet.com, samperrier@hotmail.com, gypsy-blog@hotmail.com,
donald.arseneault@gnb.ca
Subject: Hey WICE you should make sure that Chucky Leblanc and the
RCMP read this blog N'est Pas
CC: premier@gnb.ca, Chris.Baker@gnb.ca, nouvelle@acadienouvelle.com,
newsroom@nbpub.com, carl.davies@gnb.ca, advocacycollective@yahoo.com,
mleger@stu.ca, jwalker@stu.ca, plee@stu.ca, dwatch@web.net,
Duane.Rousselle@unb.ca, jonesr@cbc.ca,
collins.moncton-east@hotmail.
kelly.lamrock@gnb.ca, greg.byrne@gnb.ca, Bill.Fraser@gnb.ca,
mary.schryer@gnb.ca, rick.miles@gnb.ca, Bernard.LeBlanc@gnb.ca,
Cheryl.Lavoie@gnb.ca, claude.landry@gnb.ca, Jack.Keir2@gnb.ca,
abel.leblanc@gnb.ca, eugene.mcginley2@gnb.ca, John.Foran@gnb.ca,
roly.macintyre@gnb.ca, Ed.Doherty@gnb.ca
Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2008 10:57:48 -0800 (PST)
From: "David Amos"
Subject: What kind of Bullshit Response is that Paulette
To: "Paulette Delaney-Smith" Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-
We also talked at least twice recently because your fellow cops
directed me to you instead of the dudes I wanted to speak to. You told
me that you gave my material to Kevin Jackson and commented that you
had not received any emails from me lately ( you never respnded to the
ones I sent in the past anyway) and I told you that they had been
blocked by your pals and I suggested that you talk to your incompetent
lawyer Gilmour. Remember lady?
Anyway I was so pissed off by your pals stalking me and putting the
proof of their malice in Youtube that i sent you some emails from my
son's email address (your cop pals killed my other email accounts)
just to see if they would get through. Surprise surprise some did and
some did not. However Iknew that you got yours Methinks there is some
defections in your ranks. Perhaps you and your fellow whisleblowers
who cry alot in the Media should pick up the phone and make a deal
with a honest whistleblower and then tell the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth for the benefit of all Canadians EH?
Everybody and his dog knows that the RCMP are as crooked as hell and
they only care about the RCMP and their pensions not the interests of
the people they were hired to serve and protect.
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
P.S. I will keep this email in confidence for one day then email it to
politicians and the media and then post it on the web. Quit playing
games and call me will ya? they may be a very importenat election in
the near future and our affairs may become of interest to some smiling
bastards loooking to get relected. Obviously nobody can deny that you
and I did not cross paths before the 39th Parliament sat on April 4th,
2006 and you refused to act within the scope of your employment for
some strange reason and shortly thereafter your former lawyer Richard
Bell whom I had crossed paths with in 2004 became the first judge
Stevey boy Harper appointed Surprise Surprise N'est Pas? 506 434 1379
Please use it tomorrow before I file my first complaints in Federal
Court.
Paulette Delaney-Smith Paulette.Delaney-Smith@rcmp-
David,
I received your voice mail, I have been transferred to another unit
and I am unaware of who is dealing with your complaints at this time.
Paulette Delaney-Smith, Cpl.
RCMPolice "J" DIvision HQ
David Amos 01/03/08 12:49 AM
Whereas you RCMP people refused to act within the scope of your
employment and investigate major crimes Tis time for me to sue many
bankers too N'est Pas Ms. Paulette Delaney-Smith and your old buddy
Louie Lefebvre?
US-KPMG FW Ombudsman Office wrote:
Subject: Response to your emails
Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:16:12 -0500
From: "US-KPMG FW Ombudsman Office"
To: ,
Dear Mr. Amos,
Thank you for contacting us. We have reviewed the information that you
provided in your emails, and are not able to determine what specific
issues you are raising that we should consider investigating. Thus, in
order to conduct an investigation, we need to gather more specific
information. Would you be willing to have a confidential conversation
with me, the Ombudsman here at KPMG LLP (US) or would you be willing
to provide me with a summary of your allegations as they relate to
KPMG LLP or its clients and any evidence to support those allegations?
Thank you for your continued assistance with this matter.
Thanks,
Michael Plansky
Ombudsman
The information in this email is confidential and may be legally
privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this
email by anyone else is unauthorized. If you are not the intended
recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken
or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be
unlawful. When addressed to our clients any opinions or advice
contained in this email are subject to the terms and conditions
expressed in the governing KPMG client engagement letter.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/
Cabinet ministers met publicly with KPMG while firm's tax 'sham' under CRA
probe
Accounting firm joined revenue minister at speech while fighting court order
By Harvey Cashore and Frederic Zalac, CBC News Posted: Sep 21, 2015
5:53 PM ET|
Finance Minister Joe Oliver, left, was introduced by KPMG's head of
tax, Elio Luongo, right, at a meeting of the Vancouver Board of Trade
on April 28, 2015. (CBC)
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■KPMG offshore 'sham' deceived tax authorities, CRA alleges
■Tax havens explained: How the rich hide money
■Secret files reveal more Canadians using offshore tax havens
■Federal probe of KPMG tax 'sham' stalled in court
■KPMG tax 'sham' could lead to criminal investigation, experts say
External Links
■Government of Canada: Kerry-Lynne Findlay's speech, Feb. 9, 2015
(Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible for the content of
external links.)
Top Conservative cabinet ministers met publicly with senior staff from
KPMG's tax division, and one went so far as to promote the firm, even
as the Canada Revenue Agency was alleging the company set up an
offshore tax "sham" that deceived the government and deprived the
treasury of potentially millions of dollars, a CBC News investigation
shows.
Revenue Minister Kerry-Lynne Findlay, Finance Minister Joe Oliver and
Prime Minister Stephen Harper all appeared in public with officials
from KPMG's tax department in 2014 and 2015 during the period when CRA
auditors were continuing an investigation into one of the accounting
firm's tax schemes and seeking names of multimillionaire clients.
KPMG also sponsored Oliver's 2015 post-budget speech in Vancouver. And
in August 2014, KPMG executives registered to lobby the prime minister
and his staff.
■KPMG offshore 'sham' deceived tax authorities, CRA alleges
■Federal probe of KPMG tax 'sham' stalled in court
■KPMG tax 'sham' could lead to criminal investigation: experts
■Tax havens explained: How the rich hide money
The CRA has alleged in court documents that the KPMG tax dodge —
which involved clients with a minimum of $5 million setting up shell
companies in the Isle of Man — was "intended to deceive" authorities.
KPMG has been fighting a February 2013 court order to hand over the
list of wealthy clients to the CRA for more than two years.
Yet in the 31 months since the judicial authorization, neither the
federal government nor KPMG has requested a court date for the
accounting firm's appeal.
A letter filed in Federal Court on July 20, 2015, written by a KPMG
lawyer — stating the letter was "approved in …advance" by lawyers at
the Department of Justice on behalf of the minister of national
revenue — said that both sides are pursuing "confidential" discussions
to try to settle out of court.
KPMG lawyers had previously told the court the "lengthy process" was
due to the "complexity" of the issues.
Appearance of conflict of interest?
Duff Conacher, a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa who
teaches on ethics in government, said the Tory meetings with KPMG,
while it was being pursued by the government, could raise questions of
an appearance of a conflict of interest.
Conacher said the meetings may lead to speculation about what is
happening behind closed doors "because anyone who looks at it from the
outside says, 'Hey, wait a second, this case hasn't been pursued
aggressively. I wonder why?' "
A spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office declined to say what
was discussed with Harper and his aides, except to say that the
meetings with KPMG were part of routine "stakeholder" discussions.
The spokesperson did not respond to questions about whether anyone
approached the prime minister or his staff to discuss the court case
against KPMG.
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For confidential tips on this story, please email
investigations@cbc.ca or call Harvey Cashore at 416-526-4704.
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"We do not get into details about when and how meetings are scheduled,
nor the content of those discussions," the PMO spokesperson said in a
statement to CBC News.
KPMG won't talk about the meetings either, but insists no one from the
firm ever mentioned the court cases to any Conservative minister or
the prime minister. (For KPMG's full statement, click here.)
"Any suggestion of an improper relationship between KPMG leaders and
the Prime Minister's Office are patently false," KPMG said in an
emailed statement.
Findlay promoted KPMG during public speech
Revenue Minister Findlay also declined to speak to CBC News, including
about a speech she gave last February when she referred the public to
KPMG, and other accountants, in a talk about tax planning.
During the Feb. 9 speech in Vancouver, Findlay introduced Walter Pela,
KPMG's head of tax for the Vancouver region, and three other
accountants. The minister told the audience KPMG and others had joined
her there to represent their industry association, the Chartered
Professional Accountants of Canada.
A slide that was projected during a speech by Finance Minister Joe
Oliver in Vancouver on April 28, 2015, noted that KPMG was a 'proud
sponsor' of the event. (CBC)
The minister told the public audience that the accountants could be
consulted when making "complicated" tax files.
She also posed for photos with KPMG's Pela and his colleagues.
In a statement, Findlay's spokesperson said, "It is not uncommon for
the minister to attend events and announcements with stakeholders and
leaders of her local community."
Findlay's spokesperson also said the minister has never been
approached by anyone at KPMG to discuss the court cases.
CRA audits and investigations routinely proceed without any
involvement from the minister of national revenue, even if they are
conducted on her behalf.
CBC News has learned Findlay was first informed of the CRA
investigation into the KPMG tax scheme more than a year before her
speech in Vancouver, after her communications department referred her
to a news report about the case.
Findlay did not respond to queries from CBC News about whether she
informed the Prime Minister's Office or her cabinet colleagues after
she learned of the case against KPMG.
Conacher, who is also co-founder of Democracy Watch, said the revenue
minister was ill-advised to have KPMG join her in public, particularly
during a tax probe. "It's improper for a minister to be promoting
companies directly like that and specifically naming them."
Sponsored Oliver's speech
On April 28, one week after the 2015 federal budget, KPMG Canada
sponsored a post-budget speech in Vancouver for Oliver.
KPMG's head of tax, Elio Luongo, introduced Oliver to the meeting of
the Vancouver Board of Trade at Pan Pacific Hotel. Luongo also thanked
his firm, KPMG, for sponsoring the finance minister's talk. "Today's
event would not have been possible without your support," he said.
CBC News reporter Frederic Zalac caught up with Luongo at the event.
Luongo declined to answer questions about why KPMG was not handing
over the secret client list of wealthy Canadians to the Canada Revenue
Agency.
A spokesperson for KPMG later said it would be inappropriate for the
firm to comment on matters that may be before the courts.
In an emailed statement, a spokesperson for Oliver said the finance
minister was not aware of the CRA investigation into KPMG's tax
product at the time he made the speech.
The Vancouver Board of Trade chooses its own sponsors, the
spokesperson said, adding that members of all political parties have
given speeches to the board, including Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.
'Inappropriate and unethical'
Democracy Watch's Conacher says the government should not have allowed
KPMG to sponsor a finance minister's speech, let alone when it was
alleged to have set up an offshore scheme to defraud the public
treasury.
"It's inappropriate and unethical [for the finance minister] to be
speaking at privately sponsored events," Conacher said.
Federal records show KPMG'S Luongo registered in Ottawa as a lobbyist
starting in 2012 to lobby the CRA, the Department of Finance and,
later, the Prime Minister's Office on behalf of the accounting firm on
topics including taxation.
In early 2014, in his position as chair of the Vancouver Board of
Trade, Luongo emceed at a public event for Harper.
"We want to thank you for your strong leadership and thank you for
being with us today," Luongo said.
Lobby registry records also show that KPMG executives met with Harper,
his chief of staff Ray Novak and two other PMO staffers on Aug. 13,
2014, to discuss "economic development, taxation, finance."
KPMG's spokesperson said no one from the firm ever mentioned the case
of MNR v KPMG to the prime minister or his staff.
------------------------------
KPMG's full statement:
Consistent with professional standards, KPMG is committed to treating
our clients' private financial affairs as confidential. Therefore we
cannot disclose, respond to, or discuss any specific client matters.
In addition, with respect to the CBC's questions relating to tax
matters dating back to 1999, aspects of this are currently before the
courts and accordingly it is inappropriate for us to comment.
Any suggestion of an improper relationship between KPMG leaders and
the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) are patently false. KPMG
representatives, along with many other business, government and
community leaders periodically participate in public events and group
meetings with government officials, including the PMO. We have never
met privately with the PM or PMO to discuss any specific
client‐related matters.
Return to story
------------------------------
For more on this story, watch the documentary The Isle of Sham tonight
on CBC-TV's The National.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 2015 15:24:24 -0300
Subject: Fwd: The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and
their many associates must remember me now Correct Ms. Minister of
National Revenue Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P?
To: hbrady@berkeley.edu, gsppdean@berkeley.edu, swinfo@scottwalker.com
Cc: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Henry E. Brady
Goldman School Dean
Class of 1941 Monroe Deutsch Professor of Political Science and Public
Policy
103 GSPP Main
hbrady@berkeley.edu
gsppdean@berkeley.edu
*Assistant: Beth McCleary*
(510) 642-5116
*Email Beth McCleary*
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Elena Churikova <ElenaChurikova@ifac.org>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:22:31 +0000
Subject: RE: The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and their
many associates must remember me know correct Kevin Dancey?
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Dear David,
Thank you for forwarding the information to me and taking your time to
bring these matters to our attention. As discussed I will forward the
information to the appropriate person who will process it in
accordance with our company's policy.
With kind regards,
Elena
Elena Churikova
Manager, Governance
International Federation of Accountants
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-----Original Message-----
From: David Amos [mailto:motomaniac333@gmail.
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2015 4:17 PM
To: Elena Churikova
Cc: David Amos
Subject: Fwd: The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and
their many associates must remember me know correct Kevin Dancey?
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:10:40 -0400
Subject: The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and their
many associates must remember me know correct Kevin Dancey?
To: office@cga-ns.org, info@cpacanada.ca, chait@bcsc.bc.ca,
lara.gaede@asc.ca, cmcinnis@osc.gov.on.ca,
anctil-bavas@lautorite.qc.ca, Communications@ifac.org, info@cairp.ca,
gmoore@icans.ns.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
tobin.lambie@cica.ca, kevin.dancey@cica.ca, heather.whyte@cica.ca,
Hwhyte@cpacanada.ca, Kdancey@cpacanada.ca
http://archive.newswire.ca/en/
October 16, 2007 4:04 PM
- General
- Media Advisories
Media Advisory - Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Media
Availability
TORONTO, Oct. 16 /CNW/ - Kevin Dancey, President and CEO of the Canadian
Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), will be available for phone
interviews with the media following tonight's federal Throne Speech.
Any media outlet wanting to book an interview can contact Tobin Lambie,
Manager, Media, at 416-204-3228 or tobin.lambie@cica.ca
For further information: Chartered Accountants of Canada, 277 Wellington
Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 3H2, Tel: (416) 977-3222, Fax:
(416) 977-8585, www.cica.ca
http://stop-ca-cma-cga-merger.
https://www.cpacanada.ca/en/
https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/
Kevin Dancey
Canadian Institute-Chartered
277 Wellington St W,
Toronto, ON, M5V 3E4
Telephone 416-977-3222
https://www.cpacanada.ca/en/
CBA/CPA Canada Joint Committee on Taxation: Guidance on federal income
tax issues
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) collaborates
with the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) to offer the federal
government input on tax laws through its Joint Committee on Taxation.
Close-up of a businesswoman writing at a meeting table. Other business
people are seen in the background.
A long-standing collaboration of CPA Canada and the Canadian Bar
Association, this committee is a knowledge resource that enables CPA
Canada to provide the Department of Finance and Canada Revenue Agency
with expert insights on the technical aspects of present and proposed
federal income tax laws. Its members respond to income tax legislation
developments, make recommendations to the federal government to
resolve income tax matters and provide expert counsel on income tax
policy to other CPA Canada committees.
Members
Mitchell Sherman (chair)
Goodmans LLP
Toronto
Janice Russell, CPA, CA (co-chair)
Deloitte LLP
Toronto
Siobhan Monaghan (vice chair)
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Toronto
Kim Moody, FCA (vice chair)
Moodys LLP Tax Advisors
Calgary
Bruce Ball, FCPA, FCA
BDO Canada LLP
Toronto
Corrado Cardarelli
Torys LLP
Toronto
Larry Chapman, FCPA, FCA
Non-voting ex-officio
Canadian Tax Foundation
Toronto
Gabe Hayos, FCPA, FCA
Non-voting ex-officio
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
Toronto
Kenneth Griffin, CPA, CA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Toronto
Michael McLaren
Thorsteinssons
Vancouver
Darcy Moch
Bennett Jones LLP
Calgary
Colin Mowatt, CPA, CA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Toronto
Angelo Nikolakakis
Couzin Taylor LLP
Montreal
Joel Nitikman
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
Vancouver
Edward Rowe
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Calgary
Lorne Shillinger, CPA, CA
KPMG LLP
Toronto
Sandra Slaats
Deloitte LLP
Toronto
Anthony Strawson, CMA
Felesky Flynn LLP
Calgary
Glen Thompson, CA
MNP LLP
Edmonton
Jeffrey Trossman
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Toronto
Tim Wach
Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP
Toronto
Craig Webster, CA
Borden Lander Gervais LLP
Toronto
Penny Woolford, CPA, CA
KPMG LLP
Toronto
Eric Xiao, CPA, CA
Ernst & Young
Toronto
Karen Yull, CPA, CA
Grant Thornton LLP
http://www.ctf.ca/ctfweb/EN/
Toronto office:
Québec office:
Canadian Tax Foundation
595 Bay Street
Suite 1200
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2N5
Tel: 416-599-0283
Fondation canadienne de fiscalité
1250 boul. René-Lévesque ouest
Bureau 2935
Montreal, Québec
H3B 4W8
Tél: (514)939-6323
About the Canadian Tax Foundation:
Founded in 1945 as an independent tax research organization under the
joint sponsorship of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
and the Canadian Bar Association, the Foundation provides a unique
forum for lawyers, accountants, academics and other tax professionals
to work together for the betterment of the Canadian tax system and the
tax profession in general.
For our 10,000 plus members, the Foundation is a valuable resource for
the scope and depth of the tax information it provides and for its
services to members, which support their everyday work in the taxation
field.
