UPDATE SEPTEMBER 19, 2015: SEE ALSO DISCLAIMER AND LITIGATION UPDATES.
[This post, which began in May and having over 1000 revisions and 2000 comments, is being retired from service and updates. It lived through the success of reaching a total of $500,000 in donations from our kind, dear supporters who had little money to give, the hope and disappointment with the summary trial decision, and the certainty that we are now finally moving on to the Charter trial.]
CANADIAN CHARTER TRIAL UPDATE:
— We have instructed the Arvay team to prepare for the “Constitutional-Charter” trial. This means that our focus now, as it was in the beginning of our lawsuit, is on the Charter trial.
Unless there is a new expense in the future that we have not anticipated, the monies from your donations will be sufficient to take us through the “constitutional-charter” trial in Federal Court. However, to pay other legal bills we will need additional donations from our supporters, and a request for donations will appear on another post soon.
OUR LITIGATION HISTORY:
One year ago, on August 11, 2014, 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.
Because of a Government delay we initiated a “summary trial”, using a portion of the arguments, which offered the possibility of preventing private banking information from being turned over to the IRS before September 30, 2015. See Alliance’s Claims, our Alliance blog, and AUGUST 4-5 SUMMARY TRIAL FILINGS in LITIGATION UPDATES.
@NativeCanadian, “Grand Bend ONT”
I spent much time in Grand Bend………
Its a small world…….
As far as that goes…..@Ginny…..my favorite fish and chips are/were from Sir Cedrics.
Email comment from Stephen:
Interesting
@ calgary411
Roy Berg will be interested in the Fed’s arguments so he can collect more grist for his highly profitable US taxpayer client mill.
@Embee
MY thoughts exactly as to why Mr. Berg would be attending to hear the gov argument!!
Holding good thoughts and prayers for the litigation team and especially for Ginny & Gwen. For 2 women who are standing up for all of us… world wide… and our future generations….
These women are putting alot out on the line more then anyone…. yet we can’t help pay the final payment to the litigation team on a timely manner…. Even if u can only afford $5… do it… we must pay the last payment as soon as possible…. the litigation team is giving us their best…. we should keep our word & pay them…
We must stop this now…. what next.. we will have to supply our most private info then we will have to supply our dna? We have become 2nd class… no matter where u are in the world… no one gives a damn about us…. except for these 2 women… even our own families are tired of this…. Nothing is going to stop this train wreck other then litigation… So please… donate… we must fill our promise of support with payment
Good day or tomorrow to all of you people tuned in here, from around the world. So here were are for Trial Day Two. Nice to read all the comments left after I retired last night.
Today we will now hear the Feds disclose to the court just how much they don’t care about us. Should be an interesting day. Hope everyone has their blood pressure medicine on hand.
New cross-post: http://isaacbrocksociety.ca/2015/08/05/from-adcssovereignty-fatca-lawsuit-is-underway-thoughts-on-day-1-and-more/
Please comment there (as I go back to try to fix links that didn’t happen in the transfer.)
Berg’s probably reporting back to Treasury. Can’t let his cash cow end.
Generally each side opens with its strongest statement or argument. I’ll let you be the judge. Gwen reports the Feds have just told the court that” “we have to do what the US says cuz its the law and the treaty says so”.
And we’re off to the races folks! Hold on to your hats.
I don’t think anyone’s mentioned that Mr Gruber told the judge yesterday that he (Mr Gruber) is a tax-compliant U.S.- Canadian citizen.
Feds are now articulating their second argument which we’ve heard many times: if we didn’t sacrifice all these Americans the banking industry would collapse.
Good morning government lawyers: I happen to be Canadian.
And now, quite predictably the third argument is the USA has the authority to tax its citizens. Even if they happen to be Canadian like the two plaintiffs.
I am bored already, and you?
From Stephen:
Nice — Mr. Gruber, a tax-compliant US Canadian citizen! He understands completely.
And now the hat trick argument has been stated. They don’t know how many US citizens are Canadians; they are simply making us to what we are supposed to do anyway because it’s the law;and they are committed to helping them ( meaning the US) under the agreement.
I call this the push them under the bus argument.
Refreshing my computer screen constantly, and following the happenings….as much as possible from this little town of Cobourg, Ontario. Curious and fascinated as to how the defendents will justify throwing just a few of us Canadians under the US bus. Keeping my fingers crossed for a strong finish today! A huge debt of gratitude and thanks to all who are fighting to take care of those who the Canadian government has failed.
“Feds counsel mentions harm to banks Jusice says what about the 700k plus citizens?”
just about sums up the whole world
@Socrates: Would love to know how the gov lawyers answered that one
So to keep myself amused today, I have created a mental Bingo card and every time the Feds state an argument that is so predictable and that we all know so well, I fill a square. Want to play along with me?
What would your free square say?
@ Ginny: Mine is “Congress has spoken!”
And another square just got covered.
“It’s not for us to question what they need for their tax system”
@Ann
Aw, you just beat me to it!
Sacrificial lambs so the Canadian Banks don’t collapse? That is one loaded statement. Even I wouldn’t have said that never having studied law. Geeze!
@Ginny
I love that last one: “It’s not for us to question what they need for their tax system”
I guess it also wasn’t for us to question South Africa’s apartheid system either.