Monday 24 January 2022

Winnipeg woman declared dead by CRA twice in 10 months — but she's alive

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-revenue-agency-woman-declared-dead-winnipeg-manitoba-wfpcbc-cbc-1.6319764

 

Winnipeg woman declared dead by CRA twice in 10 months — but she's alive

Son with power of attorney has spent hours on the phone with Canada Revenue Agency trying to fix problem

This is the second time in 10 months that Dave Gibeault, the woman's son, has received a letter addressed to the "Estate of the late Mary Gibeault."

When the first letter arrived in March of 2021, the man from St. Andrews, Man., knew there was an error because he visits her in a Winnipeg personal care home daily.

"I see her every day, I take care of her, so my fear wasn't that she had died," he told CBC News. "The first thing I thought of was I have an uphill battle in front of me."

He certainly did.

Dave Gibeault received this letter asking him to repay money paid to his mother from the CRA in March, and it took weeks on the phone and two requests for documents proving that he has power of attorney to correct the error, he said. (Submitted by Dave Gibeault)

"It took several weeks and a whole lot of frustration [to get her reclassified as alive]. Hours and hours and hours on the phone, and lost income as a result," Gibeault said, noting that he had to provide proof that he has power of attorney twice.

Causes of such mistakes can vary, CRA says

Gibeault said he thought his problems with the revenue agency were behind him until he got a second letter last week.

"So very frustrating. I know this is going to be another uphill battle. But what they're asking for, they're not going to get. I'm not going to pay them back money that she's entitled to," he said.

The CRA can't comment on individual cases for privacy reasons, but regrets the error, the agency's spokesperson, Hannah Wardell, said in an email on Thursday.

The CRA says people incorrectly labelled as dead could be caused by human error, a miscommunication between government departments, or most often, a mistake made when a return is filed on behalf of a deceased person with an incorrect SIN number. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

The cause of such a mistake can vary, she said. It could be human error, a miscommunication between government departments, or most often a mistake made when a return is filed on behalf of a deceased person with an incorrect social insurance number.

"Although rare, it is possible that multiple errors could appear on the same taxpayer's account if the CRA receives incorrect information from more than one source," Wardell said.

"We take these situations seriously, and continue to validate and analyze these errors and implement changes as necessary, to ensure that, wherever possible, these types of errors are prevented."

When an error is made, the CRA simply removes the date of death from the person's file and their CRA account is restored. This also reverses any letters or changes to taxes or benefits that were issued in error, Wardell said.

Dave Gibeault received a letter from the CRA earlier this month addressed to 'the estate of the late Mary Gibeault.' Mary is alive and in a personal care home. (Submitted by Dave Gibeault)

The reversal is immediate, but it can sometimes take a few weeks for letters to be reissued and adjustments to be recalculated.

In 2020, about 0.03 per cent of all the date of death updates were recorded in error.

"Despite safeguards to ensure accuracy of its files, on very rare occasions an individual may erroneously be declared deceased with respect to their records with the Government of Canada," Wardell said in an email.

Thousands wrongly declared dead by CRA

This isn't the first time a mistake like this has happened. Between 2007 and 2013, 5,489 Canadians were erroneously entered as deceased in CRA's system, according to the Office of the Taxpayers' Ombudsperson.

In 2014, the ombudsperson was tasked by the Minister of National Revenue of the time to release a report on the problem and made eight recommendations to fix it.

That's exactly what Dave Gibeault is worried about.

"This is a much bigger scope problem than just one person, and not everybody has an advocate that's going to go and fight for them. So there's a whole lot of people that are not getting their benefits," he said.

Wardell said the CRA has put into place a number of safeguards to lower the likelihood of this error from occurring. It's revised forms and procedures to make it less likely that a person can make an error in their tax filing, and is collaborating with other government departments to validate records.

"While the issue still occurs, the prevalence is notably reducing," Wardell said.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Rachel Bergen is a journalist for CBC Manitoba and previously reported for CBC Saskatoon. Find her on Twitter at @r_bergen or email her at rachel.bergen@cbc.ca.

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458 Comments
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David Amos
I wonder if The Honourable Diane Lebouthillier and her minons recall the emails she sent me years ago  
 
 
 
 
David Amos
The Canada Revenue Agency deleted my SIN nearly 30 years ago Hence I can't file and don't pay income taxes
 
 
Chris Halford
Reply to @David Amos:

Sure.
 