The Foundation has long been respected by Government policy makers and
administrators for its objectivity, its focus on current tax issues,
its concern for improvement of the Canadian tax system, and its
significant contribution to tax and fiscal
Governance
The activities of the Foundation are directed by a board of 34
governors, nominated in consultation with its founding bodies, the
Canadian Bar Association and the Chartered Professional Accountants of
Canada. Governors are elected for a one-year term by the members
present at the annual general meeting and generally serve for 3 years.
The elected board represents all regions of Canada, the accounting and
legal professions, and other tax-focused disciplines, and reflects
diversity of specialization and of business organization. The board
carries out its work through an executive committee (which includes
the Foundation's full-time Executive Director) and several other
working committees concerned with research, conferences and other
events, membership, finances and government and community relations. A
nominating committee in consultation with the Foundation's director
prepares the slate for the election of a new board each year.
Kevin Dancey
Job Title: IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Carol Bellringer
Country: Canada
Kevin Dancey is the technical advisor for IFAC Board member Carol
Bellringer. He was previously a member of the IFAC Board, 2006-2012.
Mr. Dancey is president and chief executive officer of CPA Canada,
appointed in January 2013 after previous serving as president of the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), a position he
assumed in 2006. Prior to this, he was the CEO and senior partner of
PwC in Canada and a member of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Global
Leadership Team. Prior to election to this position he served as
leader of PwC’s Canadian Tax Services Group. From 1993 to 1995, he
served as assistant deputy minister of the Tax Policy Branch of the
Canadian Department of Finance. He also served as special advisor to
the assistant deputy minister of the Tax Policy Branch of the Canadian
Department of Finance from 1985 to 1987. In addition, he worked with
the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and
CICA.
Mr. Dancey graduated from McMaster University with an honors degree in
Math and Economics. He is a Chartered Accountant and in 2000 received
the FCA designation.
.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
https://www.youtube.com/user/
http://thedavidamosrant.
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 01:57:52 -0400
Subject: Fwd: The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and
their many associates must remember me now Correct Ms. Minister of
National Revenue Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P?
To: Andrew.Treusch@cra-arc.gc.ca, John.Ossowski@cra-arc.gc.ca,
Richard.Montroy@cra-arc.gc.ca, irussell@iiac.ca, bamsden@iiac.ca,
ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca, public.integrity@oag.state.ny.
dmills@cra.ca, dfrancis@nationalpost.com, dsimon@stu.ca,
rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca, DAmirault@bankofcanada.ca,
ZLalani@bankofcanada.ca, victor.boudreau@gnb.ca, ibruce@petersco.com,
rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, tobin.lambie@cica.ca, jlisson@fasken.co.uk,
labe@fasken.com, george.greer@cica.ca, Rachel.degrace@payroll.ca,
Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@cra-arc.
atip-aiprp@bankofcanada.ca, jbutler@cppib.com, mmcdaid@cppib.com,
"roger.l.brown" <roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, Karine Fortin <info@ndp.ca>
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@parl.gc.ca
Philippe.Brideau@cra-arc.gc.ca
Bill.Blair@cra-arc.gc.ca, Doug.Gaetz@cra-arc.gc.ca
Office of the Minister of National Revenue
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P.
Minister of National Revenue
7th Floor
555 MacKenzie Avenue
Ottawa ON K1A 0L5
Rebecca Rogers
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of National Revenue
613-995-2960
Philippe Brideau
Media Relations
Canada Revenue Agency
613-941-6269
Office of the Commissioner - Chief Executive Officer of the CRA
Mr. Andrew Treusch Commissioner of Revenue
Mr. John Ossowski Deputy Commissioner
7th Floor
555 MacKenzie Avenue
Ottawa ON K1A 0L5
Phone 623 957 3688
Andrew.Treusch@cra-arc.gc.ca
John.Ossowski@cra-arc.gc.ca
Richard.Montroy@cra-arc.gc.ca
Investment Industry Association of Canada (IIAC)
Head Office
11 King Street West
Suite 1600
Toronto, ON M5H 4C7
416.364.2754
CEO Ian Russell
416 865 3035
irussell@iiac.ca
Barbara Amsden
Director Special Projects
416 687 5488
bamsden@iiac.ca
For the PUBLIC RECORD in 2008 when Harper decided to call a election
just before the economy crashed and Obama got himself elected I found
out that not one beancounter overseen by Kevin Dancey and his cohorts
was willing to audit me for the benefit of Elections Canada. The
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants should not deny my
contacts with them in 2008 CORRECT?
Lets just say the fact that they tried hard to ignore me did not
surprise me but I did send many emails and made a lot of phone calls
in order to discuss all the wicked games the “Harper” government and
its many buddies were playing against me. Seven years ago I didn’t
care if I ever ran for public office again because after doing so four
times within two years I realized that the Canadian and Yankee
electorate didn’t give a good god damn about the fate or the words of
a whistleblower. So I went kinda global with my many concerns after
that. However seven years later the election of the 42nd Parliament
and the following Yankee Presidential election next year are far too
important for any ethical soul to ignore.
Trust that I don’t care that Harper’s new law does not allow me to
vote. Section 3 of the Charter still allows Donald Sutherland, Wayne
Gretzky and even mean old me to run for a seat in the House of Commons
THAT IS IF I can find someone with enough balls to audit my records or
rather a lack thereof because I take no donations and make no claim
for expenses. There cannot be one soul on the planet easier to audit
that I. Nothing minus nothing equals NOTHING. My auditors in the past
got to send my fellow taxpayers quite a bill byway of Elections Canada
for work they checked with a mere glance. It appears to me that
politics outweighs simple greed.
With that in mind and knowing that polling day by law would be October
19th, I began to call many local chartered accountants in the New
Brunswick area this spring to see if anyone would audit me. Not one
would because of local politics so I began to call some accountants in
Toronto as well with the same result. Hell I even forwarded one very
strange response to the Election Commissioner in June and have gotten
no response from his office as of yet. That said once the writ was
dropped I tried even more diligently to find an accountant and was
appalled by their obvious double talk and pure bullshit. With each
call I became more convinced that my last statement in the prior
paragraph was true. So as you all know I stress tested you all last
week and with the exception of a few nice ladies you all failed
bigtime.
For example whereas I am a fairly well known whistleblower about the
financial industry who still reads and argues a lot need I say I found
this letter interesting?
http://iiac.ca/wp-content/
Last week I called and managed to talk to the CEO Ian Russell about
what he had posted to the CRA Commissioner on the Internet. Need I
say that Russell did not impress me?
At first Russell denied the letter then asked if I got it by way of
Freedom of Information. DUHHH How dumb is that???? Clearly I got it
from his website. I told him it didn’t matter how I got it what was
far more important was the fact that I read it. He also claimed to
have no idea as to who I was even though I had contacted his
organization several times over the years and even watched them check
my work on the Internet. Anyway I heard enough bullshit from him for
one day so I hung up on him and started to talk to his a lot of his
equally snobby buddies. Trust that a lot of very sneaky Upper
Canadians minor ta minions who love money started Googling my name
after that.
Hardly anybody wanted to talk to me for over a week or played dumb or
insulted me. So on Friday I sent a couple of emails as promised to
many people. By the end of the day I began getting voicemails and
phone calls from snobby dudes who claimed to have not received my
emails but at least my phone still worked EH? On the other hand other
people obviously did get my emails and at least one lady responded in
writing in a very ethical fashion before quitting time on Friday.
Methinks I should have been a special project for Barbara Amsden many
moons ago.
In fact since March of 2014 when I found out that I could not collect
my Canada Pension because Revenue Canada had cancelled my SIN number
not once could I talk to anyone of any authority in the employ of
Minister Findlay. Last week the response from her office was way
beyond ridiculous. I was told that there was nobody to speak to within
the Minister’s office because the election was on. I said bullshit the
Minister is still the Minister until her replacement is hopefully
sworn in November or December. Until that time Canadians must continue
to pay their taxes and the National Revenue Minister and her
underlings must continue to do their jobs as per their mandates. Even
after the election is over whether she be reelected or not Ms Findlay
is still a Queen’s Counsel SHE MUST UPHOLD THE LAW just as every
ethical officer of the court should do. What say you now Kerry-Lynne
D. Findlay QC, the current National Revenue Minister? Harper still got
your tongue?
Trust that none of the Taxpayers Ombudsmen would ever talk to me much
less answer an email since that position was created seven years ago.
Whenever anyone answers the OTO phone they always deny that I sent
their bosses anything and want to make out a new complaint HMMMM.
Perhaps I will and this time send the Ombudsman a summons to Federal
Court instead. With regards to litigation I know for a fact that the
CROWN and even Ms. Sherra Profit’s old law firm (in fact both law
firms before they merged) has a HUGE pile of my documents going back
to 2004 so it should save me a lot of redundant paperwork as I address
taxpayer rights and that of a whistleblower against the taxman and the
CROWN N’esy Pas?
In closing here are two examples of my emails from years ago.Two
corporate entities in the employ of the CROWN that claim not receive
my emails. Yea Right At least one honest lady working for a Global
outfit in New York who knows how to read and write N'esy Pas Stevey
Boy Harper and Mr Mindless Mulcair?
Heres hoping I find an honest auditor because lots of folks would
enjoy watching me debate Rob Moore some more EH?
Veritas Vincit
David Raymond Amos
902 800 0369
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ministre de la Justice Ministre de la Justice
<ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 01:51:40 -0400
Subject: Rép. : Re: So Whose job is it to audit the auditors? Methinks
it must be mine. (Accusé de réception)
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Bonjour,
Nous accusons réception de votre courriel et vous remercions d'avoir
communiqué avec la ministre de la Justice.
