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From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 15:06:58 -0400
Subject: Attn Robert Kelner and Robert Trout RE Rep. Elijah Cummings versus your clients
To: rkelner@cov.com, rtrout@troutcacheris.com
Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/ty-cobb-trump-russia-probe/2017/08/03/id/805706/
Trump Lawyer: No Reason to Think Trump's Under Investigation
"Ty Cobb, special counsel to the president, said he wasn't aware that
Mueller had started using a new grand jury.
"Grand jury matters are typically secret," Cobb said. "The White House
favors anything that accelerates the conclusion of his work fairly.
... The White House is committed to fully cooperating with Mr.
Mueller."
John Dowd, another lawyer for Trump, said in a statement to The
Associated Press, "With respect to the news of the federal grand jury,
I have no reason to believe that the president is under
investigation."
"Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., said in a letter to businessman Bijan
Kian that he also wants Kian to produce documents relating to Flynn's
travels and ties to foreign businesses. Cummings said Kian told
military security clearance investigators in 2016 that Flynn had work
relationships with foreign businesses. But Cummings has said Flynn
failed to report those ties."
"Reached Thursday, Kian's attorney, Robert Trout, declined to comment
on the letter. Flynn attorney Robert Kelner also declined comment.
According to Cummings' letter, Flynn listed Kian in January 2016 as a
personal reference on his application for a renewed security
clearance, which would provide him with the ability to review
classified material even though he was no longer with the military. In
his interview with investigators, Kian said he had been friends with
Flynn since 2008 and he was aware of Flynn's business travels and
contacts".
http://www.troutcacheris.com/attorneys/robert-p-trout/
Robert P. Trout
1 202 464 3311
rtrout@troutcacheris.com
https://www.cov.com/en/professionals/k/robert-kelner
Robert K. Kelner
1 202 662 5503
rkelner@cov.com
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/13/bijan-kian-donald-trump-transition-aide-was-key-pl/
In this March 15, 2014, photo provided by Alfredo Flores, from left, Vice Admiral Michael Rogers; Paul Monteiro, vice chairman and co-Founder of Nowruz Commission; Bijan R. Kian and Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn talk during the Fifth Annual Nowruz Commission Gala at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium in Washington. As Michael Flynn spent last fall campaigning as Donald Trump’s top national security adviser, Bijan Kian, his little-known business partner supervised much of the foreign political work for Turkish interests that has boomeranged back on Flynn, now the target of a federal criminal investigation and congressional inquiries. (Alfredo Flores via AP)
Trump transition aide was key player in Flynn’s Turkish work
By Stephen Braun and Chad Day - Associated Press - Tuesday, June 13, 2017
WASHINGTON (AP) — As Michael Flynn spent last fall campaigning as Donald Trump’s top national security adviser, his little-known business partner supervised much of the foreign political work for Turkish interests that has boomeranged back on Flynn, now the target of a federal criminal investigation and congressional inquiries.
Flynn’s partner, Bijan Kian, joined the former chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency on Trump’s national security transition team after the election. For Kian, who led most of Flynn Intel Group’s research and lobbying for a Turkish businessman, the Trump transition role offered influence in the selection of intelligence agency candidates and access to internal discussions of U.S. national security policy.
Flynn’s mishandling of his dealings with Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. led to his firing by Trump from his post as national security adviser and is now a prime focus of special counsel Robert Mueller’s wide-ranging investigation into Russian contacts with the Trump campaign. But inquiries spawned by Flynn Intel’s Turkish work pose added legal complications for both Flynn and his associates. Federal investigators are concentrating on possible criminal violations and a House oversight committee inquiry is examining Flynn’s records to determine whether he lied to federal officials about his foreign contacts and payments.
It is not clear whether Kian has been drawn into the expanding criminal probe, but he was deeply involved in Flynn Intel Group’s creation, financing and operations, according to the Turkish businessman, people familiar with Flynn’s company and records submitted to the Justice Department. And Kian’s participation in the Trump transition — following his management of work that Flynn Intel acknowledged may have benefited Turkey’s government — reinforces concerns about the adequacy of the administration’s vetting process.
A current Trump transition official said Monday night that Kian’s records did not show his foreign work for Flynn Intel or that he planned to file with the government as an agent for his work for a foreign interest. “He did not indicate that to us in his transition documents. We would have no reason to know,” said the official, who requested anonymity to discuss Kian’s role during the post-election period. Both Kian and Flynn filed in March as foreign agents for the Turkish firm.
Kian connected Flynn with his Turkish client, helped to negotiate their $600,000 contract and oversaw a documentary and an op-ed aimed at an opponent of Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan, said the client and several others who requested anonymity because of the ongoing criminal investigation. The client, Ekim Alptekin, also confirmed to The Associated Press that Kian worked for one of his Turkish companies at the same time he was working for Flynn Intel.
“Content-wise, it was Bijan handling the day-to-day details,” Alptekin told the AP during a recent interview in Washington.
An Iranian-American businessman whose full name is Bijan Rafiekian, Kian did not respond to repeated attempts over two months by the AP to contact him by phone, email and visits to properties listed for him in public records.
Alptekin told the AP he has not been contacted by federal authorities but has consulted with his U.S.-based legal team. “I’m very confident I engaged in a legal contract and was fully transparent from the beginning about what it entailed and what I was doing,” he said.
Flynn’s attorney, Robert Kelner, did not respond to detailed questions from the AP.
Kian’s interests repeatedly intersected with Flynn’s business ventures and political activities after Flynn, a former U.S. Army lieutenant general, left the government in 2014. Kian, a former director of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, shared Flynn’s strong public opposition to Iran’s theocratic government and a common interest in the development of secure communications systems.
