Instead of a #FATCA IGA perhaps Canada should allow itself to become part of the US

31 thoughts on “Instead of a #FATCA IGA perhaps Canada should allow itself to become part of the US”

1. More ‘crossborder integration’ and possibilities for those ‘unintended consequences’ due to conflicts in laws, policy and philosophy between the US and Canada. Problem solved – just do what the US says:
   http://www.thesudburystar.com/2013/10/05/canada-us-join-forces-to-keep-foreign-criminals-out

   Lets face it, the US is not going to follow Canada. In this and any other dances, only the US is allowed to lead.

2. I just had my own “brain fart” while tapping a reply to another thread.

   We ought to suggest whoever is marketing Diane Francis’ book that the bookstores all be asked to broadcast The Guess Who’s “American Woman” on an endless loop next to the table where all the unsold copies are stacked.

   If ever that song was pre-destined and appropriate to a specific woman, it’s for Diane Francis.

   Bye bye, Diane. You’re no good for us, we’re no good for you, ….

3. “Writer’s idea that Canada and U.S. should merge likely DOA”

   Francis’s colleague at the Post, Jonathan Kay, says this of her proposal that would allow only Canadians to continue to receive universal health care:

   “The notion that U.S.-born citizens would tolerate living in a society in which they have fewer government-given rights than their Canadian-born neighbours is just one of the many eyebrow-raising assumptions contained in this book,” Kay observed.”

   http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/dailybrew/writer-idea-canada-u-merge-likely-doa-205304089.html

4. http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/journalist-proposed-us-canada-merger-214025749.html – Oh, look, the “carpetbagger” is trying to defend her position. Diane, journalist though she may be, has not yet realized in the face of all the Twitter-storm that her position is indefensible to Canadians.

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6. Some of the comments are freakin’ hilarious:

   Sean – the apologist American troll.

   Canadians have had historically higher debt loads for almost ever Chris—-we know all the Kool Aid slogan mindless Canuck lemmings can recite—one clue: if your national identity is based on “national healthcare” which you morons call “free” you know you are underachievers

   I swear there must be a Canuck brainwashing facility –I have heard Canadians mouth the same STUPID inanities a thousand times –what uninformed MORONS

   gee that hurts entitled guy —-if only we could be underachieving world zeros like Canada

   My responses:

   Sean, if there is any brainwashing going on, it’s you Americans with your exceptionalism and constant kowtowing to a piece of fabric. Who is the only country that “capitalizes” the spelling of flag as The Flag. When the spelling is capitalized, everyone knows which country it is referring to. Best to shut up, you miserable American apologist weasel before you lend credence to the belief that you don’t need a brain for American citizenship.

   Just for your information, foisting Kim Kartrashian and reality shows on the rest of the world doesn’t constitute achievement. What else other than military hardware and the nuclear bomb has your country contributed to the world? Look up Norman Bethune or Frederick Banting, before you open your mouth, you miserable, uneducated pedant.