Nous vous assurons que votre demande sera traitée avec toute l'attention
qu'elle mérite.
>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 08/19/15 01:51 >>>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ministre de la Justice Ministre de la Justice
<ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 01:49:07 -0400
Subject: Rép. : Fwd: So Whose job is it to audit the auditors?
Methinks it must be mine. (Accusé de réception)
To: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Bonjour,
Nous accusons réception de votre courriel et vous remercions d'avoir
communiqué avec la ministre de la Justice.
Nous vous assurons que votre demande sera traitée avec toute l'attention
qu'elle mérite.
>>> David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com> 08/19/15 01:47 >>>
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 01:47:51 -0400
Subject: Fwd: So Whose job is it to audit the auditors? Methinks it
must be mine.
To: Andrew.Treusch@cra-arc.gc.ca, John.Ossowski@cra-arc.gc.ca,
Richard.Montroy@cra-arc.gc.ca, irussell@iiac.ca, bamsden@iiac.ca,
ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca, public.integrity@oag.state.ny.
dmills@cra.ca, dfrancis@nationalpost.com, dsimon@stu.ca,
rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca, DAmirault@bankofcanada.ca,
ZLalani@bankofcanada.ca, victor.boudreau@gnb.ca, ibruce@petersco.com,
rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca, tobin.lambie@cica.ca, jlisson@fasken.co.uk,
labe@fasken.com, george.greer@cica.ca, Rachel.degrace@payroll.ca,
Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@cra-arc.
atip-aiprp@bankofcanada.ca, jbutler@cppib.com, mmcdaid@cppib.com,
"roger.l.brown" <roger.l.brown@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
<oldmaison@yahoo.com>, pm <pm@pm.gc.ca>, Karine Fortin <info@ndp.ca>,
Kerry-Lynne.Findlay@parl.gc.ca
Madonna.Gardiner@cra-arc.gc.ca
Doug.Gaetz@cra-arc.gc.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:48:13 -0400
Subject: Fwd: So Whose job is it to audit the auditors? Methinks it
must be mine.
To: PublicAffairs_
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:38:49 -0400
Subject: So Whose job is it oi audit the auditors? Methinks it must be
mine.
To: office@cga-ns.org, info@cpacanada.ca, chait@bcsc.bc.ca,
lara.gaede@asc.ca, cmcinnis@osc.gov.on.ca,
anctil-bavas@lautorite.qc.ca, Communications@ifac.org, info@cairp.ca,
gmoore@icans.ns.ca, tlambie@cpacanada.ca, tobin.lambie@cica.ca,
kevin.dancey@cica.ca, heather.whyte@cica.ca, Hwhyte@cpacanada.ca,
Kdancey@cpacanada.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
<Cyril.Theriault@gmail.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:20:32 -0400
Subject: We did talk correct Mr Stewart? Trust that I am not playing
games with you or the evil bastard that has been threatening my family
for years
To: stephen@stewartformalpeque.ca, sunrayzulu <sunrayzulu@shaw.ca>
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
etc etc etc
exclusif du destinataire ci-dessus. Toute autre personne est par les
présentes avisée qu'il lui est strictement interdit de le diffuser,
de le distribuer ou de le reproduire. Si le destinataire ne peut être
joint ou vous est inconnu, nous vous prions d'en informer immédiatement
l'expéditeur par courrier électronique et de détruire ce message et
toute copie de celui-ci.
On 11/25/11, David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com> wrote:
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:46:19 -0400
Subject: Obviously you beancounters in Upper Canada get my emails EH
Mr Walsh? Scroll past the proof to view a very recent and very serious
email to a fellow Maritimer
To: mark.walsh@cica.ca, president@uottawa.ca, bmiazga@uottawa.ca,
dawn.russell@dal.ca, DAmirault@bankofcanada.ca,
MCarney@bankofcanada.ca, George.Bentley@fin.gc.ca,
paul.vickery@iustice.gc.ca, "rick.hancox" <rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca>,
info@coalitionavenirquebec.org
syellin@ific.ca, geg <geg@unb.ca>, ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca,
sylvain.theberge@lautorite.qc.
<dfrancis@nationalpost.com>, dsimon@stu.ca, splitting_the_sky
<splitting_the_sky@yahoo.com>, maritime_malaise
<maritime_malaise@yahoo.ca>
Cc: flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca, harry.klompas@cica.ca, occupyTOmedia
<occupyTOmedia@gmail.com>, occupyfredericton
<occupyfredericton@gmail.com>, public.integrity@oag.state.ny.
dmills@cra.ca, "j.kroes" <j.kroes@interpol.int>, "Bob.Paulson"
<Bob.Paulson@rcmp-grc.gc.ca>
Just Dave
By Location Visit Detail
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:18:23 -0400
> Subject: Don't call me a at the end of a bad day and try to BULLSHIT
> me. (416 204-3236) Everybody knows who I called and why.
> To: harry.klompas@cica.ca, mark.walsh@cica.ca
> Cc: "flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca" <flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca>,
> "t.j.burke@gnb.ca" <t.j.burke@gnb.ca>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 16:23:33 -0400
> Subject: RE: Federal Financial Oversight in Canada? Tell me another
> Mr. Davies right after you talk to the RCMP, INTERPOL and T.J. Burke.
> To: h.davies@lse.ac.uk, "George. Bentley" <George.Bentley@fin.gc.ca>,
> desautels@telfer.uottawa.ca, phogg@osgoode.yorku.ca,
> joan.monahan@fin.gc.ca, g.tree@lse.ac.uk, info@telfer.uottawa.ca,
> adam.dodek@uottawa.ca, mbehiel@uottawa.ca, mjackman@uottawa.ca,
> president@uottawa.ca, bmiazga@uottawa.ca, dawn.russell@dal.ca,
> DAmirault@bankofcanada.ca, MCarney@bankofcanada.ca,
> tsalman@salmanpartners.com, ZLalani@bankofcanada.ca
> Cc: "t.j.burke@gnb.ca" <t.j.burke@gnb.ca>, "flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca"
> <flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca>, "victor. boudreau2" <victor.boudreau2@gnb.ca>
>
> Now that the economy is a tailspin for reasons that are largely YOUR
> cohorts' fault. What I would like to know is why the Dept of a
> Foreign Affairs and the Bank of Canada allowed the Americans to
> falsely imprison me in 2004 and why the RCMP did the same four god
> dammed years later?
>
> http://www.bankofcanada.ca/en/
>
> http://www.expertpanel.ca/eng/
>
> http://www.lse.ac.uk/
>
> http://www.lse.ac.uk/
>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:05:19 -0400
Subject: Fwd: I heard you joking on CBC Ms. Francis and the lawyer
Bill Rice bitching about the lawyer John Coffee and Tom Hockin
bragging while I was calling Mr Bentley of a questionable panel.
To: ibruce@petersco.com, rod.giles@osfi-bsif.gc.ca,
tobin.lambie@cica.ca, jlisson@fasken.co.uk, labe@fasken.com,
george.greer@cica.ca
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 09:52:53 -0400
Subject: I heard you joking on CBC Ms. Francis and the lawyer Bill
Rice bitching about the lawyer John Coffee and Tom Hockin bragging
while I was calling Mr Bentley of a questionable panel.
To: dfrancis@nationalpost.com, sbigelow@yorku.ca, media@asc.ca,
inquiries@asc.ca, jlanin@law.columbia.edu, jcoffee@law.columbia.edu,
lawrence_schwartz@ca.telus.com
Cc: "flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca" <flaherty.j@parl.gc.ca>, "martine.
turcotte" <martine.turcotte@bell.ca>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 17:20:19 -0400
Subject: RE: the Brennan Center for Justice
To: jejohnsn@debevoise.com, susan.lehman@nyu.edu, brennancenter@nyu.edu
Cc: webo <webo@xplornet.com>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:41:52 -0400
Subject: We just talked Mr. Vickery
To: paul.vickery@iustice.gc.ca
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 14:06:57 -0400
Subject: we are talking
To: ministre@justice.gouv.qc.ca
Cc: rdeubelbeiss@justice.gouv.qc.
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:41:18 -0400
Subject: what planet do Jean St-Gelais people from
To: sylvain.theberge@lautorite.qc.
denise.houde@lautorite.qc.ca, pasquale.dibiasio@lautorite.
pierre.cantin@lautorite.qc.ca
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:07:02 -0400
Subject: Fwd: You fellas at PARADIGM called me back EH Seth Moskowitz?
(506 756 8687)
To: slachapelle@ific.ca, consultation-en-cours@
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Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 12:30:12 -0400
Subject: You fellas at PARADIGM called me back EH Seth Moskowitz? (506 756
8687"
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The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants was incorporated by an
Act of the Parliament of Canada in 1902.[1] This Act, now known as the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Act, was last amended in
1990 to reflect the CICA's current mandate and powers.[2]
Working in collaboration with its provincial member organizations, the
CICA supports the setting of accounting, auditing and assurance
standards for business, not-for-profit organizations and government,
and develops and delivers education programs. It also provides a range
of member services and professional literature; undertakes research
and development of intellectual property; issues guidance on risk
management and governance; and fosters relationships with key
stakeholders nationally and internationally.
