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riverbendviewgal

(4,334 posts)
Tue Jul 1, 2014, 10:37 AM Jul 2014

I’ve never worked there, I’ve never been to school there, I’ve rarely travelled there,” [View all]

A constitutional challenge is in the offing for a Conservative government budget bill that will allow some Canadians’ bank information to be shared with American authorities.

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), an American law, takes effect Tuesday and essentially allows the U.S. Internal Revenue Service to pursue “non-compliant” Americans abroad on tax-related issues, including those who haven’t filed returns.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/group-plans-constitutional-challenge-to-budget-bill/article19399762/

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Canada we are standing guard for thee.

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