NOT ALWAYS RIGHT BUT,,

COULD CANADA’S INCOME TAX LAW EVER BE WRONG?
A commentary on the attitude of at least one Federal Parliamentary Mandarin regarding the defective taxable benefit legislation.
By Victor Drummond ©
April 2008


Can anyone justify levying real “Income Tax” on a purely theoretical paper value of any item before the value -- of said item -- has been solidly established to become real “Income”?

Can anyone justify using the tax -- levied on this imaginary income -- to force honest, hard-working taxpayers to sell, and/or mortgage their homes in order to pay this unjustified tax?

Can anyone justify forcing honest, hard-working Canadians to wipe-out their savings and/or declare bankruptcy in order to pay this unwarranted tax?

Can anyone justify obliging honest, hard-working Canadians to live the rest of their lives with the anxiety of a horrendous deferred tax – that may without warning or victim control -- become payable on the very next Income Tax Return deadline?

Can anyone condone a one-at-a-time system of reviewing these tax victim appeals and figuratively flipping a coin to decide whether or not to grant them tax relief?

Can anyone approve of giving a few, (say 30 or so), such victims cancellation of this unfounded tax while declaring there are no other known victims who qualify for the same consideration?

And this declaration being made in spite of multiple letters of appeal from dozens of similar victims to their Members of Parliament over the past six or seven years.

Could such bottom line atrocities ever be the result of proper and correct legislation?

Wouldn’t the answer filter down to only two possible scenarios?

Scenario (1) The legislation is correct but the interpretation/application is unjustifiable.

Scenario (2) The legislation is absolutely corrupt in the first place.

If you consider yourself to be a reasonably intelligent Canadian which scenario makes the most sense to you? Or does it make any difference?

Does it make any sense to elect people – TO REPRESENT YOU -- that will tolerate legislation and/or a tax policy that causes the financial destruction of innocent, hard-working, Canadian Taxpayers while accepting a fat salary funded by your taxes?

The Liberal Party lived with this atrocity for at least six years – and did absolutely nothing to correct the base problem.

The present government paid token attention to Fair Taxation -- for all hard-working Canadians -- but fell far short of correcting the underlying problem.

Other opposition political parties apparently lack sufficient comprehension, and/or moxie to publicly acknowledge there even is a problem.

So as things stand now every Canadian voter will be really hard pressed to find a person that will earn their wages by truly representing them -- in the federal government -- when push comes to shove.

Unless there is a federal political party that declares it will make a change to correct this -- atrocious, despicable and unworthy of Canada -- tax problem I will help save the planet by not motoring to any voting station in the coming federal election.

Victor Drummond ©

THE GOLDEN TOUCH ..

WHAT IS WRONG WITH THE GOLDEN TOUCH?
A commentary on the object lesson carried in the
Fairy Tale of King Midas and the Golden Touch,
By Victor Drummond ©
April 2008

Most Canadians -- of my generation -- were taught how to recognize the real value of the multitude of alternative choices that everyone encounters in life. Lessons in how to avoid obscure pitfalls were often conveyed by way of entertaining fictions called “Fairy Tales”.

One such lesson – in keeping one’s promises – was contained in the story of the “Pied Piper of Hamlin”. Another lesson -- depicting the need to be on guard against false friends -- was presented in the tale of “Rumplestilskin”.

A very valuable lesson – on the rights and benefits – conveyed by a proper “Work Ethic” was presented in the story of the “Little Red Hen”.

Then there was the lesson on being compassionate and treating everyone fairly and honestly – in the tale of “Cinderella”.

The story of “King Midas” illustrated the consequences of thoughtless greed.

Another object lesson – “Don’t believe everything you hear.” -- is well illustrated by the story of “Chicken Little”.

Unfortunately the lessons to be learned – by way of these truth-in-fiction stories -- appear to have been totally lost by the time our current generation of politicians were old enough to comprehend anything.

Could anyone justify – in any honest and reasonable way – the extortion of an honest hard working person’s life savings using the excuse the victim had an opportunity to actually receive the theoretical “Income” being taxed?

The truth of this situation being the victim’s tax is real but the “Income” -- this so called tax is based upon -- is not.

No amount of convoluted logic is going to convert plain ordinary extortion into a justifiable tax penalty.

It is the political equivalent of the “Golden Touch” described in the “Fairy Tale” – “King Midas”. According to the fairy tale – however -- the gold appeared from nowhere whenever King Midas touched an object.