 
Roger Scarisbrick 
Reply to @David Amos:
Well David you just gave then your name and you owe 30 years in back taxes. Our taxes have been supporting you all this time.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Chris Halford: Federal Court File No T-1557-15
 
 
Harvey York   
Reply to @David Amos: your court file is a joke
 
 
David Amos
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Roger Scarisbrick 
Reply to @David Amos:
What work would that be?
 
 
Harvey York  
Reply to @David Amos: the only thing you've been defending is your ability to be a leech on society
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @Roger Scarisbrick: his work is pretty much unsolicited harassment of anyone that he can find an email address for.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Scarisbrick: Methinks I have upset the Feds again N'esy Pas?
 
 
Roger Scarisbrick
Reply to @David Amos:
Seek help
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Roger Scarisbrick: Methinks you should take you own advice after you Google you name and mine N'esy Pas?
 
 
Chris Hill
Reply to @David Amos: Is "N'esy Pas" supposed to demonstrate something? Your intellect or bilingualism? epic fail. 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Chris Hill: Comprenez-vous le chiac????

If not then perhaps you should confer with the local lawyer Dominic Leblanc I have run against his cohorts 7 times thus far while not paying a dime in income tax
 
 
Chris Hill
Reply to @David Amos: je ne sais hedgehog... apropos of nothing
 
 
Janet MacKenzie
Reply to @David Amos: David Amos - do you mean " n'est pas"?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Janet MacKenzie: I wrote it ust as many Maritimers speak it
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: The lawyer Dominic Leblanc and his friend Dominic Cardy should affirm that Harvey (2016 pop.: 358) is a village in York County, in the Canadian province of New Brunswick 

 
Harvey York
Reply to @Janet MacKenzie: that's just Dave trying to be cute. It's only amusing in his mind.
 
 
Tammy Johnson
Reply to @David Amos: nice fairy tale dude !
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Tammy Johnson: Methinks many truckers and nearly everybody else knows that truth is stranger than fiction N'esy Pas?
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: it's just unfortunate that you cannot differentiate between the two......
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Methinks desperate Anons say desperate things. Everybody knows that I can smell a malicious Fed through brick walls at 500 paces or I would not have lived as long as I have N'esy Pas? 
 

Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: says the guy so far removed from reality that it's actually pitiful
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Methinks you hope folks overlook the fact that I am the guy with the real name N'esy Pas?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: I bet the CRA will deny that Harvey Baby has a SIN either 
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: yes Davie...that's gotta be it. You totally got me there. You're cracks are showing. Big time.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Say Hey to RCMP or me will ya?
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: unlike yourself, I've never put myself in a situation where I've had to deal with the rcmp. There's only 2 of us in this conversation that's ever been locked up, and it ain't me. I'm sure your rcmp contacts are much more extensive then mine, so you just go ahead and say Hey to them yourself.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Did you forget what I did about you and your cohorts last year??? 
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: sent some emails to people that never answered them?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Dream On Fed 
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: hahaha...touched a nerve I see.
 
 
Fred Drake 
Reply to @David Amos:
Your Original Sin?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: You are the one who nervous How do you Feds explain the 14 decisions in Federal Court and the use of Rule 55?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Fred Drake: Filing a Form 211 with the IRS 
 
 
Chris Halford 
Mark Twain would sympathise: "Reports of my death have been grossly exaggerated" ir something along those lines. Seriously though, what a pain for Mr Gibeault.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Chris Halford: “The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.”
― Mark Twain
 
 
Roger Scarisbrick
Reply to @Chris Halford:
"Still not dead today" by Willy Nelson
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Scarisbrick: Nor am I
 
 
Roger Scarisbrick
Reply to @David Amos:
Someone could knock you off and not get charged.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Scarisbrick: Is that a threat??? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Roger Scarisbrick
If they declared me dead, I wouldn't have to pay taxes any more.
 
 
Edward Bach 
Reply to @Roger Scarisbrick:
You wish! lol
 
 
Chris Halford
Reply to @Roger Scarisbrick:
You coukdn't get any benefits either.
 
