FATCA and Canada – 2013

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December 2013

20: FATCA Handouts Available for Printing

17: Mr. Finance Minister, Please Don’t Be an IRS Grinch: A FATCA Christmas Letter to Jim Flaherty

07: Brockers question Diane Francis on FATCA

06: Conspiracy lawsuit against TD Bank IV

06: Proposed RNC Resolution has been drafted titled — Resolution to Repeal #FATCA 

05: Montreal Media Opportunity on Allison Christians’ Tax, Society & Culture blog… 

05: Last Minute Toronto Protest Tomorrow? 

05: Conspiracy lawsuit against TD Bank III 

04: Conspiracy lawsuit against TD Bank II 

03: Jim Flaherty Marks International Day of Persons With Disabilities

02: New! Anti-FATCA flyers and brochure printed!

02: Conspiracy lawsuit against TD bank 

02: Last minute Vancouver Protest Dec 2, 2013 POSTPONED! 

02: Dec 25 2013 Response to TD Bank’s Refusal To Delete Offensive Sentence on Bank Website

November 2013

29: Is U.S. Canada merger suggested by @DianeFrancis1 better than hostile #FATCA takeover of Canada?

27: Canada leads the way! Tells USA ‘NO FATCA!’ 

26: Tories bully Canadians into accepting Internet Surveillance bill 

26: TD vows to make FATCA a “comfortable experience” for “impacted customers”

25: November 25 2013 CBC Reports: “Canadian financial institutions [are] being deputized by the IRS to sniff out wayward U.S. taxpayers” 

25: Do All Canadians have the Same Rights?: Letter to Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Issued Jointly by the Isaac Brock Society and Maple Sandbox

22: @KiwiV and @Royberg1 explains how Cdn snowbirds can be subject to Cdn Departure Tax and #IRS taxes #FBAR AND #FATCA

22: Government of Canada: Ratification of the Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters

21: Please Listen to November 19 2013 CBC Broadcast To Learn Why Our Recalcitrant Canadian Banks–Each One Deputized By The IRS–Will Capitulate to U.S. FATCA Demands

20: Thoughts on @TorontoCentre Nov. 18 #FATCA #TorCen All Candidates Debate

18: New article in Macleans on Linda McQuaig, Chrystia Freeland, #FATCA and what it means to be Canadian 

17: IBS’ old nemesis Linda Beale is BACK on the FATCA compliance bandwagon 

17: All-Candidates Debate on FATCA – Toronto-Centre By-election -TONIGHT, 18 November! 

15: #FATCA protest in Canada against @CdnBankers is the shot heard round the world!

13: Toronto Centre Greens reply to Protest and CBA Letter emails

12: Hear How #FATCA Impacts Ordinary Canadians on CBC Radio 1 

12: Official Press Release for Toronto Protest, November 13 & 14

12: Letter to Canadian Bankers Association, Issued Jointly by Isaac Brock Society and Maple Sandbox, in Opposition to FATCA 

11: All-Candidates Debate on FATCA Toronto Centre November 18

10: #TorCen candidate @CAFreeland writes on global citizenship

06: Five Toronto Centre candidates invited to our November 13/14 protest 

06: Torontonian Promises Three Times to His Canadian Conservative Party MP (Etobicoke-Lakeshore) How He Will Vote in Next Canadian Election if Minister Flaherty is FATCA-Complicit: The February 27 2014 Correspondence

02: Will Flaherty and Baird stand up for Canada as forthrightly as their Russian counterparts stand up for Russia? 

02: Nov 13-14 Toronto Protest Against FATCA-Complicit Banks: Curb relegation makes protesters even more determined

01: Petition to Canadian Government re FATCA in Canada — Print, Sign, Send to MP Ted Hsu ASAP — RIGHT AWAY!

October 2013

30: (Note: New Toronto FATCA Protest Planned) re: We will show you how to ‘navigate the hurdles preventing you from achieving compliance with FATCA’ 

30: #FATCAnatic Diane Francis explains why U.S. and Canada should merge

29: New FATCA written questions from Liberal MP Scott Brison 

28: Ted Hsu, MP: Looking for Answers on FATCA 

28: Peter Dunn tells CCTV that the United States is the greatest threat to his family in Canada (25)

27: Going to Calgary for the Tory convention? Know anyone who is? 

26: Canadian FATCA Fact Sheet 

26: Liberal MP Ted Hsu, Question 121, Parliament of Canada, October 25, 2013: FATCA

26: Will Banks Over-Report Information Under FATCA 

24: News from Toronto Centre NDP

24: Calgary protest to FATCA outside the Canadian Conservative Convention, Calgary, AB

22: Peter Mackay and Stephen Harper use Peter Hogg’s legal advice to justify SCOC appointment

18: FATCA and Canadian Investment Advisors

18: Happy Anniversary Ambassador Jacobson – Thanks for introducing me to Canada Grandmas

17: It’s Time For A Second Canadian Anti-Fatca Protest ! UPDATE! Parliament Hill – Oct 16th!

