CRA and IRS hand-in-hand
John Richardson, with the Alliance for The Defence of Canadian Sovereignty, discusses the impact of the controversial 2014 FATCA IGA tax deal on U.S. citizens living in Canada. John is interviewed by CBC’s Dianne Buckner.
CRA and IRS hand-in-hand
John Richardson, with the Alliance for The Defence of Canadian Sovereignty, discusses the impact of the controversial 2014 FATCA IGA tax deal on U.S. citizens living in Canada. John is interviewed by CBC’s Dianne Buckner.
That’s a good score! I often watch The Exchange. It airs several times each day so there is plenty of opportunity for people to catch it. For those on the west coast, the last airing is at midnight PDT every weekday.
Another place the interview will eventually appear: http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/canada/the-exchange-1.3493218.
Just spoke to someone on the Exchange and was told that in the Toronto area show will be on the CBC news network tonight at about 7:15 – 7:20 p.m. Maybe same times in other parts of Canada.
That’s great. The more this outrage is known by the wider public, the better it is for all.
I sincerely hope that John won’t mince his words. It would be extremely beneficial if he would express his deep disappointment at the current government’s silence on FATCA, the law suit and the fact that a Canadian is no longer a Canadian, as by having signed on to the IGA, the Canadian government accepted to create two categories of Canadian citizen. That is what John should be speaking about, with particular emphasis on the fact that over a million Canadians and tax paying Canadian residents are opposed to government sanctioned discrimination and opposed to having Canadian funds siphoned out of Canada and sent to the big bully south of the border, with the help of Canada’s own officials. PLEASE MAKE THE CANADIAN PUBLIC AWARE OF WHAT IS HAPPENING AND ASK THEM TO CONTACT THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, IN ORDER TO KEEP ‘A CANADIAN IS A CANADIAN IS A CANADIAN’ There are no two classes of citizen and we demand that an end be put to this undemocratic and discriminatory policy.
@ Walter
Will be interesting to see what can be packed in during the five minutes allocated.
Grrr, Stephen.
Well done John. Her introduction was the same old, same old. CRA reporting Canadian accounts of U.S. Citizens!! Do these people not “investigate” or learn from the past.
Excellent, very clear presentation on FATCA by John Richardson. I just saw it in BC on CBC – the Exchange. The commentator’s introduction used the wording “outrageous”. John emphasized that the exchange of information between the banks, CRA and IRS would be ongoing every September. He also brought up the fact that the privacy laws in Canada were changed to allow for the IGA and that this is discriminating against “Canadian Citizens” whom the US deems US persons. Wonderful publicity for our lawsuit, as that came up as well, on national TV.
Just watched it. The host’s intro before John came on was disappointing to say the least:. As in: “last September the CRA reported the bank info of 155,000 Americans in Canada to the IRS”. When will these journalists realize that these people aren’t “Americans in Canada” but fellow Canadians living in Canada who just happen to have the misfortune of being born in the US? If it were Iran or North Korea requiring this there would be national outrage but because it’s the US it is somehow OK.
John was great.
Yes, John was great, that’s for sure. One is most definitely limited by a few things in such interviews:
1) the questions that are asked
2) being recorded in a studio staring at a tiny light; i.e., not seeing the person you are talking to
3) being limited time-wise; often less than 4-5 mins
It’s awfully hard under these circumstances to get in everything people think should be included. Two things John managed to actually get it and repeat:
1) these are Canadian citizens resident in Canada who just happened to be born in the US
2) The Canadian government changed the laws in order to accomodate the US-that not only made something previously illegal to search/seizure/disclosure is now something that is absolutely mandatory
It seems everything except today’s “Exchange” is available to watch…..
http://www.cbc.ca/player/
It’s been posted.
I missed the “outrageous” comment. I’ll listen again when available.
“Outrageous comment” was prior to John’s interview. There was a preliminary given by commentator. Then there were several other segments before John’s spot actually came on. I’ll watch again tomorrow for more detail. Too tired tonight.
“FATCA” & “privacy” and “US mentioned a few times. “ADCS” and “double taxation” not mentioned – as in privacy gets violated, charter gets violated but then what might the US do with the information – The Robert Wood testimony.
@John Richardson
Many thanks for stepping forward to do the interview on very short notice!
@Maz
I`m with you on this and find it very detrimental that one always hears about “americans” who are affected by FATCA. It is vital that one says that these are CANADIANS affected by this law. The interview begins with “Fatca is seeking out americans” and with this sentence alone, Canadians will already turn off their interest in what is to come. Americans? What does that have to do with us? Only later in the interview is it mentioned that this affects CANADIANS- and that it the whole point- that over 1 million Canadians are affected by this law. IMHO that should be the opening sentence to get people`s attention.
Nice Interview! I’m glad this story is still alive in media.
John should perhaps work on presentation technique though. He was fidgety throughout the interview, with his head at an angle and constantly shifting his eyes to the top corner. As someone said, it’s probably not easy to do right, talking into a camera lens…
Sad but true, in politics the way you say something affects the way people hear it.
Thank you, John, for speaking out for all of us yet again and for correcting the commentator’s misconception that only the information of “Americans living in Canada” was reported to the IRS. We have suffered from this journalistic “identity-theft” over and over again.
The issue and the main thing that will get the attention, sympathy and understanding of fellow Canadians is the fact that by having signed on to FATCA, the Canadian Government is openly practicing a discriminatory system, dividing and classifying Canadians based on their origin or place of birth. That is the issue here and probably the only issue that will resonate with all Canadians and make them understand this.
If I would be speaking to this, I would go even further and ask, where do you draw the line? Here the indicia are U.S. place of birth or U.S. parents. What would stop the government from one day requiring the bank account details of all Jews, Muslims and homosexuals be isolated and sent to some other fascist regime? That is what should be said in the interviews. That this is a very slippery slope and if Canada has opened the possibility to treat some Canadians differently than other Canadians, due to their origins or place of birth, then why not go to the next step, religion, sexual orientation, etc. Once you open Pandora’s box, there is no going back and that is the message that needs to be spread to the media and to the public. Talking about tax treaties and CRA/IRS agreements makes the average Canadian turn off and feel that it has no relevance to them whatsoever. Bringing it home and saying, “maybe you will be next because you happen to be a Jew or a Muslim, or a Hindu or gay.” That will get people to take notice and share in our anger and betrayal.
I agree wholeheartedly, Jon!