 
Roger Scarisbrick 
Reply to @Chris Halford:
Tongue in cheek....
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Scarisbrick: I was not joking
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Trevor Norris
The government can't even properly identify who is dead and who is alive, yet some want to give the government more power and authority over our lives? Yikes.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Trevor Norris: Its not your body so its not your choice 
 
 
Trevor Norris
Reply to @David Amos: ...huh? What does that have to do with anything?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Trevor Norris: You are tax slave to the Feds from the cradle to the grave
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Melanie Fisher
If they say she's dead then she should just stop paying all taxes. I expect CRA will figure out their mistake in no time flat. 
 
 
SarahRose Werner
Reply to @Melanie Fisher: She gets an age credit plus she's in a personal care home, which is a medical expense. I'm willing to bet she has zero tax liability - and I'm also willing to bet that this is is true of everyone the CRA's ever accidentally declared dead.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Melanie Fisher: Yup and Nope
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Nay not so
 
 
 
 

 
SarahRose Werner
Has the CRA ever declared someone dead who still owed them taxes? I'm guessing not.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @SarahRose Werner: Your Yankee cousins in the IRS have in my matters South of the Medicine line 
 
 
 
 
 
Chris Alexander
The CRA is part of the government and as usual INCOMPETENT. If they sent her a letter stating "Estate of the late Mary Gibeault", they should have received a Death Certificate from the Province. And we pay government workers how much? Let me roll my eyes.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Chris Alexander: I second that emotion 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Matt Evans
CRA doesn't make mistakes. Did she check her pulse?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Matt Evans: LMAO
 
 
 
 
 
 
Nick Foley
This is right out of Monty Python, holy grail—- “I’m not dead!”; “Yes you are.”
 
 
Bruce Harvey
Reply to @Nick Foley: just resting....
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Nick Foley: "no I'm not." "Well, you will be soon"
 
 
 
 
 
Janet MacKenzie
Does CRA have a death Certificate for this person?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Janet MacKenzie: Methinks you would love to see if they have one for me N'esy Pas? 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Bob Smith
Sounds like a civil servant working on their computer at home can't be bothered to hit "save".
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Bob Smith: Yep. Because it's definitely that simple
 
 
Bob Smith 
Reply to @Jason Daniel: It could be that simple. The government won't say what it ultimately was, citing "privacy concerns".
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Bob Smith: So you have no clue how the process works is what you're saying.
 
 
Bob Smith 
Reply to @Jason Daniel: I have knowledge about the process for data entry and how data can be lost in the government system including the explanation of failing to save data properly. How about you?
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Bob Smith: I never pretended like I knew. You did.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Bob Smith: Why would failing to hit save change someone from alive to dead?
 
 
David McKenzie
Reply to @Jason Daniel:
"Why would failing to hit save change someone from alive to dead?"

Now the article states: "When an error is made, the CRA simply removes the date of death from the person's file and their CRA account is restored"

Now if they don't save the change, after removing the date, the change isn't made and the second letter goes out.
 
 
Ingrid Raudsepp
Reply to @Bob Smith: Don't encourage him!
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: I am wondering if you are a civil servant working on their computer at home who can't be bothered to hit "save". like i just did
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brad Evans
I recently started a petition to Parliament to have a service called 'Tell Us Once' like a similar one in the U.K. This is a service where the executor for a deceased person tells the government just once about the death instead of having to inform a multitude of different departments, federal and provincial who each want a Death Certificate. It is labelled e-3794. 
 
 
Brad Evans
Go to the website https://petitions.ourcommons.ca to support my 'Tell Us Once' petition, e-3794.
 
 
Brad Evans
The petition is currently on my MPs desk. It was she who suggested I start the petition process. (I hope it wasn't just to get rid of me.)
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Brad Evans: So you direct people to sign your non existent petition only to tell everyone it's on your MPs desk already? Do you have any clue how a petition works?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Do you?
 
 
 
 
 
 
Jim Morrison
I think everyone is dead at the CRA.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Jim Morrison: Yep the dead people sending out notices....
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: You should know
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jim Morrison: I heard you were dead
 
 
Jim Morrison
Reply to @David Amos: Dude, I'm alive in your dreams and dancing while hanging with strange people cause we're really all strange.... Far out ya know... 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jim Morrison: People are strange when you're a stranger
Faces look ugly when you're alone
Women seem wicked when you're unwanted
Streets are uneven when you're down
When you're strange
Faces come out of the rain
When you're strange
No one remembers your name 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
George Fraser
The CRA has other problems. I have asked for a form to be mailed to me, they refuse to email the form, but the form is getting lost in their system and it never gets to me. They have made 3 attempts but I still don't have the form.
 