Until Trump’s election, Flynn served with Kian on the board of GreenZone Systems Inc., a technology firm Kian headed until April. Flynn and Kian co-authored a 2015 op-ed about ISIS militants, and attended galas put on by the Nowruz Commission, a nonprofit run by Kian and his wife promoting the Iranian Nowruz holiday. Alptekin was named a board director of that group in 2011.
Soon after Flynn Intel ceased operations after Trump’s election, Flynn and Kian joined the president-elect’s transition team. Kian described his role on his LinkedIn profile as “deputy lead” assigned to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Kian said he provided “policy input, strategic guidance and operational counsel to prepare” candidates for the director of national intelligence, the CIA and other top officials.
Two former transition officials said Kian was clearly close with Flynn and served as the retired general’s sounding board. One official said Kian helped scrutinize then-Rep. Mike Pompeo before he was named Trump’s CIA director. Another official said Kian was involved in transition discussions for the National Security Council and the director of national intelligence. That official added that Kian did not expect to get an administration post. Both transition officials spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the transition’s work.
For the three months leading up to the election, Kian was Flynn Intel’s linchpin, lobbying and managing contractors in the Turkish work. Alptekin said Kian was the intermediary who brought Flynn’s firm together last summer with Alptekin’s Dutch-based company, Inovo BV. Kian was also the “main one” representing Flynn Intel in contract talks with him last fall, Alptekin said, adding Flynn “wasn’t involved at all” in the talks, though he signed the contract.
Inovo ended up paying Flynn Intel $530,000 for research and lobbying aimed at persuading authorities to file criminal charges against Fethullah Gulen, a political foe of Erdogan. Flynn Intel disclosed its contract and other details of its Turkish work last March to the Justice Department, which regulates lobbying and other political activities for foreign interests in the U.S. Flynn and Kian were the only individuals who personally registered as foreign agents for Inovo.
Kian and Alptekin had an existing business relationship when Flynn Intel began its foreign work. Alptekin confirmed Kian had been vice chairman of his Istanbul-based aviation company, EA Havacilik, since November 2011. Alptekin said he and Kian regularly strategized to build an aviation customer base.
Alptekin has denied that any of Inovo’s work was done at the direction of Turkey’s government, but he is a member of a foreign trade board managed by the country’s economic ministry.
Alptekin said he first met Kian during Kian’s stint on the Export-Import bank board for the Bush and Obama administrations between 2006 and 2011. Kian promoted U.S. business interests abroad for the bank, meeting officials in Russia, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and other nations, according to State Department cables released by WikiLeaks.
In his supervisory role for Flynn Intel, Kian was not always explicit about his ties to the firm, said several people who worked with him.
Kian led a lobbying meeting last October with a representative of the House Homeland Security committee on behalf of GreenZone’s secure communications products. But, as the AP previously reported , the session veered into a lobbying pitch for Flynn Intel, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the meeting. Kian and others involved pressed for congressional hearings to investigate Gulen but the request went nowhere, the official said. Kian never identified who he was working for, the official said.
Kian also recruited a freelance editor, Hank Cox, to fine-tune an opinion article in early November. The op-ed, praising Turkey’s government as America’s “strongest ally” against terrorism and pressing for Gulen’s extradition, listed no author, Cox said. After he edited the article, Cox said, he sent it back, listing Kian as the writer.
“I assumed since Bijan was the one who hired me, that he had written it,” said Cox.
Days later, Cox was baffled when he learned the op-ed had appeared under Flynn’s name.
“I was only vaguely aware of General Flynn at the time but I had no idea I was working for him or his company,” Cox said.
Flynn’s firm told the Justice Department that Flynn, Kian and Cox drafted the op-ed based on the firm’s research for Inovo. The firm said neither Inovo BV nor the Turkish government wrote or directed the op-ed, but Flynn Intel acknowledged it shared a draft with Inovo in advance of publication.
Flynn’s op-ed, published in The Hill newspaper on election day, drew scrutiny from the Justice Department’s foreign agent unit. Pressure from those officials forced Flynn and Kian to file as foreign agents and led in part to the federal investigation now targeting Flynn.
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Hon. Bijan R. Kian serves as the Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the GreenZone Sys, a telecommunications firm. Hon. Kian is a Senior Advisor for Gallup. He served as the Principal at Global Capital Markets. He also served as President of GLOBTEL. He formerly served as Vice President of Shearson Lehman/American Express and Senior Division Officer at Great American Savings Bank. He is a professional banker with over 17 years of experience ... in operations and management of financial institutions. With over three decades of experience in government, business, and academia, he has advised two President of the United States, members of Congress from both major parties, and has worked closely with senior leaders in the Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of Commerce, and the other government agencies and departments. In his role as a senior member of the administration, he represented the United States in meetings with heads of state and senior officials of foreign governments. He is known for his advocacy of effective strategies based on balanced strategies of security and prosperity, aimed at sustainability. His advocacy for exporting U.S. goods and services to Iraq helped re-open U.S. government export finance programs for the Republic of Iraq. With the same focus on Afghanistan, he worked closely with the Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Treasury, USAID, Department of Commerce, and senior Afghan government officials, to develop strategies based on an Afghan funded, foreign-assisted modality of economic development for Afghanistan. Hon. Kian served as Chairman of National Asset Resources and Managing Director of Lenders Technology. He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of iCelero. He serves as a Director of Z Advanced Computing, Inc. He served as a Director of Export-Import Bank of the United States from September 29, 2006 to June 2011. He was also on the board of the California Housing Finance Authority and a board member of a number of California companies, including Shearson/American Express and Great American First Savings Bank. He was first commissioned as a member of Wilson's Advisory Council on Economic Development. He served as a Director of White House Business Council since 2011. He was the first Iranian American to be appointed or elected to direct a statewide office in California. He served as Director of Foreign Investment for the State of California, where he led California's attraction, retention, and expansion of its $92 billion portfolio of foreign investment and California's international trade and investment offices in Europe, Asia, The Americas, and Africa. He was previously an adjunct professor and lecturer in Finance at California State University, Fullerton and was director of the California Center for Commercial Diplomacy at California State University, Dominguez Hills. He served two United States President from both major parties and was confirmed twice by the Senate of The United States. He is recognized around the world as a senior commercial diplomat, with a proven track record of success in the Middle East, Central Asia, The Caucasus, and Russia. He is a Fellow at Royal Society of Arts in the United Kingdom and a 2009 recipient of Ellis Island Medal of Honor. He is a Senior Fellow for Global Public Policy at the United States Naval Postgraduate School. Hon. Kian was educated at the Tehran Industrial College and holds a Graduate and Post Graduate degree in Management and Economics from Brighton University, Sussex, England. He has continued his education at Harvard Kennedy School of Government and Oxford University.
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From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Aug 2017 14:50:44 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Attn Stephen Immelt I just called and left you a message perhaps you should have your friend Ty Cobb call me ASAP (902 800 0369)
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Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 08:48:22 -0400
Subject: Attn Stephen Immelt I just called and left you a message
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From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 08:48:22 -0400
Subject: Attn Stephen Immelt I just called and left you a message perhaps you should have your friend Ty Cobb call me ASAP (902 800 0369)
To: stephen.immelt@hoganlovells.com, A.Buncombe@independent.co.uk, mdcohen212@gmail.com, djtjr@trumporg.com
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http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/ty-cobb-trump-lawyer-who-is-he-career-jobs-clients-corruption-life-explained-a7846086.html
Who is Ty Cobb? The top corruption lawyer just hired by Donald Trump
The experienced lawyer - with a controversial sporting relative - will be working as a White House employee
Mr Cobb has much experience defending white collar and corruption suspects Getty
The White House has hired a highly experienced lawyer who who has spent much of his career defending corruption cases and white-collar crime, to be in house counsel for Russia-related matters.
Ty Tobb, a close descendent of a celebrated but controversial baseball player, has left his job with the Washington DC law firm Hogan Lovells. Unlike the slew of other outside lawyers retained by either the White House or by Donald Trump personally, Mr Cobb will work from inside 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
The decision to hire Mr Cobb came as administration officials seek someone to enforce discipline in the White House regarding Russia matters, including the President, who frequently vents his frustrations about the investigations on Twitter, according to Bloomberg News. And it has taken place amid fresh controversy about possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, after Mr Trump’s eldest son admitted he had met with a Russian lawyer after he was told she had incriminating information for him on Hillary Clinton.
Who is Ty Cobb?
Mr Cobb, a partner at Hogan Lovells, has a reputation as a no-nonsense, expensive, white collar criminal lawyer who has specialised in corruption and money laundering cases. A fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Mr Cobb graduated from Harvard University and earned a law degree from Georgetown.
CNN said in the past Mr Cobb successfully defended beef processor Hudson Foods against charges that company officials lied to investigators after a massive recall of meat contaminated with E coli. The officials were acquitted of all charges.
He also defended Democratic Party fundraiser John Huang against charges of violating campaign finance laws, to which Huang ultimately pleaded guilty in 1999. In 2005, Mr Cobb defended CIA whistleblower Mary McCarthy, who was accused of leaking information to the Washington Post about CIA “black sites”. She was dismissed but Mr Cobb said she “categorically denied leaking classified information and having access to the information attributed to her”.
“Ty is a preeminent white collar defence lawyer who is celebrated for his ability to give creative and strategic advice, for his tireless work ethic, and for his unwavering commitment to the highest standards of professionalism and the rule of law,” said Hogan Lovells CEO Stephen Immelt.
What will he do?
Reports suggest Mr Cobb will act as the “traffic cop” and enforcer in the White House’s legal team handling the Russia controversy.
In recent days, there have been reports that Mr Trump’s outside legal team, headed by New York lawyer Marc Kasowitz, were becoming increasingly frustrated by the President’s lack of discipline - especially in regard to his remarks about his case on Twitter. (Mr Trump in turn is said to have become frustrated by Mr Kasowitz and his allegedly lukewarm defence of him and his top officials.)
Bloomberg said Mr Cobb will be the central figure in the coordinated actions from now on - a move that may have had its genesis in the desire of Mr Trump’s chief strategist, Steve Bannon, to set up a White House’s Russia war room, similar to that which operated in Bill Clinton’s White House when he the target of a special prosecutor, Kenneth Starr.)
“Mr Cobb, a long-time leader at Hogan Lovells, has been widely recognised as one of the premier white collar, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement, and congressional investigations lawyers in the world. Clients managing crises, allegations of corruption, and other critical matters turn to Ty to guide them,” reads the bio on the Hogan Lovells website.
Famous sporting connection
Cobb is said to have set at least 90 baseball records (Library of Congress)
Cobb was among a handful of players to be inducted into the first Hall of Fame, beating the likes of even Babe Ruth in popular votes. His reputation has been since tarnished by allegations of racism and violent behaviour, claims that others dispute. While Mr Cobb, the lawyer, says he is a distant relative of the sportsman, others have suggested he is one of his grandsons. Hogan Lovells failed to respond to inquiries.
Why is his appointment as White House counsel so important?
Donald Trump Jr on Fox News last week talking about his meeting with a Russian lawyer (AP)
Yet last’s weeks admission by Donald Trump Jr that he met with lawyer, Natalia Veselnitskaya, in the expectation that he was to receive dirt on Hillary Clinton, has led many former Trump supporters to question just what really happened.
As figures such as Vice President Mike Pence seek to distance themselves from the meeting, which was also attended by Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort, there are mounting calls for transparency. Fox News anchor Shep Smith summed how many conservatives are feeling, when he said on air: “The deception…is mind-boggling...why are we getting told all these lies?”
Everyone from the President down has retained their own lawyer, with Mr Trump Jr last week hiring Alan Futerfas to represent him.
They have done so while special prosecutor Robert Mueller is heading a federal probe into possible collusion with Russia’s alleged effort to influence the 2016 election. The decision to reach out to someone with such high-level experience as Mr Cobb may mean that Mr Trump - or at least those advisors he listens to - are finally understanding the scale of the problem the administration faces.
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From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 08:15:19 -0400
Subject: Fwd: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump
I just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
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From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
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Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2017 02:13:22 +0000
Subject: RE: Many years ago Robert S Mueller III and his evil cohorts
were in charge of Extraordinary Renditions and even tried to pull that
malice on me after I won some judgements in the USA
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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From: "Mueller III, Robert S." Robert.Mueller@wilmerhale.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 21:44:39 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE US Special Counsels and Whistleblowing
etc I just called all three of you fellas and some of Evil Mr
Meuller's friends as well
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From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 18:53:50 -0400
Subject: RE Trump and the Taxman Attn Brian Bixby and Mark Corallo 703
838 9705 l just called and left a voicemail say Hoka Hey to Trump,
Dowd, McCain, Ashcroft, Sullivan and Meuller and all the rest for for
me willya?
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MulcaT@parl.gc.ca, Gerald.Butts@pmo-cpm.gc.ca, postur@for.is,
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maxime.bernier@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca,
bbachrach@bachrachlaw.net, bbixby@burnslev.com
http://qslspolitics.blogspot.ca/2008/06/5-years-waiting-on-bank-fraud-payout.html
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 10:51:14 -0400
Subject: RE FATCA, NAFTA & TPP etc ATTN President Donald J. Trump I
just got off the phone with your lawyer Mr Cohen (646-853-0114) Why
does he lie to me after all this time???
To: president@whitehouse.gov, mdcohen212@gmail.com, pm@pm.gc.ca,
Pierre-Luc.Dusseault@parl.gc.ca, MulcaT@parl.gc.ca,
Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca, B.English@ministers.govt.nz, Malcolm.Turnbull.MP@aph.gov.au, pminvites@pmc.gov.au, mayt@parliament.uk, press@bankofengland.co.uk, Andrew.Bailey@fca.org.uk,
fin.financepublic-financepublique.fin@canada.ca, newsroom@globeandmail.ca,
CNN.Viewer.Communications.Management@cnn.com,
news-tips@nytimes.com, lionel@lionelmedia.com
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca, justin.ling@vice.com, elizabeththompson@ipolitics.ca,djtjr@trumporg.com,
Bill.Morneau@canada.ca, postur@for.is, stephen.kimber@ukings.ca, steve.murphy@ctv.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, oldmaison@yahoo.com, andre@jafaust.com
---------- Original message ----------
From: Michael Cohen mcohen@trumporg.com
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:14 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Finance Public / Finance Publique (FIN)"
fin.financepublic-financepublique.fin@canada.ca
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 22:05:00 +0000
Subject: RE: Yo President Trump RE the Federal Court of Canada File No
T-1557-15 lets see how the media people do with news that is NOT FAKE
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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---------- Original message ----------
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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:16:17 +0000
Subject: Accusé de réception / Acknowledge Receipt
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Merci d'avoir écrit à l'honorable Mélanie Joly, ministre du Patrimoine canadien.
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---------- Original message ----------
From: "Hancox, Rick (FCNB)" rick.hancox@fcnb.ca
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 14:15:22 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE FATCA ATTN Pierre-Luc.Dusseault I just
called and left a message for you
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
G'Day/Bonjour,
Thanks for your e-mail. I am out of the office until 24 February. If
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Thanks/Merci Rick
---------- Original message ----------
From: "B English (MIN)" B.English@ministers.govt.nz
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 04:46:16 +0000
Subject: Automated response from the office of Hon Bill English
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
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---------- Original message ----------
From: Jean-Yves.Duclos@parl.gc.ca
Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:48:00 +0000
Subject: Merci / Thank you
To: motomaniac333@gmail.com
Bonjour,
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:44:27 -0400
Subject: Fwd: Hey Elizabeth Tompson RE your concrens about the PCO and
the TPP We talked once again yesterday and as usual you were too busy
to listen to me but I also called many of your associates in the
Parliamentry Press Galllery and some did listen to me Correct?
To: gerry@marinerpartners.com, Stephen.Horsman@gnb.ca, customerservice@schiffradio.com, curtis@marinerpartners.com,
rick.hancox@nbsc-cvmnb.ca, rjgillis@gmglaw.com, rgfaloon@gmglaw.com,
sally.gomery@nortonrosefulbright.com, ahamilton@casselsbrock.com,
bruce.northrup@gnb.ca, bruce@brucehyer.ca, bruce.fitch@gnb.ca
Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 24 Oct 2015 10:13:15 -0400
Subject: Hey Elizabeth Tompson RE your concerns about the PCO and the
TPP We talked once again yesterday and as usual you were too busy to
listen to me but I also called many of your associates in the
Parliamentry Press Galllery and some did listen to me Correct?
