Media/Blog Articles on Canadian FATCA IGA Lawsuit (Hillis and Deegan v. Attorney General of Canada)

(1)  Website: 

The Alliance for the Defence of Canadian Sovereignty – l’Alliance pour la défence de la souveraineté canadienne

(2)  Media and Blog Articles:

2016.03.05

Border babies v the IRS, The Economist, UK.

2015.08.26

Which will come first:  A decision in the FATCA legal challenge or the first exchange info?  Mary Teresa Bitti and Jules Melnitzer, Financial Post, Canada.

2015.08.04

Two Women Challenge Law Allowing Ottawa to Give Info to US Tax Collectors, Neal Hall, Metro News, Canada.

2015.06.15

Anti-FATCA group finalises lawsuit against Canadian gov’t, Daniel Flynn, International Advisor, UK.

2015.02.28.

2015.002.15  Goodbye, Uncle Sam?  How the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is Causing a Drastic Increase in the Number of Americans Renouncing their Citizenship, Taylor Denson, Houston Law Review.

2014.11.28. 

USA Went to War With UK over Taxing … See the Irony, Lynne Swanson, Tax-News.

2014.10.30

Tricia Moon interviewed on Canada AM, CBC-tv, Canada.

2014.09.29

American expats living in Canada fighting US tax law, Dan Karpenchuk, WBFO, Buffalo, US.

2014.09.09.

FATCA/CBT:  See You in Court, Victoria Ferauge, The Franco-American Flophouse, France.

Canadians Attack US Expat Rules Decrying Accidental Americans, Robert Wood, Forbes, US.

2014.09.02

US Expats Launch FATCA Legal Challenge, Jim Atkins, iExpats.

2014.08.21

FATCA Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court of Canada, Victoria Ferauge, The Franco-American Flophouse, France.

2014.08.18

Canada-US Dual Citizens Could Be Worse Off If FATCA Lawsuit Succeeds, Julius Melnitzer, Financial Post, Canada.

Mad As Hell and Not Going to Take it Anymore: Two Brave Women Sue Canadian Government over Controversial FATCA Deal, Michael DeBlis, III, Tax Connections, US.

Share Info with IRS? No Way, Says Local Woman, Tracie Yascheshyn, Windsor Star, Canada.

2014.08.14

“U.S. Persons” in Canada express fear and loathing of tax crackdown, Douglas Todd, Vancouver Sun, Canada. Also in Calgary Herald and Regina Leader Post as ” ‘US Persons’ Living in Canada Fear FATCA” and in Vancouver Sun staff blog as Fear and Contempt Rise in Canada over Uncle Sam’s One-Way Tax Crackdown.

2014.08.13

Ginny Hillis is a Bureaucracy-Fighting Hero, Editorial, Windsor Star, Canada.

American Overreach. Editorial, Calgary Herald, Canada.

Gwen Deegan interview. Jerry Agar Show, NewsTalk1010, Toronto, Canada. (Starts at 34:28)

Virginia Hillis, Gwendolyn Deegan Sue Ottawa Over the New FATCA Tax Rules, Pete Evans, CBC, Canada

Ontario Women Sue Ottawa Over New US Banking Law: CRA Will Transfer Customer Data to IRS, Michelle McQuigge, Macleans, Canada. (Also at Toronto Star, Canada, Winnipeg Free Press, Canada, CKOM, Canada, and Hispanic Business, US, and Huffington Post.

Ottawa poursuivi concernant une loi aux Etats-Unis. Michelle McQuigge, Métro, Canada.

Virginia Hillis, Gwendolyn Deegan sue Ottawa over new FATCA tax rules. MSN.

Canadian Group Sues Government to Stop FATCA, Michael Cohn, Accounting Today, Canada.

Politico: Here Come the Lawsuits

Expat Briefing.com — Canadians Challenge US FATCA Scope

AccountingWeb — Bramwell’s Lunch Beat: Canadian Government Sued Over FATCA Deal with US

Canadians Sue Over FATCA, Samantha Jordan, National Taxpayers Union, US.

http://taxprof.typepad.com/taxprof_blog/2014/08/us-expats-sue.html
http://www.lexisnexis.com/legalnewsroom/tax-law/b/newsheadlines/archive/2014/08/13/u-s-born-canadians-challenge-fatca-agreement-constitutionality.aspx

2014.08.12

Le FATCA Contestée en Cour fédérale, Charles-Antoine Gagnon, Le Journal de Montréal, Canada. (Et Le Journal de Québec, Canada.)

Canadians Fight Back Against Conservative Tax Snooping Law, New Democratic Party, Canada

Dual Citizens Sue Feds Over Tax Deal with US, Patrick Cain, Global News, Canada

Dual Citizens Launch Legal Challenge on Canada-US Tax Deal, Globe and Mail, Canada.

Canadian Government Faces Constitutional Challenge Over FATCA Deal, Drew Hasselback and Barbara Shecter, Financial Post, Canada

Expats in Canada Sue Over Canadian Deal to Tell Washington About Their Accounts, Rita Trichur, Wall Street Journal, US.

US Expats Sue Canadian Govt Over FATCA Cooperation, Ama Sarfo, Law.360.

Lawsuit Claims FATCA “Unconstitutional”, Ben Meade, Cayman27, Cayman Islands.

FATCA Has Been Challenged in the Canadian Federal Court, Democractic Underground, US.
2014.08.11

Canadians File Suit to Block FATCA and Prohibit Handover of US Names, Robert Wood, Forbes, US.

Filed Today: Lawsuit Challenging Constitutionality of FATCA in Canada, Allison Christians, Tax Society and Culture, Canada.

International Complaint Lodged Against US Citizenship Taxation, Allison Christians, Tax, Society and Culture, Canada.