 
Lydia Koabel
Reply to @George Fraser: Have them sent it by regular mail, or maybe you can download the form and print it off.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @George Fraser: All the forms are available for download. What's your problem?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: CRA employees such as yourself are the proble
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mike Williams
CRA should be declared permantly dead!!
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Mike Williams: Lame. Like the multitude of simps with the same comment
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: So you say
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Daniel Todd
And not a single public worker will face any sort of accountability.
 
 
Roger Scarisbrick 
Reply to @Daniel Todd:
They are probably dead now :)
 
 
Jack Christian
Reply to @Daniel Todd: Yes they would. People are suspended and fired all of the time in the civil service, sometimes for really sketchy reasons but mostly for poor work results or misconduct. An assumption or an opinion does not make it factual.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Jack Christian: These people are like flat earthers. They just spew out nonsense and pat each other on the back like they've discovered something. All the while dragging the country's IQ down a few notches
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Methinks you are walking talking proof of a dude with a dubious IQ who is not concerned with accountability in Federal Public Service N'esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
Gord Hasay
At one time CRA had me married to some guy I never heard of and subsequently my taxes were screwed up. When I finally got hold of them and straightened it out I got my refund. Also my wife was amused that, according to CRA, I was married to a guy and her at the same time. This was the only 'skroo-up' they have done to me in over 50 years. Not a bad record!
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Gord Hasay: LOL sure... you were on the down low and got caught
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Lame
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Greg Lang
CRA is a complete joke. You cannot get an answer from them no matter how many people you talk to. You follow what they say to do and then the next person you talk to says you should not have done that.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Greg Lang: Cool. So you're just repeating what was written in the story. Thanks for the update.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Cry me a river
 
 
 
 
 
 
Alexander Graham
They needed the fake covid numbers
 
 
Roger Scarisbrick
Reply to @Alexander Graham:
The first notice was from 2019
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Alexander Graham: Like the fake party you're supporting?
 
 
Alexander Graham
Reply to @Jason Daniel: it’s real bro and it’s actually fiscally responsible unlike the liberals or cons
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Alexander Graham: Cute avatar though. A relic from the past
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel @Alexander Graham: "Like the fake party you're supporting?

Kettle meets Pot???
 
 
 
 
 
Mike Lewis
I pay $30k a year in taxes per year. I suspect they don’t declare people like me dead, only those that they have to pay out.
 
 
Juan Hosero
Reply to @Mike Lewis: It's cheaper that way
 
 
Bill Farley
Reply to @Mike Lewis: Keep up the good work dude. I need my benefits.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Mike Lewis: 30k a year PER year? Wow sounds like a lot of money lol
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Why Is that so funny???
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lynn Simpson
Look, we are all human here. If the general taxpayers knew the kind of pressure some civil servants are under to meet productions rates, then maybe there would be less criticism. Most "term" employees must meet these rates to be rehired. It's cut throat. I know. ;)
 
 
Chris Fournier
Reply to @Lynn Simpson: The poor dears!
 
 
Lynn Simpson
Reply to @Chris Fournier: Yes, it is unfortunate. Not enjoyable trying to fight to keep a job. I agree with your probable retort back that these people should look for employment elsewhere. ; )
 
 
Tammy Johnson
Reply to @Lynn Simpson: bahahahahahah

Surely you jest

I know a few CRA workers
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Tammy Johnson: Sure you do.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: I bet you know quite few
 
 
 
 
 
 
Brian Dufoe
you never hear about the wealthy in Canada getting hassled by the CRA.
never seems to happen.
 
 
Roosevelt Smith 
Reply to @Brian Dufoe: that's cause the wealthy have gatekeepers to do it all for them.....
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Brian Dufoe: Probably because they don't cry to the cbc about it.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: So why are you crying so much?
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: how many times did you cry to the cops today big fella?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: You should know
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: hahaha too easy 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: It is easy for anyone to understand why you were the last one to attack me in June and the first to pounce on me in December. Your own words tell the tale of your malice towards my actions in Federal Court and the emails and phone calls I have with government authorities EH Mr Corrupt Federal Agent who is very low on the totem pole and the first to take the blame and shame instead of your bosses? 
 
 
 
 
 
Joe Winocki
Thank you Trudeau, thank you Liberals.
 