You received a new 1:01 minutes voicemail message, on Friday, August
14, 2015 at 01:08:21 PM in mailbox 9028000369 from "CANDN TAX FOUND"
<4165990283>.
Canadian Tax Foundation
595 Bay Street
Suite 1200
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2N5
Tel: 416-599-0283
About the Canadian Tax Foundation:
Founded in 1945 as an independent tax research organization under the
joint sponsorship of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
and the Canadian Bar Association, the Foundation provides a unique
forum for lawyers, accountants, academics and other tax professionals
to work together for the betterment of the Canadian tax system and the
tax profession in general.
For our 10,000 plus members, the Foundation is a valuable resource for
the scope and depth of the tax information it provides and for its
services to members, which support their everyday work in the taxation
field.
The Foundation has long been respected by Government policy makers and
administrators for its objectivity, its focus on current tax issues,
its concern for improvement of the Canadian tax system, and its
significant contribution to tax and fiscal
Governance
The activities of the Foundation are directed by a board of 34
governors, nominated in consultation with its founding bodies, the
Canadian Bar Association and the Chartered Professional Accountants of
Canada. Governors are elected for a one-year term by the members
present at the annual general meeting and generally serve for 3 years.
The elected board represents all regions of Canada, the accounting and
legal professions, and other tax-focused disciplines, and reflects
diversity of specialization and of business organization. The board
carries out its work through an executive committee (which includes
the Foundation's full-time Executive Director) and several other
working committees concerned with research, conferences and other
events, membership, finances and government and community relations. A
nominating committee in consultation with the Foundation's director
prepares the slate for the election of a new board each year.
April 10, 2015 16:00 ET
The Minister of National Revenue Announces Appointment of the New
Taxpayers' Ombudsman
New Ombudsman brings a wealth of experience in dispute resolution to the
role
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 10, 2015) - Canada Revenue Agency
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of
National Revenue, today announced the appointment of the new
Taxpayers' Ombudsman, Ms. Sherra Profit. Minister Findlay underscored
the Canada Revenue Agency's (CRA) commitment to maintain its strong
relationship with the Office of the Taxpayers' Ombudsman in order to
provide Canadians with fair, equitable and respectful service.
The Office of the Taxpayers' Ombudsman was established in 2008 and
operates independently from the CRA. Its mandate is to uphold the
Taxpayer Bill of Rights and provide an impartial review of unresolved
taxpayer service complaints. This Government created the Taxpayer Bill
of Rights, as well as the Office of the Taxpayer's Ombudsman, and is
committed to offering the highest level of service to Canadians.
Ms. Profit has more than 15 years of experience practicing law in a
wide range of areas. Ms. Profit holds a Bachelor of Laws Degree from
the University of Saskatchewan, and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from St.
Francis Xavier University. She was called to the bar on April 14,
2000, in Prince Edward Island.
Quick Facts
• Ms. Sherra Profit is the second person to be appointed Canada's
Taxpayers' Ombudsman since the Office of the Taxpayers' Ombudsman was
created in 2008.
• The Taxpayers' Ombudsman offers Canadians who feel they haven't been
treated fairly with one more avenue of recourse, in addition to the
internal CRA appeals process, and the Tax Court of Canada.
• The Taxpayers' Ombudsman has published six annual reports, seven
special reports, and one observation paper, with over 28
recommendations, which were all accepted by the CRA.
• Taxpayers are encouraged to try to resolve their service-related
complaints with the CRA first before they approach the Taxpayers'
Ombudsman.
• Ms. Profit will assume her position on July 6, 2015.
Quotes
"To build one of the best tax administrations in the world, it must
serve the people. I am delighted that Ms. Sherra Profit has been
appointed as the new Taxpayers' Ombudsman. I am confident the CRA will
continue to receive excellent advice under Ms. Profit's leadership on
providing the quality of service Canadians expect, including ensuring
that all taxpayers receive fair and professional treatment, as
required under the Taxpayer Bill of Rights."
- The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of
National Revenue
"I am delighted to be appointed Canada's new Taxpayers' Ombudsman. I
take seriously my responsibility to Canadians, and applaud the efforts
of both the office and the CRA in laying a solid foundation of
cooperation on which to build. I look forward to working with the CRA
to ensure that service-related rights are upheld."
Ms. Sherra Profit, Taxpayers' Ombudsman
http://business.financialpost.
Chartered accountants show they can get along
Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, National Revenue Minister, is flanked by
Andrew Treusch, CRA Commissioner (left) and Kevin Dancey, president
and CEO, CPA Canada (right) at the signing of a framework agreement
between the CRA and CPA Canada, Wednesday, November 26, 2014, in
Ottawa.
OTTAWA – Kevin Dancey recalls his experience running the Canadian
division of accounting firm PwC — with 400 partners — as being like
“herding cats.”
Now, he’s herding over a much larger group of more than 190,000
members in his current job as president and CEO of the Chartered
Professional Accountants of Canada.
Even the name of is a bit unwieldy, but the organizational structure
of the umbrella CPA Canada is much smaller than the three accounting
designations it has previously been overseeing.
“We went into this thing with 40 bodies . . . in terms of three in
every province, three national, one in Bermuda. We’ll come out of this
with 14 — one in every province, one national body, and one in
Bermuda,” Mr. Dancey said.
“So, it’s really a very important step in making sure the profession
is more effective, more efficient and has a more effective voice, both
domestically and internationally.”
The unification of the three groups under one national umbrella could
be seen as a model for other professions seeking cross-border
recognition and national regulation.
So far, the necessary legislation for joining CPA Canada has been
passed in Quebec, New Brunswick and Bermuda. “Our hope and expectation
is that we’ll have legislation in every province by the end of 2015,”
Mr. Dancey said.
Getting to this point was not easy, and it took a few years and more
than one attempt. But in the end, the key was communication.
Previous unification moves often involved closed-door discussions
“until, ‘ta-da, here we are with the proposal’.”
“We did a couple things differently this time,” Mr. Dancey said.
Three and a half years ago, “we put out a position paper about, you
know, let’s get a conversation going about where we’re at, what we
could become, what we could do and get some dialogue and input on
that.”
“It gave an umbrella framework that everybody could work under. And,
basically, everybody has worked under it.”
All professions in Canada, whether they be lawyers or doctors or
engineers or accountants, are designated provincially.
“That’s the way it was set up 1867 and you’re not going to change
that,” Mr. Dancey said.
“The federated model that we have actually stands us in good stead,
given the diversity of the country,” he added.
If you want to start tilting against that, you’re probably going to
die on that hill. It’s just not going to work.”
https://ocl-cal.gc.ca/app/
Monthly Communication Report
13682-358148
Organization:
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)/
Comptables professionnels agréés du Canada (CPA Canada)
Associated registration:
781031-13682-41
Communication date: 2015-06-03
Posted date: 2015-07-15
Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the communication:
Frank Vermaeten, Assistant Commissioner
Assessment & Benefit Services Branch, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Anne Marie Lévesque, Assistant Commissioner
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Mireille Laroche, Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Collections and Verification, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Rick Stewart, Assistant Commissioner
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Richard Montroy, Assistant Commissioner
Compliance Programs Branch, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Ted Gallivan, Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Andrew Treusch, Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Kerry-Lynne Findley, Minister of National Revenue
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Subject Matter of the communication:
Taxation and Finance
Communication Report amended on:
2015-07-15 previous entry: 13682-358143
Reason for amendment:
Thought a spelling error was made.
Responsible Officer who filed this communication report:
Kevin Dancey
The above name is that of the most senior paid officer who is
responsible for filing a return for a corporation or organization (the
Registrant), whether that person participated in this communication or
not. Indeed, the Lobbyists Registration Regulations do not require
that the names of in-house lobbyists (i.e. employees of corporations
or organizations) who actually participated in this communication with
a designated public office holder be disclosed.
The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants was incorporated by an
Act of the Parliament of Canada in 1902.[1] This Act, now known as the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Act, was last amended in
1990 to reflect the CICA's current mandate and powers.[2]
Working in collaboration with its provincial member organizations, the
CICA supports the setting of accounting, auditing and assurance
standards for business, not-for-profit organizations and government,
and develops and delivers education programs. It also provides a range
of member services and professional literature; undertakes research
and development of intellectual property; issues guidance on risk
management and governance; and fosters relationships with key
stakeholders nationally and internationally.
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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 20:22:31 +0000
From: Elena Churikova <ElenaChurikova@ifac.org>
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
Subject: RE: The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and their
many associates must remember me know correct Kevin Dancey?
Dear David,
Thank you for forwarding the information to me and taking your time to
bring these matters to our attention. As discussed I will forward the
information to the appropriate person who will process it in
accordance with our company's policy.
With kind regards,
Elena
Elena Churikova
Manager, Governance
International Federation of Accountants
529 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10017 USA
Direct: +1 (212) 471-8730
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http://www.ifac.org/about-ifac
IFAC is the global organization for the accountancy profession
dedicated to serving the public interest by strengthening the
profession and contributing to the development of strong international
economies. IFAC is comprised of over 175 members and associates in 130
countries and jurisdictions, representing approximately 2.84 million
accountants in public practice, education, government service,
industry, and commerce.
IFAC's 2013-2016 Strategic Plan
IFAC's Strategic Plan identifies the organization's strategic
direction during the period of 2013-2016 within the context of the
current and anticipated environment. It provides the rationale for the
choices made in selecting certain strategies and services to be
delivered to its various constituencies.
