Dear Supporters,
Many of you probably predicted that I would not be saying this today, but this message is not a dream: You came up with yet another $100,000 payment — now making a total of $400,000 provided to the Arvay team.
In the last twelve days you actually donated more than $40,000 — an amazing achievement for small donors. This accomplishment proves to all those people who want us to fail — that we are very determined.
You gave until it hurt and then you gave a lot more. It’s hard not to get teary-eyed over the generosity of our supporters, who have come through every time.
We know that the pace of your litigation is painfully slow, and this is unfortunately as expected. The Government will continue to do its best to slow down the process, but we now have the assistance of a case management judge to help keep the process moving more fairly.
We filed in August 2014 and it has taken a very long time (one year) before we are finally into a (summary) trial (August 4-5, 2015). We cannot predict the outcomes of this trial, based on only part of our arguments and, with your continued support, we will prepare for all possibilities.
[Happy birthday Gwen!]
Thank you for your trust,
Stephen Kish,
ADCS-ADSC Chair,— on behalf of Plaintiffs Ginny and Gwen, their families, and the ADCS-ADSC Directors
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Chers amis et donateurs,
Certains d’entre vous avaient probablement pensé que je ne pourrais pasvous annoncer une si bonne nouvelle aujourd’hui. Mais voilà : ensemble, nous avons réussi à ramasser un autre montant de 100 000 $, ce qui fait un total de 400 000 $ à remettre à l’équipe de MeArvay.
Dans les 12 derniers jours seulement, vous avez donné plus de 40 000 $, un exploit tout à fait extraordinaire pour des « petits donateurs ». À tous ceux qui souhaitent nous voir échouer, cette réussite prouve que nous sommes des plus déterminés. Et que nous réussirons.
Vous avez donné jusqu’à ce que ça fasse mal, puis vous avez donné encore. Difficile de rester insensible devant une si grande générosité.
Nous sommes bien conscients du fait que notre litige avance de façon péniblement lente. Malheureusement, tout ça est normal. Le gouvernement continue à ralentirle processus, mais on nous a maintenant attitré un juge responsable de la gestion de notre dossier qui veillera à ce que le processus progresse de façon plus juste.
En août 2014, nous avons engagé une poursuite contre le gouvernement canadien. Près d’un an plus tard, nous avons enfin la date pour notre procès sommaire : les 4 et 5 août 2015. Impossible de prévoir le dénouement de ce procès, basé uniquement sur une partie de nos arguments juridiques. Mais avec votre appui, nous serons prêts pour toutes les possibilités.
(Bonne fête, Gwen !)
Au nom de nos deux plaignantes, Ginny et Gwen, de leurs familles et des directeurs de l’ADCS-ADSC, je vous remercie de votre confiance.
Stephen Kish,
Président de l’ADCS-ADSC
Yeah Joe Arvay. He seems to have won his most recent case …. am I right ?
http://www.cbc.ca/m/news/politics/doctor-assisted-suicide-allowed-by-supreme-court-in-specific-cases-1.2947487
@nervousinvestor, Sure looks like it to me. A UNANIMOUS win for Joe Arvay, that’s a huge accomplishment!
@Stephen Kish, glad to hear that our lawsuit goes forward no matter what! A Supreme Court ruling would keep Canadians impervious to whatever legislation ideas are voted in or voted out by the dysfunctional US congress.
Absolutely great news to hear about the victory for Joe and all Canadians. The Harper Cons have no way of being re-elected period as the train wreck of stupidity rolls on in their government. The veterans are clearly pointing out that the Cons have wasted Canadians money with it’s fight against the very people who protect us. This will be another lost court battle for the cons and then the Cons will lose to our challenge as well. So much has got to change in Canadian law to give the country back to the control of the people. This country is in control of scoundrels and there is Nothing anyone can do to throw them out before it is too late. Let our Challenge proceed!!!!!
An irrelevant factoid …. Feb 6th was the Birthday of both President Ronald Regan AND the Honorable Robert Nesta MARLEY. Different years of course.
The Con MP’s are out there doling out money in the small towns. It’s an election year! Buying votes! Yessiree!
Wow! We are certainly in the best of hands with Mr. Arvay at the helm of our lawsuit!
I have today tried to post the following on the Jamaican Gleaner web site as a comment at http://jamaica-gleaner.com/latest/article.php?id=58208
I do not know whether it will be suppressed by the Moderator and so duplicate it here:
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This is yet another example of the Canadian Government … particularly under PM Harper, seeking to overlook the Charter of Rights (which BTW seem very similar to ours here in Ja). The lawyer who represented the plaintiffs in this case is Mr Joe Arvey. Mr Arvey is now well known for representing the People in the Supreme Court of Canada on matters concerning the Constitution and Charter of Rights.
It is of note that Mr Arvey is engaged and is representing clients challenging the institution of FATCA laws in Canada. The defense from the Government of Canada so far seems rather pathetic to a lay man such as myself … essentially boiling down to a whine that “The US made us do it”. I believe that Mr Arvey will win that case too though nothing can be certain until the final Judgement is handed down.