 
Anne Bérubé
Reply to @Joe Winocki: I wonder what the libs have to say about their 'hero' now and its management of the CRA!!! Not many are writing....
 
 
dave dennison
Reply to @Joe Winocki: great post.
i'm sure the PM is at fault for this. he probably dealt with this file personally, logged on the the CRA computer, declaring her deceased.
and those darn Liberals, doing the same thing.
 
 
Tammy Johnson
Reply to @dave dennison: fail dude
 
 
Jason Daniel 
Reply to @dave dennison: These simps think everything runs smoothly under conservative governments lmao!
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Why is it that you remind me of Harvey Baby???
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: because I'm living in your head rent free. You have an unhealthy obsession, hence why you are "following" me
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Methinks you have that bassackwards as usual N'esy Pas?
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos:nope, it's right there in my profile "David Amos is following you" nice try though. Maybe tomorrow you'll do better
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Harvey York: Desperate Feds do desperate things I repeat say Hey to the RCMP
 
 
Harvey York
Reply to @David Amos: schoolyard retort. Very predictable and unintelligent. I would have expected no less. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Geoff MacDonald
CRA... Canada's Ridiculous Agency.
 
 
Jason Daniel 
Reply to @Hugh MacDonald: Hope you didn't hurt yourself thinking of that profound and informative assessment
 
 
Geoff MacDonald
Reply to @Jason Daniel:
You're just jealous you didn't think of it.
 
 
Jason Daniel 
Reply to @Hugh MacDonald: Yeah that must be it
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Hugh MacDonald: Well put
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Geoff MacDonald
The CRA's mistakes are enough to tax anyone.
 
 
Jason Daniel 
Reply to @Hugh MacDonald: Lame
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: I disagree
 
 
 

 
 
 
Geoff MacDonald
I enjoy paying my taxes on time.
 
 
Roger Scarisbrick
Reply to @Geoff MacDonald:
I pay my taxes on time, but I don't enjoy it.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Geoff MacDonald: Surely You Jest
 
 
 
 
 
 
kyle ropert
The govt of trudeau/telford/buttz cares not.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @kyle ropert: Yawn..neither does the next one or the next one or the next one. You'll still be here writing childish complaints in your SpongeBob PJs and spaghetti stained tank top.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Is that the CRA's idea of being witty??
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @kyle ropert: Oh so true
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett
The CRA has gotten too big for it's own good. Time it was abolished.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Logan Howlett: How many times have you said that already?
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Not nearly enough 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett
What happened to the government only hiring the best and brightest?
 
 
Bob Elliott
Reply to @Logan Howlett: like DM 10032, they get less brighter and disappear.
 
 
John A. Bryden 
Reply to @Bob Elliott: DM 10032 transferred to Canada Post, where they now leave their mail deliveries in a rented storage unit.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Bob Elliott: Kind of like your English skills?
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Logan Howlett: Who said that? Nobody
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel:
How to Hire the Best and Brightest
This article was edited and reviewed by FindLaw Attorney Writers | Last updated October 26, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett
The CRA must think WE is dead too.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Logan Howlett: Some fresh air really would do you some good. You're getting less coherent after every 5 minute post
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Methinks lots of folks know who "WE" are N"esy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett
The money generators will bleed us dry now that the government only wants to spend and not work. Hang onto your wallets folks.
 
 
Jason Daniel 
Reply to @Logan Howlett: You clearly have no clue about how the world works
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: I beg to differ
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dave Modenza
Have had one run in with this agency and it was not pleasant. How does one field of the government manage to hire so many nasty incompetent people?
 
 
Logan Howlett
Reply to @Dave Modenza: Nasty incompetence is what they look for in the hiring process. It keeps the peons disgruntled and confused.
 
 
Jason Daniel 
Reply to @Logan Howlett: If that were true you'd be the CEO
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: and if so he would never hire you
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett
The CRA only goes after people that can't afford legal representation.
 
 
Jason Daniel 
Reply to @Logan Howlett: So if she's declared dead how would they "go after her"?
 
 
Dave Modenza
Reply to @Jason Daniel: They are going after her estate that could have legal representation. Going after the most vulnerable seems to be their mandate.
 
 
Jason Daniel 
Reply to @Dave Modenza: lol you guys really are that simple. I actually thought it was a put on. Wow!
 
 
 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Dave Modenza: Oh So True 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett
It just goes to show you that we are actually owned.
 