Carol Bellringer
Country: Canada
Ms. Carol Bellringer joined the IFAC Board in November 2012. She was
nominated by the Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA
Canada).
Ms. Bellringer was appointed as auditor general for the Province of
British Columbia in September 2014. In that position she leads the
Office which serves the elected officials of the Provincial
Legislature, conducting financial statement audits, performance
audits, and investigations. She is the former auditor general for the
Province of Manitoba, a position she held from 2006 to March 2014, and
from 1992 to 1996 (when it was known as the Office of the Provincial
Auditor). Ms. Bellringer also held previous roles in the office, has
served as the city auditor for the City of Winnipeg, and has held
management positions with KPMG in Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg,
with Media One International in Warsaw, Poland, and as director of
private funding at the University of Manitoba.
In addition to her professional experience, Ms. Bellringer has held
several board positions for business, charitable, and arts
organizations. This included the Manitoba Chapter of the Institute of
Corporate Directors; the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra; Manitoba Hydro;
the Canadian Auditing and Assurance Standards Board; and CCAF-FCVI
Inc.
Kevin Dancey
Job Title: IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Carol Bellringer
Country: Canada
Kevin Dancey is the technical advisor for IFAC Board member Carol
Bellringer. He was previously a member of the IFAC Board, 2006-2012.
Mr. Dancey is president and chief executive officer of CPA Canada,
appointed in January 2013 after previous serving as president of the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), a position he
assumed in 2006. Prior to this, he was the CEO and senior partner of
PwC in Canada and a member of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Global
Leadership Team. Prior to election to this position he served as
leader of PwC’s Canadian Tax Services Group. From 1993 to 1995, he
served as assistant deputy minister of the Tax Policy Branch of the
Canadian Department of Finance. He also served as special advisor to
the assistant deputy minister of the Tax Policy Branch of the Canadian
Department of Finance from 1985 to 1987. In addition, he worked with
the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and
CICA.
Mr. Dancey graduated from McMaster University with an honors degree in
Math and Economics. He is a Chartered Accountant and in 2000 received
the FCA designation.
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IFAC Operations Policy
Whistleblower Policy
January 2012
Contents
Section 1 Introduction
Section 2 Safeguards
Section 3 Process for Raising a Concern
Section 4 How the Report of Concern will be Handled
Section 1 Introduction
1.1. IFAC is committed to high standards of ethical, moral and legal
business conduct. In line with this commitment, and IFAC’s commitment
to open communication, this policy aims to provide an avenue for
employees to raise concerns and reassurance that they will be
protected from reprisals or victimization for whistleblowing.
1.2. This whistleblowing policy is intended to cover protections for
employees if they raise concerns regarding IFAC, such as concerns
regarding:
• Incorrect financial reporting;
• Unlawful activity;
• Activities that are not in line with IFAC policy, including the
Employee Handbook; or
• Activities, which otherwise amount to serious improper conduct.
Section 2 Safeguards
Harassment or Victimization
2.1. Harassment or victimization for reporting concerns under this
policy will not be tolerated.
Confidentiality
2.2. Every effort will be made to treat the complainant’s identity
with appropriate regard for confidentiality.
Anonymous Allegations
2.3. This policy encourages employees to put their names to
allegations because appropriate follow-up questions and investigation
may not be possible unless the source of the information is
identified. Concerns expressed anonymously will be explored
appropriately, but consideration will be given to:
• The seriousness of the issue raised;
• The credibility of the concern; and
• The likelihood of confirming the allegation from attributable sources.
Bad Faith Allegations
2.4. Allegations in bad faith may result in disciplinary action.
Section 3 Process for Raising a Concern
Reporting
3.1. The whistleblowing procedure is intended to be used for serious
and sensitive issues. Such concerns, including those relating to
financial reporting, unethical or illegal conduct, which involve any
person may be reported directly to the Head of Governance and
Strategy. Matters involving the Head of Governance and Strategy may be
reported directly to the Chief Executive Officer.
Whistleblower Policy – January 2012 Page 4 of Matters involving the
Chief Executive Officer may be reported to the Chair of the Governance
and Audit Committee.1 Employment-related concerns continue to be
reported in accordance with the Employee Handbook.
Timing
3.2. The earlier a concern is expressed, the easier it is to take action.
Evidence
3.3. Although the e
mployee is not expected to prove the truth of an allegation, the
employee should be able to demonstrate to the person contacted that
the report is being made in good faith.
Section 4 How the Report of Concern will be Handled
4.1. The action taken by IFAC in response to a report of concern under
this policy will depend on the nature of the concern. The Governance
and Audit Committee shall receive information on each report of
concern and follow-up information on actions taken.
Initial Inquiries
4.2. Initial inquiries will be made to determine whether an
investigation is appropriate, and the form that it should take. Some
concerns may be resolved without the need for an investigation.
Further Information
4.3. The amount of contact between the complainant and the person or
persons investigating the concern will depend on the nature of the
issue and the clarity of information provided. Further information may
be sought from or provided to the person reporting the concern.
2012: Olivia Kirtley at okirtley@gmail.com
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos <motomaniac333@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 11:10:40 -0400
Subject: The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and their
many associates must remember me know correct Kevin Dancey?
To: office@cga-ns.org, info@cpacanada.ca, chait@bcsc.bc.ca,
lara.gaede@asc.ca, cmcinnis@osc.gov.on.ca,
anctil-bavas@lautorite.qc.ca, Communications@ifac.org, info@cairp.ca,
gmoore@icans.ns.ca
Cc: David Amos <david.raymond.amos@gmail.com>, tlambie@cpacanada.ca,
tobin.lambie@cica.ca, kevin.dancey@cica.ca, heather.whyte@cica.ca,
Hwhyte@cpacanada.ca, Kdancey@cpacanada.ca
http://archive.newswire.ca/en/
October 16, 2007 4:04 PM
- General
- Media Advisories
Media Advisory - Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Media
Availability
TORONTO, Oct. 16 /CNW/ - Kevin Dancey, President and CEO of the Canadian
Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), will be available for phone
interviews with the media following tonight's federal Throne Speech.
Any media outlet wanting to book an interview can contact Tobin Lambie,
Manager, Media, at 416-204-3228 or tobin.lambie@cica.ca
For further information: Chartered Accountants of Canada, 277 Wellington
Street West, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 3H2, Tel: (416) 977-3222, Fax:
(416) 977-8585, www.cica.ca
http://stop-ca-cma-cga-merger.blogspot.ca/2012/07/kevin-dancey-is-hypocrite.html
https://www.cpacanada.ca/en/the-cpa-profession/about-cpa-canada/cpa-canada-executive-team/kevin-dancey-fcpa-fca
https://www.ic.gc.ca/app/secure/orl/lrrs/do/vwRg;jsessionid=0001nR5JX0xLJoJGZp-A6xdnWVp:-J7IRK?cno=13682®Id=817530&blnk=1
Kevin Dancey
Canadian Institute-Chartered
277 Wellington St W,
Toronto, ON, M5V 3E4
Telephone 416-977-3222
https://www.cpacanada.ca/en/the-cpa-profession/about-cpa-canada/governance-of-cpa-canada/cpa-canada-committees/tax-committees-overview/cbacpa-canada-joint-committee-on-taxation
CBA/CPA Canada Joint Committee on Taxation: Guidance on federal income
tax issues
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada) collaborates
with the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) to offer the federal
government input on tax laws through its Joint Committee on Taxation.
Close-up of a businesswoman writing at a meeting table. Other business
people are seen in the background.
A long-standing collaboration of CPA Canada and the Canadian Bar
Association, this committee is a knowledge resource that enables CPA
Canada to provide the Department of Finance and Canada Revenue Agency
with expert insights on the technical aspects of present and proposed
federal income tax laws. Its members respond to income tax legislation
developments, make recommendations to the federal government to
resolve income tax matters and provide expert counsel on income tax
policy to other CPA Canada committees.
Members
Mitchell Sherman (chair)
Goodmans LLP
Toronto
Janice Russell, CPA, CA (co-chair)
Deloitte LLP
Toronto
Siobhan Monaghan (vice chair)
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP
Toronto
Kim Moody, FCA (vice chair)
Moodys LLP Tax Advisors
Calgary
Bruce Ball, FCPA, FCA
BDO Canada LLP
Toronto
Corrado Cardarelli
Torys LLP
Toronto
Larry Chapman, FCPA, FCA
Non-voting ex-officio
Canadian Tax Foundation
Toronto
Gabe Hayos, FCPA, FCA
Non-voting ex-officio
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada
Toronto
Kenneth Griffin, CPA, CA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Toronto
Michael McLaren
Thorsteinssons
Vancouver
Darcy Moch
Bennett Jones LLP
Calgary
Colin Mowatt, CPA, CA
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
Toronto
Angelo Nikolakakis
Couzin Taylor LLP
Montreal
Joel Nitikman
Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
Vancouver
Edward Rowe
Osler Hoskin & Harcourt
Calgary
Lorne Shillinger, CPA, CA
KPMG LLP
Toronto
Sandra Slaats
Deloitte LLP
Toronto
Anthony Strawson, CMA
Felesky Flynn LLP
Calgary
Glen Thompson, CA
MNP LLP
Edmonton
Jeffrey Trossman
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP
Toronto
Tim Wach
Gowlings Lafleur Henderson LLP
Toronto
Craig Webster, CA
Borden Lander Gervais LLP
Toronto
Penny Woolford, CPA, CA
KPMG LLP
Toronto
Eric Xiao, CPA, CA
Ernst & Young
Toronto
Karen Yull, CPA, CA
Grant Thornton LLP
http://www.ctf.ca/ctfweb/EN/About_CTF/EN/About_CTF/About_CTF.aspx?hkey=01b267e2-33f2-4a8b-a800-8531b42ad825
Toronto office:
Québec office:
Canadian Tax Foundation
595 Bay Street
Suite 1200
Toronto, Ontario
M5G 2N5
Tel: 416-599-0283
Fondation canadienne de fiscalité
1250 boul. René-Lévesque ouest
Bureau 2935
Montreal, Québec
H3B 4W8
Tél: (514)939-6323
About the Canadian Tax Foundation:
Founded in 1945 as an independent tax research organization under the
joint sponsorship of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
and the Canadian Bar Association, the Foundation provides a unique
forum for lawyers, accountants, academics and other tax professionals
to work together for the betterment of the Canadian tax system and the
tax profession in general.
