BREAKING NEWS: Murray Rankin’s Assistant just advised they expect the vote on the Omnibus Bill C31 in the House of Commons Monday, June 9 following Question Period.
She said:
The NDP moved report stage deletions to the budget, including deletions to every section pertaining to FATCA, so those will be voted on, followed bny the vote on the budget itself. It is expected that the Conservatives will vote down all of our amendments to delete.
I will keep you updated. And we will continue to work to advocate for all those caught up in the FATCA net!
Please feel free to share the NDP petition: http://petition.ndp.ca/FATCA
Is the CBC giving any coverage to this?
Is there any sort of editorial stance from them?
I am not holding my breath.
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One thing that has really surprised me during this whole FATCA-IGA fiasco is the lack of media interest. There are certainly USP’s or former USP’s that work in the media or in the communications field. I just don’t understand why this matter has received so little publicity.
Although I don’t think media attention would have stopped the IGA from being signed and implemented, I do think it would have drawn more attention to the planned Charter Challenge.
I know some of you have been trying very hard on this matter. Please don’t get discouraged.
@Hazy, Arctic, Others: The CBC and other media continue to slumber through all of this.
I have submitted a couple of opinion articles recently. There was no response.
We are now hoping to take another approach. We want to submit press releases and/or articles to several Canadian media. To do this, I need some brave souls who might be willing to tell their stories and probably even to use their real name.
I can try doing it without names. However, getting anything published will be a long shot. Doing it without a name will be an even longer shot.
Is anyone willing to out themselves for this?
As stated previously, my name is out there and can still be — but my son’s story is now an OLD story and is not the one to catch the outrage. People are tired of hearing my story — and the story is so much more than my little niche segment. Generally, who cares about the most vulnerable that can be entrapped into US tax law and the cost of endless, pointless compliance
I continue to be very, very troubled that this is not a huge story in the media. I just cannot understand why it isn’t. Until the media does what the media is SUPPOSED TO DO, this story will not resonate with the general public.
Gagging the media does not happen in a democracy, which is what I think is happening.
If I outed myself at this time, I run the risk of outing other members of my family, which I can’t do. I hope that someone does come forward but I still have to be a bit careful.
I did a post earlier today saying C31 had passed, including the FATCA Act.
I watched a vote on a motion by Oliver that passed. I believed it was C31, but I was attempting to confirm it was C31 that was voted on. While I was doing that, I accidentally posted the post and a couple of people commented on it.
Because I am not 100% certain it was C31 that passed, I have removed that post and will repost it when it does pass or when I have confirmation.
I have not been able to find anything in the media or on Twitter about C31 passing, so I’m not sure if it did.
I will update something when I have confirmation.
Many apologies for my accidentally jumping the gun on this. Hazy, I liked your anger. Get ready to send those donations as soon as we have confirmation–or even before confirmation because I am quite certain it will pass if it hasn’t already done so.
Does anyone have confirmation a vote was taken on C31 today?
http://parlvu.parl.gc.ca/PARLVU/TimeBandit/PowerBrowserLive_SilverLight.aspx?ContentEntityId=11955&EssenceFormatID=426&date=20140609&lang=en
shows:
Title HoC Sitting No. 99
Location Centre Block – Chamber
Event Date Mon, Jun 9, 2014, 11:00 AM – 12:30 AM
Actual Start Time Mon, Jun 9, 2014 11:03 AM
Actual End Time
Status In Progress
Now Playing 16:53:19
We may not have anything definite until after the whole House of Commons Sitting No. 99, slated to go until just past midnight.
@Calgary: I wish I knew if that vote I saw earlier today was for C31. Ever since then I’ve been watching CPAC and the focus is on changes to the Citizenship Act in a very empty House of Commons.
It appears C31 vote was to send to third reading and a final vote. All amendments were defeated today before the vote.
Here is information about third reading. I don`t know when the final vote will be taken, but it will likely be soon.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reading_%28legislature%29
I’m still trying to get some clarification on whether sending something to third reading means it has passed the House or if another vote is needed at third reading to send it to the Senate. Here is some information from Parliament’s website.
From Open Parliament (Thanks Badger!) here is what Minister of State for Finance Kevin Sorenson said in the House yesterday:
That is the same Kevin Sorenson who called us “American citizens abiding here in Canada.”
“United States legislation dictates that Canada must comply” sounds a lot like “Congress has spoken.”
A pox on Kevin Sorenson
Correction
“United States legislation dictates that Canada must comply” sounds a lot like “Congress has spoken.”
it should read
“United States legislation dictates that Canada must comply” sounds a lot like “The administration has spoken.” IGA do not have Senate approval
@GeorgeIII: It was the US Treasury administration who told our Cons “Congress has spoken” which Mike Allen uses to support the Con game on FATCA.
I spoke with Murray Rankin’s Assistant a few minutes ago. She confirmed C31 will go to third reading and requires another vote before it goes to the Senate. She will advise me if she learns when that vote may be.
Stephen spoke with the staffer of another Opposition member:
The Third (final) reading of the Bill C-31 in the House of Commons has not yet happened.
She predicts that the “debate” on the bill (five hours or so?) could begin tonight, more likely tomorrow, with vote perhaps by Thursday — maybe Monday at latest.
Then bill goes to Senate where it might sit for two weeks or so, and then to GG.
I just had a further update from Murray Rankin’s Assistant. She said this is their “best guess” of what may happen:
Lynne, the house is scheduled to do deal with c-31 later today. First, the prostitution bill will be “debated”. So maybe at 5 or 6 pm Eastern time c-31 will come up. The house is broadcasted on http://www.cpac.ca/en/ (it listed the three items up for today)
Also Brock web site seems to be down.
What is going on at Issac Brock Society website.