 
Jason Daniel 
Reply to @Logan Howlett: No it doesn't
 
 
Johnathan Wilcox
Reply to @Jason Daniel: But we are.
 
 
Jason Daniel 
Reply to @Johnathan Wilcox: OK. You're owned.
 
 
Logan Howlett
Reply to @Jason Daniel: So are you.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Logan Howlett: Nope. You are. As you stated
 
 
Jason Daniel 
Reply to @Logan Howlett: You are owned by your highly damaged intellectual capacity causing you to fear everyone and everything. Enjoy your downward spiral.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Oh My My
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett
Maybe CRA was convinced they hounded her to death. That's one possibility.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Logan Howlett: Perhaps 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett 
Now that CRA knows this woman is very much alive, they'll now hit her with an inconvenience tax. Now the real fun begins.
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Logan Howlett: Methinks the lady's advocate should mention my name to the CRA if they wish to have some fun Nesy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett
CRA's brain's are dead.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Logan Howlett: CRA is an organization. Not an organism. I wish you people would stay in school
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Methinks you must work with the CRA Nesy Pas?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett
So CRA declared this poor woman dead. I bet it broke their heart knowing they couldn't extort anymore water out of her.
 
 
Jason Daniel
 Reply to @Logan Howlett: LOL what?
 
 
Logan Howlett
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Cash flow, underwater, river "bank", Current "currency",
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Logan Howlett: Cute....if you're a 4 year old
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Jason Daniel: That joke went right over your head 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett 
CRA is another incompetent bloated government department protecting the Trudeau/Freeland/Morneau types.
 
 
Greg Lang
Reply to @Logan Howlett: It was bad under all other PM's but has gotten worse in the past 6 yrs.
 
 
Logan Howlett
Reply to @Greg Lang: I include all of them in that "types" department. I just mentioned them as it's our current government.
 
 
Jason Daniel
Reply to @Logan Howlett: LMAO! Love how you people just make stuff up
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Logan Howlett: I Wholeheartedly Agree Sir and made it my business to prove it 20 years ago
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett
Time for CRA to be abolished.
 
 
Vivian Savage
Reply to @Logan Howlett: Lol!
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Logan Howlett: Trust that much to Harvey Baby's chagrin I am enjoying the fact that you are rather redundant
 
 
domi nate
Reply to @Logan Howlett: a complete overhaul maybe, not abolished. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Logan Howlett
Abolish the CRA. It gotten too big and only harms the little guy.
 
 
Dwayne Allan
Reply to @Logan Howlett: After scrolling down and seeing you've been posting the same gar bage for an hour now, isn't it time you moved on and found a different hobby?
 
 
Logan Howlett 
Reply to @Dwayne Allan: You have nothing better to do then scroll around spying on people. Be a man.
 
 
Dwayne Allan
Reply to @Logan Howlett: Be a man....says the 4 year old
 
 
Paul Carey
Reply to @Logan Howlett: I'm sure Dwayne can speak for himself, but he's looking over some time-stamped comments and picked up on Logan's message and is calling him out... why not? To abolish the CRA is an absolutely ridiculous idea. It's fun to bash gov't... I do it a fair bit myself, and who likes paying taxes? Nobody!! But most of us realize the alternative is a mad-max style anarchy. (only colder)
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Paul Carey: Methinks the Feds and Judge Paula Carey in Massachusetts will enjoy reading your opinion N'esy Pas Harvey Baby??? 
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @David Amos: Were you recently kicked in the head by a donkey?
 
 
David Amos
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Reply to @Jason Daniel: Judge Paula Carey is an Evil Democrat who just retired 
 
 
David Amos 
Reply to @Jason Daniel: Judge Paula Carey is a Democrat 
 
 
 
 
Press Release

Press Release Trial Court Chief Justice Paula Carey Announces Retirement

For immediate release:
10/08/2021
  • Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
  • Executive Office of the Trial Court
  • Superior Court
  • Boston Municipal Court
  • District Court
  • Probate and Family Court
  • Juvenile Court
  • Housing Court
  • Land Court
  • Massachusetts Court System

BOSTON, MAThe Honorable Paula M. Carey, Chief Justice of the Trial Court, announced today that she would retire from the Trial Court in January 2022. Chief Justice Carey was appointed to a five-year term by the Supreme Judicial Court, which she began on July 16, 2013, and reappointed to a second term in 2018 pursuant to G. L. 211B, §6.