For our 10,000 plus members, the Foundation is a valuable resource for
the scope and depth of the tax information it provides and for its
services to members, which support their everyday work in the taxation
field.
The Foundation has long been respected by Government policy makers and
administrators for its objectivity, its focus on current tax issues,
its concern for improvement of the Canadian tax system, and its
significant contribution to tax and fiscal
Governance
The activities of the Foundation are directed by a board of 34
governors, nominated in consultation with its founding bodies, the
Canadian Bar Association and the Chartered Professional Accountants of
Canada. Governors are elected for a one-year term by the members
present at the annual general meeting and generally serve for 3 years.
The elected board represents all regions of Canada, the accounting and
legal professions, and other tax-focused disciplines, and reflects
diversity of specialization and of business organization. The board
carries out its work through an executive committee (which includes
the Foundation's full-time Executive Director) and several other
working committees concerned with research, conferences and other
events, membership, finances and government and community relations. A
nominating committee in consultation with the Foundation's director
prepares the slate for the election of a new board each year.
Kevin Dancey
Job Title: IFAC Board Technical Advisor for Carol Bellringer
Country: Canada
Kevin Dancey is the technical advisor for IFAC Board member Carol
Bellringer. He was previously a member of the IFAC Board, 2006-2012.
Mr. Dancey is president and chief executive officer of CPA Canada,
appointed in January 2013 after previous serving as president of the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA), a position he
assumed in 2006. Prior to this, he was the CEO and senior partner of
PwC in Canada and a member of the PricewaterhouseCoopers Global
Leadership Team. Prior to election to this position he served as
leader of PwC’s Canadian Tax Services Group. From 1993 to 1995, he
served as assistant deputy minister of the Tax Policy Branch of the
Canadian Department of Finance. He also served as special advisor to
the assistant deputy minister of the Tax Policy Branch of the Canadian
Department of Finance from 1985 to 1987. In addition, he worked with
the Joint Committee on Taxation of the Canadian Bar Association and
CICA.
Mr. Dancey graduated from McMaster University with an honors degree in
Math and Economics. He is a Chartered Accountant and in 2000 received
the FCA designation.
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Carla-Marie Hait
Chief Accountant
British Columbia Securities Commission
(604) 899-6726
chait@bcsc.bc.ca
Lara Gaede
Chief Accountant
Alberta Securities Commission
(403) 297-4223
lara.gaede@asc.ca
Cameron McInnis
Chief Accountant
Ontario Securities Commission
(416) 593-3675
cmcinnis@osc.gov.on.ca
Sylvie Anctil-Bavas
Chef comptable
Autorité des marchés financiers
(514) 395-0337 ext. 4291
sylvie.anctil-bavas@lautorite.qc.ca
http://www.cga-canada.org/en-ca/Pages/default.aspx
UNIFICATION OF THE ACCOUNTING PROFESSION
CGA-Canada united with the Chartered Professional Accountants of
Canada (CPA Canada) under the CPA banner on October 1, 2014.
Unification will enhance the influence, relevance and contribution of
the Canadian accounting profession here at home and internationally.
The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants was incorporated by an
Act of the Parliament of Canada in 1902.[1] This Act, now known as the
Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants Act, was last amended in
1990 to reflect the CICA's current mandate and powers.[2]
Working in collaboration with its provincial member organizations, the
CICA supports the setting of accounting, auditing and assurance
standards for business, not-for-profit organizations and government,
and develops and delivers education programs. It also provides a range
of member services and professional literature; undertakes research
and development of intellectual property; issues guidance on risk
management and governance; and fosters relationships with key
stakeholders nationally and internationally.
International In an age of globalization, the world of finance is
becoming increasingly interconnected. That is why Certified General
Accountants of Canada has been an active participant in the
international accounting community for the past four decades.
Today, CGA-Canada pursues five themes in its international activities.
Click on the side tabs to learn more about these activities.
Strategic Alliances
ACCA and CGA Canada Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA)
CGA-Canada and CPA Australia's Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA)
CGA-Canada and CPA Ireland Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA)
CGA-Canada and OEC de France Mutual Recognition Agreement (MRA)
Certification
Bermuda
Caribbean
China
Hong Kong and Macau
Export of Knowledge
CGAs Help Azerbaijan Modernize Accounting
Central American Educators Get World Bank Support
http://www.cga-canada.org/en-ca/Pages/ContactUs.aspx
Nova Scotia / Bermuda
Note: Bermuda students and members are administered by our association
in Nova Scotia.
The CGA Association of Nova Scotia Office:
1801 Hollis Street, Suite 230
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 3N4
Tel: 902.425.4923
Fax: 902.425.4983
Email: office@cga-ns.org
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/11/26/idUSnCCN3qvCpy+1c4+MKW20141126
Press Release | Wed Nov 26, 2014 9:56am EST
Harper Government Solidifies Partnership With Canada's Professional
Accountants
* Reuters is not responsible for the content in this press release.
Harper Government Solidifies Partnership With Canada's Professional
Accountants
New CRA-CPA Framework Agreement will strengthen collaboration on
priority issues, including red tape reduction, service, and compliance
OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov. 26, 2014) - Canada Revenue Agency
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of
National Revenue, today announced the signing of a first-ever
agreement with Canada's chartered professional accountant community,
signaling a new era of information and collaboration in improving tax
administration in Canada and better serving Canada's taxpayers.
The new Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)-Chartered Professional Accountants
of Canada (CPA Canada) Framework Agreement was formally signed by
Andrew Treusch, Commissioner of Revenue and Chief Executive Officer of
the CRA, and Kevin Dancey, President and CEO of the CPA, during the
Financial Management Institute's Professional Development Week, being
held in Ottawa from November 25 to 28. The Framework Agreement
recognizes the important relationship between the CRA and CPA Canada
in the successful administration of Canada's tax system, and promotes
regular dialogue between the two organizations on tax-related matters
of common interest. It will also ensure that input from Canada's
accounting professionals is considered as the CRA moves forward with
its change agenda.
A central part of the Framework Agreement includes the creation of
seven committees, each co-chaired by a senior representative from both
the CRA and CPA Canada, to focus on seven priority areas:
Services;
Compliance;
Tax Administration;
Scientific Research and Experimental Development;
Commodity Tax;
Red Tape Reduction; and
Training
The agreement is a key element in the CRA's efforts to build strong
relationships with the Canadian accounting community and tax service
providers so that Canada continues to have a well-functioning and
world-class tax system that benefits all Canadians.
Quick Facts
-The Financial Management Institute brings together some 3,500
financial management professionals from the private and public sectors
to stay abreast of evolving practices in the management of public
resources.
-With the recent merger of all of professional accounting
associations, CPA Canada now represents more than 190,000 members who
play an important role in fostering tax compliance in Canada.
-Currently, over 80 percent of Canada's professional accountants are
merged under the CPA banner. (Source: Chartered Professional
Accountants of Canada)
-The CRA now offers over 80 service options to tax professionals in
its dedicated secure online portal, Represent a Client, and that
number is growing every year.
Quotes
"Our Government is committed to the administration of a world-class
tax system, and I am pleased that the CRA-CPA Canada Framework
Agreement formalizes an important partnership. This agreement will
help a clear path forward on how we will seek improvements to our tax
system to better serve Canadian taxpayers."
The Honourable Kerry-Lynne D. Findlay, P.C., Q.C., M.P., Minister of
National Revenue
"I am pleased to sign the CRA-CPA Canada Framework Agreement on behalf
of our more than 190,000 members. This framework ensures that input
from Canada's accounting professionals is considered by the CRA as it
continues to modernize its programs and services. Our profession looks
forward to enhanced collaboration with CRA as we collectively focus on
a fair and efficient tax system for Canada with the best interests of
taxpayers the key priority."
Kevin Dancey, President and CEO, Chartered Professional Accountants of
Canada
"FMI is pleased to host this historical signing at our PD week, the
largest gathering of public sector financial managers in Canada. This
event is made possible with the support of our members, our amazing
volunteers and our long lasting partners such as CPA and CRA just to
name a few. FMI is proud to be the voice of the government financial
management community since 1962."
Mathieu Langelier, Chief Executive Officer, Financial Management
Institute of Canada
Associated Links
Red Tape Reduction (RTR)
Represent a Client
Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA)
Represent a client-what's new
Financial Management Institute
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To receive updates when new information is added to our website, you can:
-Follow the CRA on Twitter - @CanRevAgency.