14: Brother of CIBC Bank Board Member is an “Accidental American” 

13: Another Chapter in the Canadian Snowbird Saga

12: IIAC Canada says FATCA is “Here to Stay” 

11: Customer complaint to the Canadian Bankers Association 

11: Jim Jatras files US Freedom of Information request on Canada/Switzerland/UK IGA negotiations with US Treasury 

10: Press Release for Ottawa Protest October 16, 2013

07: Bulletin: IRS relaxes reporting requirements for RRSPs and RRIFs

01: From The Desk of John Richardson – Co-Chair ADCS-ADSC.ca

September 2013

23: From the Supreme Court of Canada, Should provincial law apply to banks OR does Canada’s Constitution give the federal government exclusive power to regulate banks?

23: Solving US Citizenship Problems-Info Session-Niagara Falls ON-Tuesday Nov 11, 2014 

22: Please @PMHarper say it isn’t so – Canada is not really a world leader in #FATCA?

21: John Richardson interviewed by Dave Popowich on CHQR’s “More Than Money”

19: Ottawa Brock Lunch – Saturday 4 October 

19: Is TD Bank overzealously ferreting out US persons

15: New Consul General in Vancouver

10: Robert Wood: “Canadians Attack U.S. Expat Rules, Decrying ‘Accidental Americans’ ”

08: “Ameri-Canadians” and the complexities of identity

05: Le site internet de ADCS-ADSC en français est maintenant en ligne ! ADCS-ADSC has a French website!

03: John Richardson interviewed by Dave Taylor on CHQR Calgary News Talk 770

August 2013

22: The @SenTedCruz Chronicles 2: Possibly the first US President born in Canada – Updated! – A comparison of two politicians – David Alward and Ted Cruz
22: Ted Cruz article. “Nothing Against the United States, (Until Now)” by Lynne Swanson in the Hill’s Congress Blog. 
21: The Cruz Chronicles 1: His Canadian citizenship is not in doubt. Is Senator Ted Cruz a US citizen?
14: Globalnews.ca looking for Canadians who recently renounced US citizenship

11: Get in touch with NDP Toronto Centre Candidate

06: FATCA Supporter Linda McQuaig announces run for NDP MP nomination in Toronto Centre #CDNPOLI

02: Where is the US ambassador to Canada?

01: “Conservative” National Post: U.S. police officers on Canadian soil must answer to our laws

01: @TD_Canada begins #FATCA Hunt and embraces role as #IRS deputy – #expatriation anyone?

July 2013

31: US Wants Its Police in Canada and to Have Them Exempt from Canadian Law 

31: Canadian Civil Liberties Association’s RIGHTS WATCH CONFERENCE in Toronto September 20-21, 2013

31: Notes From the June 15th Meeting in Toronto -”Traumatized by the IRS & the US Reaching into Canada?”

15: Congratulations to Finance Minister James Flaherty as he continues as Canada’s Finance Minister

02: Ottawa promises to make #FATCA IGA public after signed!

01:  Its Budget Submission Time in Canada, AGAIN

June 2013

28: Steve Pakin interviews outgoing Ambassador Jacobson

26: It’s time – Competent Authority confirms Canandian #FATCA IGA to be signed summer of 2013 

25: Another response to a constituent from John Weston, MP for West Vancouver – Sunshine Coast – Sea to Sky Country 

25: Comic Relief for Canadians about their Banking Sector from @Thedailyshow

16: Commenter John: A Traitor to Canada

15: Traumatized by the IRS and US reaching into Canada? (UPDATE 3: London, England too)

14: Diane Francis attacks Stephen Harper for not being enthuasiastic enough about FATCA

12: #AmericansAbroad living in Canada face looming #IRS tax deadline

10: Canadians for Tax Fairness and Dennis Howlett attacks Harper for blocking G8 Tax GATCA

06: Avaaz launches petition for Canada and PM Harper to sign onto Global GATC

03: Canadian snowbirds could join #americansabroad and face US tax servitude\

May 2013

29: Will Canada’s hard line on Eritrea’s ‘diaspora’ tax apply to the U.S.? Don Whiteley, Globe and Mail 

29: Eritrean Ambassador to Canada is expelled!!

27: Canadian Banks make submission to US House Ways and Means on FATCA & PFIC

24: US Person in Canada, Diane Francis: Is this person 100% FBAR, 8938, 1040, etc. US Tax Compliant?

21: US Ambassador to Canada Jacobson to join BMO

13: SnowBird Extension In US Immigration Bill

10: Tax Guide for “US Persons” in Canada

09: “US Citizens are not reporting Canadian trusts.”

04: Aren’t those Canadian Snowbirds lucky to be able to extend their stay … or are they?

04: Blocked at U.S. border, expatriate lives out of his car in South Surrey 

03: Fugitive Fortunes Tracked in Canada

April 2013

25: Email from Liberal MP

24: “…most Canadians remain largely unaware of their privacy rights…”

17: On its 31st birthday Canadian Charter of Rights Defends Against FATCA (5)

14: Canada’s offshore voluntary disclosure program not like #OVDP

12: MUST WATCH VIDEO on Accidental Americans in Canada (including Mark Matthews)

09: FATCA and outsourcing of Canadian banks’ IT jobs — is there a connection?

09: Linda McQuaig: On FATCA–still clueless

08: Green Party not united on US Financial #FATCA #Drone Strikes

07: Canadian Snowbirds: Don’t be sitting ducks for the IRS

Note:  This list is in progress and expected to be completed during August 2015.