Apparently no one paid a penalty for the Kings new found riches – until his daughter kissed him and was immediately converted into a golden statue.

The King was not pleased with this transition – even if his daughter was now worth more dead than alive. No doubt if he had the power the King would exchange this golden statue for his living loving daughter.

In the political equivalent – the Canadian taxable benefit legislation -- also strives to make gold appear from nowhere via the magical ability of the taxable benefit law to convert zero income into a pot of tax gold.

Then everyone is expected to pretend no one is paying a penalty for this magical transition – but in fact there are thousands of innocent Canadian taxpayers paying the penalty just like King Midas daughter.

Whether the truth is acknowledged -- or ignored -- a lot of decent, honest, hard working Canadians are paying a terrible penalty for this bit of political hocus-pocus – just like the King’s daughter in the fairy tale.

They no longer have clear title to their homes. They no longer have retirement savings and/or they no longer have discretionary income with which to afford anything more than the bare essentials in life. And if they are living under the cloud of a deferred taxable benefit tax levy – they no longer have peace of mind.

While the past mental anguish -- caused by the taxable benefit Golden Touch – can not be undone the present and future harm can be prevented – if our slate of present federal politicians realizes they have the power and the obligation to correct this atrocity.

They are in the driver’s seat when it comes to correcting flawed laws.

Either unmitigated greed compounded by a total lack of empathy -- for the victims of this insidious tax policy -- or total incompetence in political affairs -- can explain the lack of vocal denunciation and lack of corrective action -- on the part of our federal Members of Parliament – to halt this travesty of justice.

The only current Member of Parliament – to show any concern for these victimized Canadian Taxpayers – is Gary Lunn MP for the riding of Saanich – Gulf Islands in British Columbia. In my opinion he is the only current MP deserving of re-election.

Every other contender for election -- in the coming federal election -- needs a wake-up-call to make them aware of two problems:-

(1) The plight of those victimized by this flawed tax policy

and:-

(2) The need to warrant re-election by doing something about the problem with this political “Golden Touch”

The organization “Canadians for Fair and Equalized Taxation, (CFET), has made it easy to send your message to Canada’s members of Parliament.

Visit http://www.cfet.ca for more information on this issue and use:-

http://cfet.ca/EmailMP.html to send a message to an MP over your own name and E-mail address.


Victor Drummond ©

WILL REAL CANADIANS...

WILL REAL CANADIANS
PLEASE STAND UP
A Report on those Canadians Fighting for Everyone’s
RIGHT to Fair and Equalized Income Taxation
By Victor Drummond ©
April 2008

On February 21st 2008 seven people – identifying themselves as “Canadians for Fair and Equal Taxes”, (CFET) – stood before the podium in the Parliament Hill Press Theatre and told the media audience of the terrible abuse they – and thousands of other Canadian taxpayers -- are experiencing because of defective taxable benefit legislation.

They told how they individually, and collectively have appealed --time and time again -- to Canadian Government agencies and authorities -- over the past seven years -- for remission of huge, real, taxes levied on purely theoretical “Income” that never was – and never will be.

Taxes the government in power -- in the year 2000 when the problem first arose -- admitted were financially abusive by providing a tax deferral option, (Form T1212), whereby victimized taxpayers might defer paying – some of the -- taxes that they could not possibly pay out their actual income.

Can you imagine having income tax levied on you – in a single year -- that is two or three times larger than your gross income? Can you visualize any excuse for this to happen?

Can you comprehend the lack of compassion, honesty, integrity, generosity of your government by allowing the tax victims to fret and worry and spend sleepless nights under the threat of the deferred portion of those unwarranted taxes coming payable -- at any time -- due to circumstances totally beyond your control?

Yet from the year 2001 – following the High-Tech market correction – thousands of honest, hard working Canadians just like you have been living under this distressful and financially ruinous situation. Many had to liquidate their retirement savings, and/or mortgage their homes.

In the year 2006 some 30+ victims -- of this insidious tax legislation – were granted remission of their tax burden on the grounds it was not in the interest of the government to tax people on money never seen.

All that is left to do now is for the government to complete this process is to extend tax remission to all victims of the same outrageous legislation -- fairly compensate everyone already victimized -- and change the law to prevent recurrence of this problem.

If you are in favour of -- fair and equal taxation for all Canadians -- then let the group who stood up in the Parliament Hill Press Theatre on February 21 2008 know.

Visit www.cfet.ca and follow the links to their petition and to inquiry@cfet.ca to send a message of support.

