This is the interview we’ve been waiting for and I am providing this new post as I want it to be visible enough for everyone to access.
Petition to Canadian Government re FATCA in Canada — Print, Sign, Send to MP Ted Hsu ASAP — RIGHT AWAY!
The link above is to a petition to the Canadian Government, as requested by Liberal MP Ted Tsu. 25 original signatures are needed. The formulation of this, more work from Lynne Swanson (Blaze) and review by others, sent to Mr. Hsu’s office by Atticus and put into pdf format by Schubert. It is now ready to roll:
PRINT PETITION PAGE — Petition to Canadian Government FATCA
SIGN THE PETITION
Note: SIGN, do not print your name
You must include your full address (printed) including postal code.
Only “hard” copies with original signatures are accepted; do not submit electronically, do not scan, etc.
THEN, GET AS MANY OTHER SIGNATURES AS YOU CAN (limit of four (4) ORIGINAL signatures to a page. Each page must be printed exactly as the link and signature spaces provided; for additional signatures complete new page, etc.)
SEND SIGNED PETITION PAGE(S) to MP Ted Hsu directly:
The Honourable Ted Hsu
House of Commons
Ottawa, Ontario
Canada
K1A 0A6
Note: Sending Mail to a Member of Parliament
Mail may be sent postage-free to any Member of Parliament at the House of Commons address above.
Thanks for your participation and help!
#FATCA – The Video: You are a person of Interest…
This Stop FATCA video has been updated with both French and English subtitles.
International Tax Evasion Crackdown: Slow, Tricky, And Only First Step in FATCA Legal Reform
Efforts led by the U.S. Treasury to crack down on U.S. tax evaders are slow, complicated and only the initial steps in a years-long strategy to recapture $100 billion in lost offshore tax revenue, according to remarks at a recent New York tax conference.
Attempts to implement the 2010 Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) have repeatedly stalled, partly because the sweeping law raises privacy and diplomatic concerns.
(Note: New Toronto FATCA Protest Planned) re: We will show you how to ‘navigate the hurdles preventing you from achieving compliance with FATCA’
IRSCompliantForever brings to our attention another compliance industry learning opportunity — and an opportunity to protest FATCA.
Will there also be a few “No to Canadian banks imposing FATCA” signs for a Toronto mini-protest on November 13 and 14 outside the Metro Convention Centre?
At the the “Canadian Institute’s 19th Annual REGULATORY COMPLIANCE for Financial Institutions,”
Attendees will:
“Hear from ALL 5 Big Banks in Canada and more!
#FATCA natic Diane Francis explains why U.S. and Canada should merge
Please join me at this event: Merger of the Century: Why Canada and America Should Become One Country http://t.co/zGCJrRsALc
— U.S. Citizen Abroad (@USCitizenAbroad) October 30, 2013
It’s here. Opportunity for FATCA protest?
Diane FrancisAuthor, Editor at Large, National Post, Distinguished Professor, Ryerson University’s Ted Rogers School of Managment
Orlan Calayag gave up U.S. citizenship, says official U.S. government notice from August 2013
Recently, newspapers in the Philippines have reported on accusations that National Food Authority administrator Orlan Calayag is still a U.S. citizen. For example, The Philippine Star writes that Calayag “acquired dual citizenship as American and Filipino on Jan. 7, 2013”, while the Manila Standard Today quotes an unnamed source who claims that Calayag “reacquired Philippine citizenship … but still did not renounce his US citizenship”.
However, the people they quoted are missing a crucial fact: in August 2013, the U.S Internal Revenue Service (IRS) confirmed in an official notice that one Orlan Agbin Calayag had given up his U.S. citizenship. Calayag was one of more than a thousand people whose names appeared in the IRS’ most recent official list of newly-minted ex-U.S. citizens. Most of them seem to have given up U.S. citizenship sometime between mid-2012 and early 2013.
Whether or not Calayag is a natural-born citizen of the Philippines (a question of Philippine law on which I take no position), he is definitely no longer an American or a dual citizen.
I WON’T BACK DOWN!
Here is a bit of musical inspiration for all those Brockers and Maple Sand Boxers, who may be feeling a little tired from all the emailing, letter writing, protesting, twittering, article writing, blogging, sign making, FACTA sheet facting, myth busting, editing, radio and television interviewing, organizing, petitioning, ETC.
Enjoy!
New FATCA written questions from Liberal MP Scott Brison
ADDITION by Calgary411: I’m taking he liberty of adding to Tim’s post (for use in forwarding to government representatives, media, etc.) the COMBINED Q-121 and Q-127 in PDF format in more a more readable form (questions asked in the Canadian Parliament on October 25, 2013 by MP Ted Hsu and October 28, 2013 by MP Scott Brison, respectively). Canadian Parliament FATCA Questions 121 and 127 – Oct 25,28 2013
Q127
Ted Hsu, MP: Looking for Answers on FATCA
I just received the following email in response to my thank you to Mr. Ted Hsu, Liberal MP for asking Question 121 in the Canadian Parliament on October 25, 2013: Question 121 re FATCA, October 25, 2013:
Thank you for your email regarding FATCA. We are awaiting an answer to Mr. Hsu’s Order Paper question, which the government must provide within 45 days. I have passed your message on to Mr. Hsu, who has asked me to respond on his behalf.