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#Americansabroad connect through @IsaacBrockSoc – It's the #FATCA of the matter http://t.co/K0hecfvjgv
— U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) December 12, 2013
Great and interesting post about U.S. citizenship abroad. Some familiar faces. The post includes:
Grassroots challenge to #FATCA in Canada :: http://t.co/NwoPQWM9BQ: http://t.co/SUq0SCZ8O5 – @Cdbankers take note!
— U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) November 15, 2013
From the Cayman Islands Compass – November 15, 2013 – C0ngratulations to all!!!
FATCA opponents from the Isaac Brock Society and Maple Sandbox, in a Nov. 12 letter to Terry Campbell, president of the Canadian Bankers Association, asked the CBA to resist Washington.
“We implore the CBA to use its considerable influence and resources to insist that the Canadian government categorically reject Washington’s demands and to lobby for FATCA’s repeal by the American Congress,” the letter states.
The letter claims that an intergovernmental agreement to hand over private financial data to Washington “would represent a gross violation of Canadian sovereignty and would violate the rights of Canadian citizens and residents under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian Human Rights Act, the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, and other legal guarantees.” Continue reading