You may also request a free copy – via E-Mail -- of two very excellent articles describing the CFET organization and the tax booby-trap inherent to the current taxable benefit legislation.

You will not be asked to contribute anything more than your moral support.

Last – but not least – notify you’re Federal Member of Parliament, (MP), that you want a commitment from him, or her, to support the objective of the CFET organization – or they will not get your support in the coming federal election.

CFET has made it easy to send this message to your MP by composing a ready to send message at the following link which only needs your authorization to send.

http://cfet.ca/EmailMP.html


Victor Drummond ©

I would rather owe it to you...

I WOULD RATHER OWE IT TO YOU
THAN DO YOU OUT OF IT
A quaint old saying of my Mennonite Maternal Grandmother.
And my view of the Taxable Benefit
Refund Owed to Victimized Canadian Taxpayers.
Victor Drummond ©
April 2008


Among those who founded this wonderful country are the Mennonites who came to Canada as British Empire Loyalists when the American Revolutionary war broke out with Britain.

Although the far greater majority of those who came to Canada were of German Origin they became generally known as the Pennsylvania Dutch. There were a number of humorous sayings and quotations attributed to the Pennsylvania Dutch.

One such statement goes like this:- “stay where your at and I will come where your to.”
Another being:- “you can not get to there from here.”

The title saying reflects some of the high moral standards of the Mennonite Culture – and those being honesty, integrity and truth.

This statement says in effect:- “I may never be able to pay you -- what I owe you -- but I will always acknowledge the debt.”

You can rest assured that if the, title statement, spokesperson found they had somehow taken money from anyone – under false pretenses – they would surely acknowledge the victim was owed restitution.

If we had such people in positions of authority in Canada’s Government there would be no question but that those who have been unjustly taxed -- under the defective taxable benefits legislation -- would admittedly be owed the taxes falsely levied including all penalties and interest.

Apparently there are few -- of our elected representatives -- in Canada’s federal government that have such a well developed sense of integrity, honesty and fair play.

So far the only ones to even acknowledge the insanity of this insidious tax policy have been Gary Lunn, Member of Parliament for the riding of Saanich – Gulf Islands British Columbia -- weakly supported by the Prime Minister and the Governor General for Canada.

Gary’s efforts to bring a measure of fair-play and justice -- to a very few victims in his riding –
revealed his recognition of the government’s indebtedness -- to all such victims – BUT he succeeded merely in compounding the felony.

The RIGHT of every Canadian to honest, fair, and justifiable taxation has been taken away and thousands of us have been levied unwarranted taxes on money that never existed.

This outrageous situation has thrived under the protection, (?), of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the Taxpayers Charter of RIGHTS (?).

If that is the way Canadian Charters operate – then “Thank God” we do not have a Charter that guarantees victimized Canadians won’t be ignored by our own government. (Or do we?)

What Canada needs very badly – at this moment – is a slate of parliamentary candidates that will at least say:- “I would rather owe it to you than do you out of it.”

The only way that is ever going to happen is:- IF YOU – THE CANADIAN VOTER – WILL STAND UP AND DEMAND YOUR RIGHT TO FAIR TAXATION BE RESTORED.

There is an easy way to contact your Member of Parliament and send him, or her, your message.

Merely copy and paste the following link to the address line on your web browser and send the prepared text over your own identity.

http://cfet.ca/EmailMP.html

See you at the voting polls during the next federal election:- O’Grady.

Victor Drummond ©

Promises .. Promises ..

A PROMISE MADE -- IS A DEBT UNPAID
A commentary on speeches made by high level
Conservative Government Authorities
Promising Fair Taxation for All Canadians.

By Victor Drummond ©
April 2008

My maternal grandmother was a Mennonite and she taught me well on the vagaries of real life and the standards I should strive to live up to. She placed top priority on telling the truth.

It was made clear to me that deliberately misleading someone -- without actually telling a falsehood -- was the equivalent of lying by implication.

Bald faced liars were only slightly less despicable – in Grandmother’s eyes – than those who deliberately mislead by implication.

Along with truthfulness came the absolute obligation to keep one’s commitments made to another person or even to ones self.

There might be exceptions to this obligation such as -- if a commitment was made under misleading or false circumstances – or if circumstances changed that caused the commitment to become invalid.

People who had no sense of personal worth – either for others – or even for their own credibility -- were to be avoided, shunned, and kept at arms length or further if possible.

Grandmother was also a realist. She knew there were circumstances where the golden rules could not be applied. And when Germany became an aggressor in 1914 Grandmother did not say:- Run for the hills – thou shalt not kill.

