The Washington Post has this article, The less Americans know about Ukraine’s location, the more they want U.S. to intervene, with the results of survey showing that the further respondents pinpointed Ukraine on a map from its actual location the more certain they were that the USA should intervene militarily in the crisis there.

Does it really matter whether Americans can put Ukraine on a map? Previous research would suggest yes: Information, or the absence thereof, can influence Americans’ attitudes about the kind of policies they want their government to carry out and the ability of elites to shape that agenda.

Ignorance plays a huge role in US citizenship-based, global extraterritorial taxation of alleged expats and its arming mechanism, FATCA. Like the ignorance regarding the geographical location of Ukraine, the typical Homelander believes that so-called US citizens abroad are only trying to cheat on paying their fair share. If they were true patriots, they would live in the USA and would not under any circumstance renounce their citizenship, except to show their true colours as unpatriotic villainous tax evaders for whom money is more important than the country to which they owe their very essence, not to mention their education and fortune.

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@PMHarper: "Canada greatest nation on earth" http://t.co/xdQUD1feVN via @TheTyee – @PMHarper: Why then surrender Canada to US #FATCA?

— U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) February 24, 2014

I read this over on Sandbox and given the obstruction of the debate process Thursday in the House of Commons, this post on USCitizenAbroad’s blog is a powerful expression of what we all need to start conveying directly to ALL members of the Conservative party on a daily basis, from now, until the election. We need to mobilize our forces, get our families and friends to become active and make sure we do everything possible to get these traitors out of office.

Send a strong message that WE will “Stand on Guard” for Canada since none of you will.

cross-posted with permission from http://renounceuscitizenship.wordpress.com

Presenter for this session: John Richardson, Citizenshipsolutions.ca

($20 to offset costs – payable at the door)

CALGARY, AB – Saturday, APRIL 19, 2014, 2:30 – 5:30 p.m.

http://www.kensingtonlegion.ca/ (free parking /Legion restaurant will be open)

Map: North Calgary Kensington Royal Canadian Legion No. 264, 1910 Kensington Road NW, Calgary, AB

This session comes with the “No one But Someone Who Is Going Through This Can Really Understand” element. John Richardson, like us who need information and SUPPORT, is a US Person in Canada.

A lot of grass-roots volunteerism by generous persons committed to this goes into these sessions. We don’t offer polish; we do offer information and support to help you come to the right decision for you and your family.

(John will be leaving for the airport right after the session as he will present at the Edmonton Information Session, Sunday, April 20, 2014, 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.)

I hope to meet MANY Calgary and Southern Alberta persons on April 19th — this is your Alberta opportunity to attend ours in the series of Canadian and European information sessions.

Brockers are interviewed in Patrick Cain’s new article at Global news.  He writes:

Is a second citizenship in the United States an asset? It depends.

Many Canadians have built careers in the U.S. that were simplified by the accident of their birthplace, or of a parent’s. If you want to work in the U.S., it’s useful to not have to worry about visas and green cards. (“Home is the place where, when you go there, they have to let you in,” wrote New England poet Robert Frost.)

But it became a potential liability in February when Canada made a deal with the U.S.  on the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, or FATCA.

Read the entire article here: http://globalnews.ca/news/1217871/how-to-get-rid-of-an-unwanted-u-s-citizenship/

I asked in a comment,

What will be discussed? Can anyone from here be there?

AnonAnon answered:

@calgary411 –

I’m planning to show up at Joe Oliver’s luncheon on Monday with a protest sign. I hope others can join me.

Opportunity? for conversation or at least protest to the new Finance Minister, Joe Oliver

April 4, 2014

Minister of Finance to Address the Canadian Club of Toronto

Minister of Finance Joe Oliver will deliver remarks at a luncheon hosted by the Canadian Club of Toronto, on Monday, April 7, 2014. The Minister is scheduled to speak at approximately 1:00 p.m.

The event will take place at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel, 100 Front Street West, in Toronto, Ontario.

@PeggyNashNDP Calls for debate in the Parliament regarding #FATCA https://t.co/cRGUYrMsz3 …

— USExpatCanada (@USExpatCanada) April 3, 2014

With thanks to Blaze!

An Open Letter to Canadians from TDV legal correspondent, Jim Karger

What he is talking about, or wants me to talk about, are the Canadians who are about to be given a swirly by the 900-pound gorilla to the south because they had the misfortune of being born to one American parent in Canada, or were born in the US for no good or apparent reason before returning to Canada as children. They are, to their extreme disadvantage, American citizens, whether they know it or not. And, American citizens, voluntary, knowing, or otherwise, are required by the most dangerous criminal enterprise in the world to report and pay taxes on every thin dime they earn their entire miserable lifetimes regardless where in the world they earned them or where they live.

So what?

Read on.

I’m passing on a comment that came from Kathy this morning to get feedback / help on getting the Canadian petition below updated and sent to a specific MP for use in Question Period regarding the implementation of Canada’s FATCA IGA.

SHOULD THIS PETITION EFFORT BE UPDATED? (Former Petition to Canadian Government re FATCA in Canada — Print, Sign, Send to MP Ted Hsu ASAP — RIGHT AWAY!)

@calgary411

Just talked to my MP and he suggested to keep the petitions coming as the issue needs floor time discussion and petitions are a way of getting that time. Do we need a new version now that the Conservatives have already agreed to the IGA? How quickly can we do this?