-Subscribe to a CRA electronic mailing list.
-Add our RSS feeds to your feed reader.
-Watch our tax-related videos on YouTube.
Rebecca Rogers
Director of Communications
Office of the Minister of National Revenue
613-995-2960
Noel Carisse
Media Relations
Canada Revenue Agency
613-952-9184
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Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada (CPA Canada)/Comptables
professionnels agréés du Canada (CPA Canada)
Associated registration: 781031-13682-41
Communication date: 2015-06-03
Posted date: 2015-07-15
Designated Public Office Holders who participated in the
communication: Frank Vermaeten, Assistant Commissioner
Assessment & Benefit Services Branch, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Anne Marie Lévesque, Assistant Commissioner
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Mireille Laroche, Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Collections and Verification, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Rick Stewart, Assistant Commissioner
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Richard Montroy, Assistant Commissioner
Compliance Programs Branch, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Ted Gallivan, Deputy Assistant Commissioner
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Andrew Treusch, Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Kerry-Lynne Findley, Minister of National Revenue
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Subject Matter of the communication: Taxation and Finance
Communication Report amended on: 2015-07-15 previous entry: 13682-358143
Reason for amendment: Thought a spelling error was made.
Responsible Officer who filed this communication report: Kevin Dancey
The above name is that of the most senior paid officer who is
responsible for filing a return for a corporation or organization (the
Registrant), whether that person participated in this communication or
not. Indeed, the Lobbyists Registration Regulations do not require
that the names of in-house lobbyists (i.e. employees of corporations
or organizations) who actually participated in this communication with
a designated public office holder be disclosed.
http://www.payroll.ca/CPA/Media_Room/Photo_Galleries/en/MediaRoom/Photo_Galleries/Montroy.aspx
https://openparliament.ca/committees/finance/41-1/102/richard-montroy-1/only/
http://www.cba.org/CBA/sections_taxation/news2014/PrintHTML.aspx?DocId=54293
https://www.ific.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Submission-to-Federal-Government-CRA-T3-Consolidation-May-17-2005.pdf/5306/
http://stop-ca-cma-cga-merger.blogspot.ca/2012/05/cica-just-wants-its-members-to-feel.html
CICA Just Wants Its Members to Feel Like They’ve Been Heard
The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants (CICA) doesn’t really
care what its members think of the CA/CMA/CGA merger. It just wants
them to feel like they’ve been heard.
Look at the e-mail Heather Whyte (VP of Communications and External
Relations at CICA) accidentally sent to a member when she hit “reply
all”. It’s better if you read this string of emails from the bottom
up.
From: Heather.Whyte@cica.ca [mailto:Heather.Whyte@cica.ca]
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 06:40 AM
To: Aguilar Ismail, Michelle
Cc: 'William MacKinnon' <bmackinnon@rogers.com>;
'Kevin.Dancey@cica.ca' <Kevin.Dancey@cica.ca>; 'Peter.McLean@cica.ca'
<Peter.McLean@cica.ca>
Subject: RE: FW: CA-CMA Merger: Important Message to all CAs
Hi Kevin ... let me take this one. you have more important things to do.
I will call her and calm her by providing clarity on the process and
feedback, etc. if you like. I think it may be best to let her vent and
feel heard.
also i will ask shane to track her email and let us know the status.
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From: "Aguilar Ismail, Michelle" <maismail@suncor.com>
To: "'Kevin.Dancey@cica.ca'" <Kevin.Dancey@cica.ca>
Cc: 'William MacKinnon' <bmackinnon@rogers.com>,
"'Peter.McLean@cica.ca'" <Peter.McLean@cica.ca>,
"'Heather.Whyte@cica.ca'" <Heather.Whyte@cica.ca>
Date: 09/08/2011 03:19 PM
Subject: RE: FW: CA-CMA Merger: Important Message to all CAs
I did not receive an e-mail today nor the one on September 5th from
the CICA. If your sever issues have been solved, why did I not
receive it nor my husband who is also a CA?
What do you mean by you have not heard from many members? Your first
paragraph in your today's communication states that you have received
feedback. There is direct feedback on the blog page you have set up
and is the feedback being received via e-mail as I have provided and
other colleagues not being considered?
Please answer my question in #4 - I am sure you will hear from members
when there is a vote if you are not getting enough feedback now.
From: Kevin.Dancey@cica.ca [mailto:Kevin.Dancey@cica.ca]
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 3:01 PM
To: Aguilar Ismail, Michelle
Cc: William MacKinnon; Peter.McLean@cica.ca; Heather.Whyte@cica.ca
Subject: Re: FW: CA-CMA Merger: Important Message to all CAs
Thank you for your email
The September 5 and 8 emails were sent to all CAs, not a select few.
We did have server problems on Monday and all CAs may not have
received the September 5 email. However the September 5 email was
attached to the email sent out today. Please let us know if you do not
get the September 8 email
With respect to the feedback received to date we have not heard from
many members and many have asked for more information; the purpose of
today's email was to provide additional information so that members
could be more fully informed on the issues.
Regards
Kevin Dancey
Kevin J. Dancey, FCA
President & CEO / Président-directeur général
The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants / L’Institut Canadien
des Comptables Agréés
Tel / Tél. : 416 204.3333 Fax / Téléc. : 416 204.3405
e-mail / courriel : kevin.dancey@cica.ca
The Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
L’Institut Canadien des Comptables Agréés
277 Wellington St. West, Toronto ON M5V 3H2
277, rue Wellington Ouest, Toronto (Ontario) Canada M5V 3H2
Tel: 416 977.3222 Fax: 416 977.8585
Tél. : 416 977.3222 Téléc. : 416 977.8585
www.cica.ca
www.icca.ca
From: "Aguilar Ismail, Michelle" <maismail@suncor.com>
To: "'peter.mclean@cica.ca'" <peter.mclean@cica.ca>,
"'kevin.dancey@cica.ca'" <kevin.dancey@cica.ca>,
"'bmackinnon@rogers.com'" <bmackinnon@rogers.com>,
"'viewpoint@cica.ca'" <viewpoint@cica.ca>,
"'Member_Viewpoint@icao.on.ca'" <Member_Viewpoint@icao.on.ca>
Date: 09/08/2011 02:45 PM
Subject: FW: CA-CMA Merger: Important Message to all CAs
Dear Nora Murrant, Peter McLean, Kevin Dancey, Bill MacKinnon:
I am writing on several issues that are gravely disturbing to me as a
CA (ICAO #317839). I have called the CICA and have been advised to
contact you directly.
1) I have not received the below e-mail from the CICA nor the ICAO.
I received this communication through a colleague. Please confirm
immediately why I am not receiving these communications directly. I
find the selective distribution extremely unprofessional and a
disgrace to the record keeping of the CICA as I am currently signed up
to receive all merger related communication electronically and have
filled in a survey indicating that I want to receive all merger
communication via e-mail. This profession demands integrity and
reliability, yet you cannot even distribute e-mails to your full
member population. Having spoken to the CICA receptionist, she
mentioned she is receiving a large volume of calls indicating that
other CA's are also upset since they are not receiving these
communications so there are clearly errors with your distribution
list. Please confirm asap the reason I did not receive the below
communication.
2) CMA's have received the attached e-mail on September 5th regarding
the merger urging them to complete the survey. Again, I am extremely
upset that I as a CA did not receive this same communication directly
via e-mail. This is unprofessional. Please confirm why CA's were
excluded from this same communication in the same format? It appears
to me as though the CMA's are sending out these direct targeted
communications that are completely one-sided to encourage them to
provide positive feedback on the merger so that results can be
portrayed as being in favour of the merger even though CA's are
clearly against this merger. The CICA is not sending direct
communication (or rather to a select sample of CA's) and rather
posting information on a website without directing them to the
information which I find personally underhanded.
3) Kevin/Bill - your note below is extremely disturbing. In the
first paragraph, you recognize that the feedback during the
exploratory phase you have received from CA's whom you are to both
represent is clearly opposed to the merger. Yet, you disagree with
the body of CAs and proceed to push your views upon the CA's that are
clearly against this. What is the point of requesting feedback and
having an exploratory phase to determine if you will proceed with the
merger when you are completely ignoring the negative feedback and
pursing ahead anyways? I am appalled that my member fees are being
put towards individuals that have no regard for the members feedback
and do not wish to represent them as they want. I have read every
single piece of information on this merger that is posted on the
website (Case for Change/Merger Update/Position Paper/etc.), and could
not disagree more with this merger after reading all of the
information presented. There is no further education required - the
only requirement is for you to listen and represent CA's as requested
which is to oppose this merger. The one-sided approach to this merger
is truly disheartening and almost unlawful. There is no confusion in
the marketplace - a CA is a CA and CMA is a CMA and CGA is a CGA - and
people who need to know understand what those differences are and they
are not equal. You are 100% diluting the CA brand by proposing this
merger rather than protecting it.
4) When is the vote for this merger going to take place? As you
state below, CA's are clearly against this merger and it will clearly
be a repeat of 2004 when a merger was proposed and there was a
resounding "NO" from CA's despite the "YES" from the CMA's. I will
encourage each and every single CA and their network to vote and I can
assure you that I have not had one positive vote for this merger from
the vast number of CA's that I am in contact with.
5) I attach the feedback I presented to Nora Murrant via e-mail in
regards to the merger. Please accept this as my formal feedback as
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