I believe that both these cases and others that the Government of Canada has been losing in recent times will have influence on our own courts here due to the similarities of our Legal System and our Charter of Rights with those of Canada. I urge people of good will to read about the matter at isaacbrocksociety.ca and consider supporting the Litigation with contributions of any size at adcs-adsc.ca These matters are of serious importance affecting the freedom, personal rights and cost of living of every person (not just “US Persons” however that might be defined from time to time) in the entire world.
Can we make a deal? If we get the amount owing to start with an 8, can we ensure the gov’t responds to discovery before their numbers of days in arrears starts with a 6? Stephen, Carol, John, Trisha–you’ve trumpeted the success of the little person here. The little person doesn’t get away with being 60 days past due. The government’s lawyer’s shouldn’t either. Arvay has stood up for the prostitutes. Arvay has stood up for those in need of assisted suicide. It is time for Arvay to stand up to those facing bullying from the IRS and many other three letter agencies.
Correction: Arvay needs to stand up FOR those facing bullying from the IRS and many other three letter agencies. Sorry for the typo!
“YOUR ACCOUNT IS NOW SERIOUSLY IN ARREARS”. A quote from my CIBC VISA statement from many, many long years ago. Time for Arvay to send the same message to the government. At least I paid up. I hope for the government’s sake they do the same.
@Dash1729, Don’t worry. The Canadian government is [fxxxxx]. We will win this case. Calm down. Enjoy life. Be patient.
@WhiteCat
I’m in a calm mood but I’m not in a patient mood. The two are not quite the same.
@Dash1729,
I have control issues too. Meanwhile, we wait.
@WhiteCat
Basically I feel there needs to be balance. When one side is being encouraged to act urgently (get the balance under $90k RIGHT NOW) but the other is being granted patient courtesy (hey this discovery takes time) the energies aren’t balanced. And that isn’t right.
I think if people saw some Arvay action in this case – people would be willing to pay even more. The silence IS kind of deafening.
@Polly
I actually do believe Arvay/Gruber are working hard on the case. But I want to see them “push” the government a bit–and that we really haven’t seen as yet.
@Dash
I am sure they will do a great job. Its just that it is taking so long and in the meantime: silence.
@Dash, to clarify again, the discovery delay has nothing to do with “patient courtesy”. As I mentioned earlier, the court will grant the Government reasonable time to review documents.
@Polly, we have not been silent on an update on this. On January 28 I posted a comment explaining “…there is continuing back and forth correspondence between Mr. Arvay and Government on the time estimate (which has not yet been clarified), that he keeps us well informed, and that he is acting aggressively on our behalf. We may be able to say more in about two weeks, but don’t hold me to that time. This is the nature of litigation.”
Since January 28 there has been more correspondence between Government and our side but we still don’t have an estimate yet or “agreement” on the terms of the review. We might know more in a week or so, but again, don’t hold me to that time. None of us are patient.
Polly and Dash: In keeping with the Arvay’s recent win, not much was published until the very last day. Not much has been published on the Bopp lawsuit either. Methinks all remains quiet so the opposition doesn’t trump the effort in this case. Imagine all the work that went into this last lawsuit. I am confident that Arvay will put as much effort into our case as well. Harper can afford millions of taxpayers dollars as a defense so to let the cat outta the bag in advance is just not the best idea. Lawyers always play their cards close to their chest. Walk softly and carry a big stick. In my opinion!
To add fuel to this fire, I had the experience of sitting with a lawyer for 45 tiny minutes for him to tell me I didn’t have a case. The bill in the mail was 500.00 bucks and the price breakdown included a stamp and the two pages of letterhead plus the envelope. With that I think we are getting off cheap. Mark my words!
16 Million Gross Page Views (15,401,249 on this site plus 600,000 on the old). Word continues to spread.
@ nervousinvestor
I think 20,000 or so of those views are mine alone. I check in many times a day as I’m doing my other internet reading. BTW, I asked Tricia if the IBS .com link on twitter could be changed to .ca. She’s working on it. Thanks for spotting that.
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Sometimes we only get glimpses below the surface of what the ADCS fund raising team is doing and let’s not forget that they’re doing it all on a voluntary basis. Some of them need not be worried personally about FATCA, either because they are completely compliant or they have a precious CLN. Others are worried. But worried or not they continue to work to make this right for everyone. Some are retired while probably longing to have time to devote to other worthwhile causes and some are working full time while devoting their off hours to doing whatever it takes to make the fund drive successful. I think we’d be amazed at just the volume of e-mails they handle everyday and there are so many other ADCS tasks to be performed as well — like posting daily updates (really appreciate those), keeping the accounting records accurate and networking with anyone they hope might bring in more donations. I’m sure I have no idea of the full extent of what they are doing. I guess I just want to say THANK YOU. Since I don’t think I’m saying this adequately here I’m going to the bank to get another money order to send off and that will say it another way.
EmBee – your name should be “GemBee” 😀