To: elizabeththompson@ipolitics.ca, david@openmedia.org, pm@pm.gc.ca, justin.trudeau.a1@parl.gc.ca, justin.ling@vice.com, rob.moore.a1@parl.gc.ca, jesse@jessebrown.ca, thomas.mulcair.a1@parl.gc.ca, leader@greenparty.ca, Jacques.Poitras@cbc.ca, editor@canadalandshow.com, editor@thetyee.ca, editor@frankmagazine.ca, peacock.kurt@telegraphjournal.com, news@kingscorecord.com, nbmilk@nbmilk.org, weekesj@bennettjones.com,
mclellana@bennettjones.com, votefast2015@gmail.com,
info@karenmccrimmon.ca, info@marthahallfindlay.ca
Cc: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com, ed.fast@parl.gc.ca, asiskind@newscorp.com, Rupert.Murdoch@fox.com,
shipshore44@gmail.com, investor@newscorp.com,
Claude.J.G.Levesque@inspection.gc.ca, maryann4peace@gmail.com, grant.mccool@thomsonreuters.com, newsroom@theguardian.pe.ca, Bob.Kerr@cbc.ca, Susan.J.Collins@bhpbilliton.com, J.Key@ministers.govt.nz,
bruce.northrup@gnb.ca, Andrew.Robb.MP@aph.gov.au, gopublic@cbc.ca, marylou.babineau@greenparty.ca, policy.karenforcanada@gmail.com,
ritzg@parl.gc.ca, ritzg@sasktel.net, mgeist@uottawa.ca, birgittaj@althingi.is,
birgittajoy@gmail.com
Here is a little proof to support what I said on the phone.
A debate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cFOKT6TlSE
and a lawsuit
https://www.scribd.com/doc/281544801/Federal-Court-Seal
https://www.scribd.com/doc/281442628/Me-Versus-the-Crown
FYI During my debates in Fundy Royal I made certain that Rob Moore
and his boss Harper and the Libranos knew within the emails found
below that I was not talking through my hat with reference to the TPP
false promises dairy farmers and my concerns about the Internet
As you journalists well know I made good on my promise to sue the
CROWN while running for a seat in Parliament one last time. As usual
CBC and most of the other very unethical "journlists" ignored the
obvious except Rogers TV and the local reporters employed by the
Irving billionaires
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yx8twtlgp4
Clearly Jesse Brown and his buddy Mean Mikey Geist were yapping about
the TPP before you revealed the PCO's point of view about Harper's
false promise. More importantly to Mean Old Me both those very snobby
and very unethical Upper Canadian spin doctors well aware I knew the
very sneaky Julian Assange long BEFORE he and Birgitta Jonsdotir made
Wikileaks. Hell I have been dicing with the bast Geist for over ten
years since he stuck his nose in Byron Prior's matters (Another matter
no journalist will report about) Anyone can scroll down or just Google
"Michael Geist""David Amos" or "Julian Assange" "David Amos" to see
the proof of what I say is true.
http://canadalandshow.com/podcast/tpp-spying-blocking-and-internet
Katie Jensen • October 12, 2015
Show notes:
University of Ottawa's Michael Geist breaks down the TPP
(Trans-Pacific Partnership), a proposed trade agreement that Stephen
Harper has been toiling over in secret for the last five years - an
agreement that will have huge impacts on Canada's internet freedom and
copyright issues.
Michael Geist's Twitter: @mgeist
I am a law professor at the University of Ottawa where I hold the
Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law. My current
contact information is included below:
Address: University of Ottawa
Faculty of Law
Common Law Section
57 Louis Pasteur
Ottawa, ON K1N 6N5
Canada
Phone: (613) 562-5800 extension 3319
Fax: 613-562-5124
E-mail: mgeist@uottawa.ca
Full text of the TPP leak
http://ipolitics.ca/2015/10/13/pm-lacks-authority-for-promised-4-3b-tpp-farm-compensation-pco-admits/
Harper lacks authorities for promised $4.3B TPP farm compensation, PCO admits
By Elizabeth Thompson | Oct 13, 2015 4:20 am | 1 comment |
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-privy-council-office-transition-government-1.3269132
Privy Council Office tracks party promises to prepare for government transition
Senior public servants log and analyze every election promise on a
daily basis to prep briefing books
By Dean Beeby, CBC News Posted: Oct 14, 2015 5:00 AM ET|
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-election-2015-trans-pacific-partnership-liberals-pco-1.3273342
Liberals, NDP decline PCO offer of confidential briefing on TPP trade deal
Offer to view trade deal just before election rejected as 'political ploy'
CBC News Posted: Oct 15, 2015 5:11 PM ET|
"Mulcair said Trade Minister Ed Fast broke a promise to make all
details of the accord public ahead of election day.
"Instead of openness and transparency, Canadians are learning details
through leaked information and the government's own self-serving
promotional efforts. That's not acceptable," Mulcair said.
The Privy Council Office is the department that provides non-partisan
support to the prime minister and cabinet. The Conservative campaign
told CBC News the government asked the PCO to offer the briefing to
the opposition parties.
But in a separate letter released Thursday, Liberal candidate John
McCallum accused Prime Minister Stephen Harper of continuing a "lack
of transparency" over the deal's details.
"Despite a commitment by the minister of international trade, Mr. Ed
Fast, to release the text of the agreement so all Canadians can judge
it on its merits before election day, media reports this week state
that the details will remain secret," McCallum wrote.
"It is troubling that with just four days remaining until election
day, you continue to refuse to release the text of the agreement for
Canadians to see."
McCallum noted that a previous briefing attended by party
representatives on Oct. 4 "provided no actual details beyond the
limited information already released publicly."
"It is simply not possible to conduct a meaningful, in-depth analysis
of the 1,500-plus page agreement in 90 minutes," he wrote.
I am included in briefing. I was only leader to participate in the 1st
#TPP briefing. #GPC #elxn42 @CanadianGreens @Politicolnews @PnPCBC
— @ElizabethMay
Conservative campaign spokesman Kory Teneycke told CBC News the
Liberals initially agreed to attend the Friday briefing, while the NDP
declined. Teneycke said the briefing was to be based on the chapter
summaries, since the final text does not exist yet.