She tearfully endorsed all able bodied male children -- of military age – to go and do what-ever-was necessary to bring peace and order back to the world. And to preserve the New World Democratic System of Government that she believed was the best in the world. Had she been still alive in 1939 when Germany again went to war she would have endorsed her male grandchildren to serve in Canada's military which most of us did.

Until recently I agreed with her. Now I am not quite so sure.

The Canadian government has changed – in my opinion – and things I would never have believed could happen in my Canada – have been in operation for at least six years and no one has done anything realistic – as yet -- to correct the problem.

I would never have dreamed the government of my Canada would become a willing participant in any scheme that imposes economic oppression on honest Canadians.

And yet that is precisely what is going on – in my Canada – and no one with the power to correct the situation seems to care.

There is no way in Heaven above – or Hell below – that taxing honest hard-working Canadians into financial oblivion – on money that in fact never existed– can be claimed to be fair taxation.

Where are those lofty politicians that said – within the past 14 months – our government is committed to fair taxation for all honest, hard working, Canadians?
Are they working silently in the background to fulfill that promise?

Within this current month there are two victims of the flawed taxable benefits legislation – that I know personally – who have lost the protection of their tax deferment – through no fault of their own – and are expected to pay outrageous, and ruinous taxes on income that never was -- and likely never will be.

Working silently in the background will not save them, from financial extermination.
What is needed to save them – and many more like them – right now is a stay of execution order on all deferred taxes that are based upon non-existent “Income”.

If there is intent – by this government to correct this problem – then such a stay of execution order is required RIGHT NOW.

If the commitment to fair taxation for all honest, hard-working Canadians is a false promise then there is an even bigger problem with our elected representatives. We do not deserve them. And furthermore they do not deserve our vote in the coming federal election.

Those that lie to us – have a very low opinion of themselves – and an even lower opinion of us.

If we continue to support those who will not look after every Canadian’s best interest then they are correct in assuming we are an insignificant factor in the political arena and do not deserve any better treatment than they feel like giving us.

Politicians can be cured of this attitude of low voter esteem IF WE TELL THEM STRAIGHT OUT – PROTECT US, OUR FAMILY, FRIENDS AND COUNTRYMEN FROM TAX ABUSE BY CORRECTING THIS UNFAIR TAX SITUATION – OR NO VOTE.

An easy way to launch a prepared e-mail message -- to the Right Honourable Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, and/or other high level Ministers with the power to get the wheels in motion -- is to click on the following link and send them that message over your E-mail Address and Identity.

http://cfet.ca/EmailMP.html

See you at the voting polls next federal election O’Grady.

Victor Drummond ©

A POLITICAL DILEMMA..

A QUANDARY ENTWINED WITH A DILEMMA
A commentary on apparent Confusion and/or lack of Comprehension
Exhibited by Canadian Federal Politicians regarding the Recognition
of an extremely serious Problem with a very simple Solution.
By Victor Drummond ©
April 2008


Collectively our Federal Members of Parliament led by our Prime Minister are -- figuratively speaking -- in the drivers seat of the Canadian living standards and economy.

When a federal election is under way those who want to become a part of our government -- and theoretically represent us in government -- spend a lot of time and money telling us why we should vote for them. But when elected carry on as though voters do not exist.

It seems very few voters demand – or even suggest – these campaigners do anything to deserve their vote. It appears as though many Canadians would vote for a snake if it ran for election under the banner of the political party of their choice.

Then if the snake they voted for – the last time -- turned on them and bit them while in office they would still vote for the same snake when election time arrived again.

No wonder politicians are notorious for making pie-crust promises at election time.
No wonder we end up with politicians who either do not bother to hear their constituents cries for help – or do not understand the issue – or have no idea what to do about a problem if they even recognize one.

Putting these people in the nations drivers seat is the equivalent to giving a teen-ager -- with a learners permit -- the family car to take on the freeway.
Then if they do not kill themselves in a crash – doing the same thing all over again.

From now on – if anyone asks me who will I vote for – in any election I will reply the person who kept – or at least made a sincere and intelligent effort to keep – the commitments they made before the previous election. And it won’t make any difference which political party they run for.

Why would it take seven or eight years of taxpayer abuse for our representatives in Parliament to recognize and promptly correct the defective legislation that financially ruined – even one honest hard-working Canadian – without justification?

And we are not talking about one devastated Canadian taxpayer – we are talking about
Thousands – perhaps even tens of thousands – of Canadians who were taxed into financial oblivion on theoretical “Income” money they never received.