On behalf of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court, Chief Justice Kimberly Budd said: “Chief Justice Carey is passionate about delivering justice to the people in the Commonwealth. With unflagging energy, she has worked to improve access to justice, and diversity, equity, and inclusion for all who work in and use our courts. She has shepherded the Trial Court through many advancements and steered the departments through the pandemic with perseverance and determination. With her energy and leadership, Chief Justice Carey has made an indelible mark on the judiciary, and all of us in the courts, the bar and the Commonwealth owe her a large debt of gratitude.”

The Chief Justice of the Trial Court is the policy and judicial head of the Trial Court, which includes the Boston Municipal, District, Housing, Juvenile, Land, Probate and Family, and Superior Courts, the Office of the Commissioner of Probation, and the Office of Jury Commissioner. The Chief Justice of the Trial Court has authority over all matters of judicial policy and appoints the departmental chief justices, oversees case flow management and the establishment of programs and procedures to continuously improve access to justice by all segments of the Commonwealth's population. The Chief Justice partners with the Court Administrator to oversee all administrative aspects of the Trial Court comprised of 385 judges, 6300 staff, a $779.9 million budget and 97 courthouses.

“I have absolutely loved my work with the Massachusetts Trial Court, first as a judge, then as the Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court Department, and as Chief Justice of the Trial Court,” said Chief Justice Carey. “I continue to have the same passions I have always had and will continue to work towards racial equity and access to justice for all. Retirement for me is not an ending, but the beginning of a different life committed to the same principles, just in a different way that permits me to attend to the imminent needs of my loved ones.”

As Chief Justice of the Trial Court, the Hon. Paula Carey created the Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Experience in 2018 to impact policy, awareness, and training. She built strong partnerships with the Executive Branch to ensure the success of major systemic improvements, including the recent Eviction Diversion Initiative, a comprehensive set of resources to support tenants and landlords during the financial challenges caused by the pandemic. She also held a leadership role in the development of a data-driven justice reinvestment approach to reduce reoffending, contain corrections spending and invest in strategies to increase public safety.

Within the Trial Court she formed a Language Access Advisory Committee to create a comprehensive language access plan to enhance access to justice; significantly increased collaboration across Trial Court departments to create consistent policies and practices to better serve the Bar and the public; and expanded judicial mentoring and leadership development. As Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court, she oversaw the complex implementation of the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code. 

Prior to her initial appointment as Chief Justice of the Trial Court in May of 2013, Chief Justice Carey had served as Chief Justice of the Probate and Family Court since 2007. She was first appointed to the Probate and Family Court in 2001 as a circuit judge and then served as an associate justice in Norfolk County.

Chief Justice Carey received the Boston Bar Association’s Haskell Cohn Distinguished Judicial Service Award in 2011, as well as the Freedman Award from the Massachusetts chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, the MCLE Scholar-Mentor Award, and the Middlesex Bar Association's Distinguished Jurist Award. She is also a past recipient of the Massachusetts Association of Women Lawyers Distinguished Jurist Award, the Daniel F. Toomey Excellence in Judiciary Award, and the Massachusetts Judges Conference Probate and Family Court Judicial Excellence Award.

Prior to her appointment as a judge, she co-founded the firm Carey and Mooney PC, a family law practice. While in private practice, she chaired the Family Law Section of the Massachusetts Bar Association and served on the Family Law Steering Committee of the Boston Bar Association. Chief Justice Carey graduated magna cum laude from New England Law | Boston.

 

Jennifer Donahue and Erika Gully-Santiago

 
 
 
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-revenue-agency-woman-declared-dead-winnipeg-manitoba-wfpcbc-cbc-1.6319764#vf-10474700021658
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Chris Halford
Mark Twain would sympathise: "Reports of my death have been grossly exaggerated" ir something along those lines. Seriously though, what a pain for Mr Gibeault.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Chris Halford: “The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.”
― Mark Twain
 
 
Roger Scarisbrick
Reply to @Chris Halford:
"Still not dead today" by Willy Nelson
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Scarisbrick: Nor am I
 
 
Roger Scarisbrick
Reply to @David Amos:
Someone could knock you off and not get charged.
 
 
David Amos
Reply to @Roger Scarisbrick: Is that a threat???
 

 

 

 

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