A Liberal campaign spokesman referred CBC News to McCallum's letter,
but said any suggestion the party had accepted the offer of the
briefing was false."
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "Robb, Andrew (MP)" Andrew.Robb.MP@aph.gov.au
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 03:51:41 +0000
Subject: Automatic reply: RE TPP Trust that LOTS of Farmers in New
Brunswick and many Yankees, Icelanders and New Zealanders know exactly
who I am EH John Key. Birgitta Jonsdottir, Wayne Easter and Rob
Nicholson?
To: David Amos
Thank you for taking the time to contact me.
This is an automatically generated reply so that you know that your
email has arrived.
As you will appreciate given the large number of emails received each
day, a reply cannot be sent immediately, nor can a reply be sent to
every email received.
I will however read your correspondence.
I prioritise emails from my constituents and those relating to my
trade, investment and tourism portfolio.
If your email relates to my responsibilities as Minister for Trade and
Investment, I will consider your correspondence and respond if
appropriate.
If your email is part of an automatically generated campaign, I will
note your views.
For those interested, there is a significant amount of useful facts
regarding the China FTA and Trans Pacific Partnership on my
Department’s website:
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and
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---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 23:47:53 -0400
Subject: Fwd: RE TPP Trust that LOTS of Farmers in New Brunswick and
many Yankees, Icelanders and New Zealanders know exactly who I am EH
John Key. Birgitta Jonsdottir, Wayne Easter and Rob Nicholson?
To: t.groser@ministers.govt.nz, m.mccully@ministers.govt.nz,
t.mcclay@ministers.govt.nz, reception@liberal.pe.ca, birgittaj@althingi.is, jamie_macphail@hotmail.com, nichor@parl.gc.ca, MMcalvanah@ustr.eop.gov,
Andrew.Robb.MP@aph.gov.au, peter.mackay@justice.gc.ca, rob.moore.a1@parl.gc.ca
Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com,
sally.gomery@nortonrosefulbright.com, correspondence@ustr.eop.gov,
Timothy_Reif@ustr.eop.gov, Michael_Froman@ustr.eop.gov,
public.div@asean.org, sflynn@wcl.american.edu
https://www.whitehouse.gov/open/around/eop/ustr
https://ustr.gov/about-us/biographies-key-officials/timothy-reif-general-counsel
http://www.international.gc.ca/media/aff/photos/2012/07/16b.aspx?lang=eng
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/feds-fail-to-have-henk-tepper-court-case-tossed-1.2638251
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2013/10/re-glen-greenwald-and-brazilian.html
http://infojustice.org/archives/34482
http://www.liberal.ca/candidates/wayne-easter/
Riding President
Jamie MacPhail
jamie_macphail@hotmail.com
reception@liberal.pe.ca
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: "J Key (MIN)" J.Key@ministers.govt.nz
Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2015 01:38:56 +0000
Subject: Thank you for your email
To: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
On behalf of the Prime Minister, Rt Hon John Key, thank you for your email.
Please note that although email increases the speed of delivery, it
may not be possible to provide you with the rapid response users of
email may anticipate.
The fact that you have taken the time to write is appreciated. You
can be assured that your views will be noted.
Yours sincerely
The Office of the Prime Minister
________________________________
---------- Original message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2015 21:38:42 -0400
Subject: RE TPP Trust that LOTS of Dairy Farmers in New Brunswick and
many Yankee, Icelanders and New Zealanders know exactly who I am EH
John Key. Birgitta Jonsdottir, Wayne Easter and Rob Nicholson?
To: J.Key@ministers.govt.nz
Cc: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/birgitta.jonsdottir.english
Birgitta Jonsdottir
September 23 at 10:52am ·
Transparency Tim: show us the text
The TPP Internet Censorship Plan is coming
We need you to tell your Trade Minister today: don't let the
Trans-Pacific Partnership destroy our laws and censor the Internet.
stopthesecrecy.net
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Gary Bonn
Gary Bonn Thank you Birgitta Jonsdottir
1 · September 24 at 5:30am
http://thedavidamosrant.blogspot.ca/2014/05/yo-birgitta-who-is-more-of-crook-julian.html
From: Birgitta Jonsdottir
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 07:14:02 +0000
Subject: Re: Bon Soir Birgitta according to my records this is the
first email I ever sent you
To: David Amos
dear Dave
i have got your email and will read through the links as soon as i
find some time keep up the good fight in the meantime
thank you for bearing with me
i am literary drowning in requests to look into all sorts of matters
and at the same time working 150% work at the parliament and
the creation of a political movement and being a responsible parent:)
plus all the matters in relation to immi
with oceans of joy
birgitta
Better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are
not.
Andre Gide
Birgitta Jonsdottir
Birkimelur 8, 107 Reykjavik, Iceland, tel: 354 692 8884
http://this.is/birgitta – http://joyb.blogspot.com -
http://www.facebook.com/birgitta.jonsdottir
>>> From: "Julian Assange)" editor@wikileaks.org
>>> To: david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 3:15 PM
>>> Subject: Al Jazeera on Iceland's plan for a press safe haven
>>>
>>> FYI: Al-Jazeera's take on Iceland's proposed media safe haven
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbGiPjIE1pE
>>>
>>> More info http://immi.is/
>>>
>>> Julian Assange Editor WikiLeaks http://wikileaks.org/
>>>
>>> From: "David Amos" david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>> To: "Julian Assange)" editor@wikileaks.org
>>> Cc: "Dan Fitzgerald" danf@danf.net; "Byrne. G" Byrne.G@parl.gc.ca
>>> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:35 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Al Jazeera on Iceland's new plan Thanx Here is
>>> something
>>> about Iceland and Banksters Al Jazeera would enjoy
>>>
>>> Checkout this old pdf file from 2005 at about page two or three
>>>
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
>>>
>>> Then read on and chuckle
>>>
>>> From: postur@fjr.stjr.is
>>> Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009
>>> Subject: Re: RE: Iceland and Bankers etc I must ask the obvious
>>> question. Why have you people ignored me for three years?
