UPDATE January 24, 2015: THIRD OF FIVE LEGAL BILLS PAID
[We now have a NEW POST taking us up to May 1, 2015. This post will be retired from service.]
On August 11, 2014, Constitutional Litigator Joseph Arvay filed a FATCA IGA lawsuit in Canada Federal Court on behalf of Plaintiffs Ginny and Gwen, the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian Sovereignty (en français), and all peoples worldwide. Read Alliance’s Claims and comment on our Alliance blog.
Chers amis et donateurs,
Ensemble, nous avons atteint notre but : ramasser les fonds nécessaires pour payer la troisième des cinq factures légales de notre poursuite judiciaire.
Ramasser 300 000 $ provenant de petits dons est un exploit tout à fait extraordinaire et nous invitons notre gouvernement canadien, ainsi que tous les autres gouvernements qui ont piétiné les droits de leurs citoyens, à en prendre bonne note.
Chaque jour, nous nous rapprochons de notre but. Déjà, nous avons ramassé plus de la moitié des fonds nécessaires pour payer les frais légaux de notre poursuite contre le gouvernement canadien et l’entente FATCA.
Si nous avons parcouru un si grand bout de chemin, c’est grâce à nos deux courageuses plaignantes, Ginny et Gwen, à nos donateurs provenant du Canada et de partout dans le monde, ainsi qu’aux administrateurs des sites Internet Isaac Brock Society et Maple Sandbox. Ils permettent tous à nos voix d’être entendues.
Merci !
L’équipe de l’ADSC
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Dear Friends and Supporters,
Together we have reached our goal of paying off the third of five retainer fees for our Canadian FATCA IGA lawsuit.
Raising $300,000 from small donations is a pretty amazing achievement and we ask the Government of Canada, and those other governments who have also tossed away rights of their citizens, to take notice.
It’s still a marathon, but we are more than half way to pay off the Federal Court legal costs.
We have come so far because of our brave Plaintiffs, Ginny and Gwen, our Canadian and International donor-supporters, and the administrators of the Isaac Brock and Maple Sandbox websites who make it possible for our voices to be heard.
Thank you all,
—The ADCS-ADSC team
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TD_Bank,_N.A.
Related: Market Watch: Canadian banks map next stage of U.S. invasion (published: July 25, 2014 )
I’m getting off focus (or staying on focus for the why) for the subject of this thread: donations for ADCS. We’re almost there.
crystal London,
The picture of the TD Bank in Canada has been doctored. TD (or any other Canadian bank) would not be so transparent / upfront to advertise such on their store-front. It was used in this post: http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2014/06/26/please-provide-in-this-post-questions-big-canadian-banks-will-ask-new-account-holders-on-july-2-2014/. As Duke of Devon points out above,
Bloody amazing. DONATE!
Has anyone noticed that TD branches have a big bell in the middle of the room that they want customers to ring if they have had excellent customer service?
Although, I have moved most of my assets out of TD, I have not completely divorced myself from them YET (I kind of like knowing I am a thorn in their midst), and was really temped to kick the bell on my way out last time I was there, especially since they put a 15 day hold on a US sourced cheque (Xmas present from a relative), something they have never done to me before and could not adequately explain why they were doing it now.
Great job everyone!!!! Here is a little reminder why we are doing this….https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_9fGm8vIgg
Crystal London. You can find t he original picture if you search google images under TD bank. It’s on the second page. For the humorous version, you can use a screen shot. Or both calgary 411 and I have copies.
Ann . TD has taken off in the states and is flying high. !000 branches and the most active on line brokerage.
In keeping with the TD discussion, here’s another example of why we lost our rights…
http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/royal-bank-to-buy-u-s-based-city-national-in-5-4b-us-deal-1.2927505
Our rights were trampled on so that our chartered Canadian banks could play in U.S. markets. These banks exist to serve Canadians and do not possess any inherent right to expand wherever they please, especially if that expansion brings material harm to the home country (i.e., FATCA) where they are legally based and regulated. The harm that was brought home was so grievous that our government had to suspend Charter rights just to save our economy. Too big to fail, Canadian-style, I guess..
Thanks, Stephen, for your update and the close of this successful chapter of our fundraising for justice for Gwen and Ginny — and all others. And, for all of your work keeping us focused on the deadline. I suppose that thermometer is now bursting — or we are ready to start the next visual of our efforts.
