This is post by Jim Jatras at RepealFATCA.com – Great post. Canada is “Ground Zero” in the U.S. assault on the world.
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James George Jatras for RepealFATCA.com
October 2, 2013
Washington, DC
At the top of the list of “must have” countries on which the U.S. Treasury Department needs to force submission to the “Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act” (FATCA) is our closest ally and biggest trading partner: Canada. Unless Ottawa agrees to sign on the dotted line to permit enforcement of this ill-conceived U.S. law against its own Canadian institutions and citizens, prospects for compelling the rest of the world to fall into line lose all credibility.