>>> To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> Dear David Amos
>>>
>>> Unfortunately there has been a considerable delay in responding to
>>> incoming letters due to heavy workload and many inquiries to our
>>> office.
>>>
>>> We appreciate the issue raised in your letter. We have set up a web
>>> site www.iceland.org where we have gathered various practical
>>> information regarding the economic crisis in Iceland.
>>>
>>> Greetings from the Ministry of Finance.
>>>
>>> Tilvísun í mál: FJR08100024
>>>
>>> From: postur@for.stjr.is
>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008
>>> Subject: Regarding your enquiry to the Prime Ministry of Iceland
>>> To: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>>
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>
>>> Your enquiry has been received by the Prime Ministry of Iceland and
>>> waits attendance.
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> From: David Amos david.raymond.amos@gmail.com
>>> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008
>>> Subject: I just called to remind the Speaker, the Bankers and the
>>> Icelanders that I still exist EH Mrs Mrechant, Bob Rae and Iggy?
>>> To: Milliken.P@parl.gc.ca, sjs@althingi.is, emb.ottawa@mfa.is,
>>> rmellish@pattersonlaw.ca, irisbirgisdottir@yahoo.ca,
>>> marie@mariemorneau.com, dfranklin@franklinlegal.com,
>>> egilla@althingi.is, william.turner@exsultate.ca
>>> Cc: Rae.B@parl.gc.ca, Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca, lebrem@sen.parl.gc.ca,
>>> merchp@sen.parl.gc.ca, coolsa@sen.parl.gc.ca, olived@sen.parl.gc.ca
>>>
>>> All of you should review the documents and CD that came with this
>>> letter ASAP EH?
>>>
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/2718120/Integrity-Yea-Right
>>>
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/4304560/Speaker-Iceland-etc
>>>
>>> http://www.scribd.com/doc/5352095/Tony-Merchant-and-Yankees
>>>
>>> Perhaps Geir Haarde and Steingrimur Sigfusson should call me back
>>>
>>> Veritas Vincit
>>> David Raymond Amos
>>>
>>> The Reykjavík Grapevine
>>> Hafnarstræti 15
>>> 101 Reykjavík
>>> Iceland
>>> grapevine@grapevine.is
>>> +354-540-3600
>>
>>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: David Amos motomaniac333@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 21:21:42 -0400
Subject: FWD LOTS of Dairy Farmers in New Brunswick know exactly who I
am ask Wayne Easter why EH Rob Moore?
To: nbmilk@nbmilk.org, weekesj@bennettjones.com,
mclellana@bennettjones.com, votefast2015@gmail.com,
info@karenmccrimmon.ca, info@marthahallfindlay.ca
Cc: David Amos
https://mobile.twitter.com/wayneeaster
Wayne Easter @WayneEaster 15h
Heartwarming y'day on campaign trail as several non-farm households
stated "concerned for dairy farmers"(due 2 TPP)Support 4 fellow
citizens
http://wayneeaster.parl.liberal.ca/media-reports/media-releases/conservative-government-must-be-transparent-with-canadians-during-tpp-talks/
Conservative Government Must be Transparent with Canadians during TPP Talks
Posted on July 16, 2012
CHARLOTTETOWN— Liberal International Trade critic Wayne Easter made
the following statement today on Canada’s Trans-Pacific Partnership
(TPP) negotiations:
“According to a recent report, the US will be seeking ‘new market
access’ from Canada in the TPP negotiations. The report noted that a
major component of negotiations would be Canada’s supply management
system.
It is imperative that this Conservative government be completely
transparent on their TPP negotiations, especially in regards to what
Canada is conceding in order to be accepted into this partnership.
Canadian dairy and poultry producers depend on the supply management
system, just as Canadian consumers rely on its stable pricing, and
they all deserve assurance that their livelihoods and food safety will
not be compromised in these negotiations.”
http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/montreal-dairy-company-saputo-says-it-can-adapt-to-any-tpp-deal-1.2501466
"Saputo said some dairy farmers have good reason to be worried if
there are dramatic changes to Canada's protective supply management
system, as demanded by some of the 12 countries involved in
negotiating the trade deal. But he said other farmers are efficient,
can compete with anybody in the world and flourish in an unregulated
system.
The abolition of Canada's dairy supply management system would
threaten 4,500 to 6,000 farms and up to 24,000 direct jobs across the
country, according to a study released last week commissioned by dairy
co-operative and Saputo rival Agropur.
Up to 40 per cent of Canada's milk production would be at risk, said
the 56-page report from Boston Consulting Group."
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"Fast used more guarded language on dairy. Of that, he said: "There's
still lots of work to be done."
The Canadian government faces domestic pressure from dairy-producing
provinces, who are not at the negotiating table but have provincial
representatives in Atlanta pushing against any opening to foreign milk
and cheese.
Canada isn't the only country with domestic pressure: the American
delegation has received a public letter from influential lawmakers
urging it to walk away unless it can secure certain gains for American
businesses.
But the biggest U.S. business lobby is urging a deal now.
It says the decade-long TPP project could be destroyed by domestic
politics if it doesn't happen immediately, with elections in Canada,
then the U.S., Japan and Peru next year and governments under pressure
to protect individual sectors.