My / our next donations will now be for the upcoming (continuing) march to getting the Canadian case before a court of Canadian law.
It is with my grateful heart that I, too, thank everyone here, from ALL OVER THE WORLD, for your show of confidence and your role in our shared achievement.
Way to go everyone. We reached the goal ahead of schedule again.
Thanks to all the donors from around the world. A special shout out to Stephen who has worked so hard for all of us.
Also, here’s another story that you all may find interesting…
http://m.slashdot.org/story/212611
So, how exactly will the IRS be able to even process all the new FATCA data when they are losing IT staff and other resources? And how exactly do they plan to safeguard this flood of new personal data on aging systems with dwindling resources dedicated to IT security? Sounds like a recipe for disaster…
By the way, hooray for meeting the third fundraising goal!
Well it’s good to see a number of people with the balls to step up and fork out what is needed
to get this funded. I contributed significantly in all three 100k fundraising and will do the same for the fourth and final fifth.
Nothing better than being a pimple on the ass of
low life parasites like Harper and crew.
Harper is a such a pathetic POS for selling out so many millions of people
Great news! Thank you so much to all who have made this possible. Onwards and upwards! Surgite!
Bravo for meeting the 3rd fundraising goal!
I suggest this be commemorated by making the week of February 2 a week of action and outreach.
Beginning on Feb 1:
Write to all your politicians, journalists and other persons of influence… tell them about the $300K raised… remind them of the harm full discrimination… remind politicians that so-called “US persons” in Canada are becoming a potent and angry constituency. If they get a LOT of letters at the same time, it has effect.
Make a special effort to get friends and colleagues to support – even $25 can make a difference, if multiplied by thousands.
Make a special effort to identify and reach out to unaware so-called “US persons” you may know. (I have in-laws who refuse to believe they are at risk and are in full denial – they will be invited to discuss).
WELL DONE, ALL OF US!
Congratulations everyone! Thanks to you wherever you may live and whatever your relationship to this issue.
Grateful thanks to ADCS and those in the background who create and maintain the means by which this is coordinated and by which this has grown – those at IBS and Maple Sandbox, and others as individuals.
Now,
Get ready to send ADCS a Valentine – with a donation for the next installment!
Awesome news . . . I’ll be donating again.
Happy to see this next milestone reached.
EmBee, the heat wave that you wished for came on strong. Here is some more “heatwave” music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTKFR3ra2ts
I do feel pride in sharing my US place of birth with:
a) the fine musicians in this video
b) all the great people on Isaac Brock & Maple Sandbox who have done so much to fight this injustice
Congratulations to the ADCS team on reaching our fundraising goal seven days early.
ADCS leadership– consider sending out a press release to major media outlets on this.
Cheers,
BC Doc
Excellent news about the third payment. I have donated at each phase and will be doing so for phase 4 and 5.
I like hearing from the donors outside of Canada and am glad they are joining us.
Speaking of heatwaves, if only the sun was brighter in this late January, we would be hitting 80F. I like this blog in addition to IBS (I also donate to his research program). Skiing is the worst in memory. http://cliffmass.blogspot.ca/
MAZEL TOV and L’chiam – to life and liberty!!!
I am so proud to be part of this amazing organization.
We will reach the next two goals too!!
Hugs and lots of sunshine to all!!!
Congratulations from New Zealand and thank you for taking on this fight for every country in the world. More $$ coming down the line.
Do not go gentle into that good night
Dylan Thomas, 1914 – 1953
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rave at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless, me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Congtats from across the pond
This is important two ways psychologically
To donors this was the make or break hurdle this can now be done and will be done
This will be a blow to Harper and crew who thought a tiny group would never be able to pull it off I am confident they thought we would fall apart giving them victory
I agree fully with bcdoc a press release needs to go out asap. It might help fundraising but it wiill hurt the other side
Congratulations from Belgium — will donate again for next deadline!
おめでとうございます！
Congratualations from Japan! It is indeed uplifting to know that ones efforts, even if not as much as one would like to contribute, have paid off. More will be on its way from here.
I too would like a press release to send to the English language newspapers here. I, with some help, will get it translated into Japanese and send it to the native media outlets here. I know many who are “accidental” US Persons. My souse and child among them.