At last, one of the parties has promised to repeal FATCA if elected.
The Green Party platformpledges:
We will repeal as unconstitutional the Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). It essentially deprives any Canadian with US connections (even those short of dual citizenship) of full rights to privacy and treats them as a lesser Canadian.
In addition, the Green Party vows:
We will also repeal Bill C-24 which allows the minister of citizenship to revoke citizenship. Other threats to Canadians will be eliminated with the repeal of Bill C-51.
The Green Party says It’s Time to Restore Democracy. Amen.
Thanks to Tim for sending this to several of us.
I like what I see. Now if the Greens only had a chance of forming the government. At least we know Elizabeth May and the Greens are in our corner and still fighting for us.
Excellent example for Greens Parties in other countries.
https://twitter.com/JCDoubleTaxed/status/641783270317776896
Greens Party in Australia is polling at 17%.
Elizabeth May wrote an urgent letter to Stephen Harper urging him to stop the transfer of information for FATCA.
She says: