James Jatras of Washington, DC, law firm Squire Sanders, and RepealFATCA.com discusses how we can defeat FATCA.  He stresses, and illustrates, why FATCA is not a done deal, and suggests what practical measures we can take to stop it.  Green Party National Revenue and Environmental Fiscal Reform Critic Erich Jacoby-Hawkins speaks of the Green Party’s position on FATCA.  Participants in the Forum then break to prepare a petition which Green Party Leader Elizabeth May will present to Parliament.

This is part 7 of the 9 part FATCA Forum.  Calgary411 and I are preparing the transcripts and they will be posted on Brock as they become available during the coming days.

The text of Mr. Jatras’ presentation follows below and the transcript is also online as a PDF document.

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Abby Deshman of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association discusses the implications FATCA would have on privacy rights.

This is part 3 of the 9 part FATCA Forum.  Calgary411 and I are preparing the transcripts and they will be posted on Brock as they become available during the coming days.

The text of Ms. Deshman’s presentation follows below and the transcript is also online as a PDF document.

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John Richardson introduces the Forum, providing background information on FATCA and related US extraterritorial tax policies, and the effects they cause on “US persons,” their families, and on Canada itself.

This is part 2 of the 9 part FATCA Forum.  Calgary411 and I are preparing the transcripts and they will be posted on Brock as they become available during the coming days.

The text of Mr. Richardson’s presentation follows below and the transcript is also online as a PDF document.

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In this Forum session, Peter W. Dunn, a founding member and spokesperson of the Isaac Brock Society, speaks on the human consequences of FATCA, discussing the HEART Act as well, illustrating these consequences with examples of the financial, emotional and physical hardships sustained by persons the US Treasury Department defines as “US persons,” although they are not resident in, and in some cases not even citizens of, the United States.

This is part 8 of the 9 part FATCA Forum.  Calgary411 and I are preparing the transcripts and they will be posted on Brock as they become available during the coming days.

The text of Mr. Dunn’s presentation follows below and the transcript is also online as a PDF document.

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The FATCA Fact Finding Forum took place at Toronto on 15 December 2012.

In this Forum session, John Richardson presented a video which dealt with the criteria and  methods that financial institutions would use to determine a person’s possible US person status for FATCA purposes.

This is part 4 of the 9 part FATCA Forum.  Calgary411 and I are preparing the transcripts and they will be posted on Brock as they become available during the coming days.

The text of Mr. Richardson’s presentation, as well as the transcription of the video,  follows below and the transcript is also online as a PDF document at this link.

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The FATCA Fact Finding Forum took place at Toronto on 15 December 2012.

The Opening Remarks were given by the Honourable Sinclair Stevens.  Mr. Stevens, Leader of the Progressive Conservative Party, is the former President of the Treasury Board of Canada and also served as Minister of Regional Industrial Expansion.

This is part 1 of the 9 part FATCA Forum.  Calgary411 and I are preparing the transcripts and they will be posted on Brock as they become available during the coming days.

The text of  Mr.  Stevens’ opening remarks follows below and the transcript is also online as a PDF document at this link.
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