A Charter Challenge on FATCA is brewing in Canada

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Check it out.. Canadians will not be thrown under the bus .. They are going to be on the bus....

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CANADIANS TAKE FIRST LEGAL STEP TO PREVENT HARPER
GOVERNMENT FROM IMPLEMENTING U.S. FATCA LAW

For Immediate Release March 10, 2014

Today a small group of Canadians began the long legal process to prevent the Conservative government from helping
the United States impose a bad law on Canada.
With the announcement of an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) for the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance
Act (FATCA) on February 5, 2014, Finance Minster Jim Flaherty makes discrimination against one million innocent
Canadians and their families – those the U.S deems “U.S. persons” – mandatory.
Finance Canada has requested public input on the FATCA agreement, which will override federal laws to meet
demands of a foreign power to seize private financial records of Canadians.
Canadian citizens Dr. Stephen Kish of Toronto and Lynne Swanson of London Ontario responded today to that
request by retaining prominent constitutional lawyer Joseph Arvay of Vancouver to provide a legal opinion on
whether this legislation violates Canada’s Constitution including the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and if so how a
constitutional challenge might be mounted.

“It’s time for Canadians to get angry. FATCA is a threat to all Canadians and cannot be captive to party politics. MPs
must NOT be required to vote along party lines – They must vote their conscience in a free vote” says Dr. Kish.
In less than one week a funding initiative, organized by Dr. Kish and Ms. Swanson, raised the money required to pay
for this legal opinion.