"If we miss this opportunity I believe we may lose it forever," said
Tami Overby, vice-president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
"We have the Canadian election. No one knows what that outcome's going
to be. We also get closer to the U.S. 2016 (presidential race) -- that
gets harder. So from my perspective nothing gets better. But the risk
increases, and in some cases quite significantly as time goes by."
As if to underscore her point, NDP Leader Tom Mulcair announced Friday
that he wouldn't consider himself bound to ratify any deal reached
during the election campaign.
Overby encouraged all countries to put some of the proverbial water in
their wine.
For Canada, that wine comes with a little more foreign cheese.
She said New Zealand hasn't asked for much. But it helped spearhead
the TPP project years ago, with its one major demand being access to
dairy markets.
Other Canadian industries are thrilled at the prospect of a deal.
The head of Canada's pro-free-market agriculture group said he expects
a nine-per-cent increase in canola exports alone, with big gains for
other industries including pork, beef and barley.
"We're extremely optimistic for our sector," said Brian Innes of the
Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance, and vice-president of the Canola
Council.
"We face significant trade barriers, this is the most ambitious deal
in decades, and it could have a major impact on our ability to
export."
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Transfer of Canadian banking records to U.S. tax agency doubled last year
Documents for thousands of Canadian residents transferred under
controversial FATCA legislation
By Elizabeth Thompson, CBC News Posted: Jan 29, 2017 5:00 AM ET
Banking records of more than 315,000 Canadian residents were turned
over to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service last year under a
controversial information sharing deal, CBC News has learned.
That is double the number transferred in the deal's first year.
The Canada Revenue Agency transmitted 315,160 banking records to the
IRS on Sept. 28, 2016 — a 104 per cent increase over the 154,667
records the agency sent in September 2015.
Lisa Damien, spokeswoman for the CRA, attributed the increase to the
fact it was the second year for the Canada-U.S. information sharing
deal that was sparked by the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
(FATCA).
"The exchange in September 2015 was based on accounts identified by
financial institutions at the time," she said. "The number of reported
accounts was expected to increase in 2016, because the financial
institutions have had more time to complete their due diligence and
identify other reportable accounts."
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Prior to coming to power, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau opposed the
agreement to share banking records of Canadian residents with the IRS.
He has since changed his position. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The transmission of banking records of Canadian residents is the
result of an agreement worked out in 2014 between Canada and the U.S.
after the American government adopted FATCA. The U.S. tax compliance
act requires financial institutions around the world to reveal
information about bank accounts in a bid to crack down on tax evasion
by U.S. taxpayers with foreign accounts.
Dual citizens, long-term visitors affected
The deal requires financial institutions to share the banking records
of those considered to be "U.S. persons" for tax purposes — regardless
of whether they are U.S. citizens.
Among the people who can be considered by the IRS as "U.S. persons"
are Canadians born in the U.S., dual citizens or even those who spend
more than a certain number of days in the United States each year.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper's government argued that given
the penalties the U.S. was threatening to impose, it had no choice but
to negotiate the information sharing deal. The former government said
it was able to exempt some types of accounts from the information
transfer.
CRA
The Canada Revenue Agency transfers banking records of people believed
to be 'U.S. persons' to the IRS. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian Press)
The Canada Revenue Agency triggered controversy after it transferred
the first batch of Canadian banking records to the IRS in September
2015 in the midst of the election campaign, without waiting for an
assessment by Canada's privacy commissioner or the outcome of a legal
challenge to the agreement's constitutionality.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Treasury Board President Scott Brison
and Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale have dropped calls to scrap
the deal, which they had made before the Liberals came to power.
Watchdog wants proactive notification
Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has raised concerns about the
information sharing, questioning whether financial institutions are
reporting more accounts than necessary. Under the agreement, financial
institutions only have to report accounts belonging to those believed
to be U.S. persons if they contain more than $50,000.
Therrien has also suggested the CRA proactively notify individuals
that their financial records had been shared with the IRS. However,
the CRA has been reluctant to agree to Therrien's suggestion.
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Privacy Commissioner Daniel Therrien has questioned whether the CRA is
transmitting more banking records to the IRS than is necessary.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault said the increase in the
number of files transferred was "surprising," and he questioned
whether financial institutions are only sharing records of accounts
worth more than $50,000.
"I don't see how there would be 150,000 more accounts reportable to
the IRS in one year. It is something I will look into."
Dusseault said the CRA should notify every Canadian resident whose
banking records are shared with the IRS.
Lynne Swanson, of the Alliance for the Defence of Canadian
Sovereignty, which is challenging the information sharing agreement in
Federal Court, said she has no idea why the number of banking records
shared with the IRS doubled.
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NDP revenue critic Pierre-Luc Dusseault says the CRA should notify
every Canadian resident whose banking records are shared with the IRS.
(Adrian Wyld/Canadian Press)
"It still seems low in comparison to the number of Canadians that are
affected by this," she said. "It is estimated that a million Canadians
are affected by this."
Hopes for repeal
Swanson hopes that U.S. President Donald Trump, or Congress — which is
now controlled by the Republican Party — will scrap FATCA. The
Republican platform pledged to do away with the information collecting
legislation.
"FATCA not only allows 'unreasonable search and seizures' but also
threatens the ability of overseas Americans to lead normal lives," the
platform reads. "We call for its repeal and for a change to
residency-based taxation for U.S. citizens overseas."
Swanson's group is also hoping the Federal Court of Canada will
intervene, although a date has not yet been set for a hearing.
"A foreign government is essentially telling the Canadian government
how Canadian citizens and Canadian residents should be treated. It is
a violation of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms."
Elizabeth Thompson can be reached at elizabeth.thompson@cbc.ca