These victims did not all suffer in silence. Some wrote their Member of Parliament – explaining the situation. Many appealed their income tax assessments. Others hired lawyers to fight the issue for them.
All to no avail.
Until the Conservatives were elected in 2006.

Part of the Conservative pre-election promises – in 2005 -- included a policy of “Fair” taxation.

Do you suppose that promise had anything to do with them defeating the old regime – that had ignored the taxable benefit problem for at least six years?

At least one conservative MP elected in 2006 made a serious and intelligent effort to keep that promise to some of his constituents.

The Hon Gary Lunn – supported by the Prime Minister – Stephen Harper and the Governor General for Canada, Her Excellency Micheal Jean, -- succeeded in having a Tax Remission Order, (TRO) passed into law.

Granted the Gary Lunn TRO was only a token fix and did little to correct the over-all problem but it was a step in the right direction.

If nothing else it caused a journalist or two to write about the injustice of this legislation and the favouritism produced by the selective Fix applied.

The TRO became the focus of other victims of that same defective legislation and the appeals made for blanket corrective action began to flow to all sitting MP’s right up to the Prime Minister and tax related agencies in government.

Every MP with an open mind and an ounce of intelligence would have heard of the problem and the distress of its victims by the middle of the year 2007.

Still at the time of the March meeting of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance, (FINA), the Minister of National Revenue, the Hon Gordon O’Connor, claimed he was not aware of more than a few victims in distress caused by the taxable benefits legislation – and the way it was being applied.

An amazing revelation considering that several members of the group named:- “Canadians for Fair and Equalized Taxation”, (CFET), had been sending appeal letters after appeal letters, and E-mails to his attention.

Just about as amazing was the apparent lack of knowledge on the part of federal government MP’s on the problem. It took several meetings between members of CFET and sitting MP’s before they actually comprehended the nature and extent of the horrendous tax penalties being imposed on Canadians who had participated in their employers shares and/or options plans.

Plans that were initially intended to provide financial benefits to productive employees not a financially ruinous penalty that resulted from defective taxable benefit legislation.

THE PROBLEM:-

Legislation in the Canadian Income tax act that provides a basis for taxing theoretical, non-existent money that is neither “earned” nor “income”.

SOME SIMPLE FAIR SOLUTIONS:-

Step (1) – Amend the taxable benefits legislation to exclude corporation shares – no matter how acquired – from the “taxable benefit” classification and place them in the “Capital Investment” classification where they have always belonged.

Step (2) – Pass the following legislation and make its provisions retroactive to the year 1999.

Canadians that have been levied taxes on purely theoretical income monies may apply for re-assessment of their “Income Tax Returns” for every year from 1999 through to the time the legislation has been corrected and passed into law.

Amounts paid in taxes on purely theoretical income will be refunded in the form of a tax credit – including all fines, penalties and with interest on the overpaid amount.

Tax credits may be used to offset current and future income taxes and/or requested repayment in cash at the rate of 50% of the total unused credits value per year for any two years of the taxpayer’s choice.
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Now that wasn’t so difficult was it?

Tell anyone soliciting your vote in the next federal election to commit to fixing the taxable benefits disaster – or no vote.

Victor Drummond ©

HAS SPRING FINALLY...

HAS SPRING FINALLY ARRIVED?
A commentary on the longest – coldest – winter
In over half a century – with comparison to
The worst tax legislation in Canadian History
By Victor Drummond ©
April 2008


In 2007 there were several expensive visits -- to Canada -- by a prominent American politician
presenting his video “An Inconvenient Truth” and giving a spiel to sell-out crowds of how ominous world climate change is.

It was as if Mother Nature took issue with that warning and gave North America the coldest, longest and snowiest winter in most people’s memory.

More than half the people living here today were not even born when there was a comparable winter in Canada. Do you suppose the action already taken to cool off the globe, i.e. Greenhouse Gas Reduction, already in effect has done the trick?

Fortunately warmer weather has arrived with precipitation now coming down mostly as rain with cooler nights that slow down the melt rate of the tremendous blanket of snow covering all of Canada and the northern half of the United States.

There has been severe flooding in the United States and some flooding in Canada but for the most part Canada has gotten off with relatively minor flood damage.

As Canadians watch the horrendous snow banks – on their houses – and on their roads – melt away they can breathe a lot easier.

There is however another situation – causing stress and sleepless nights for many Canadians – and that is a tax load – heavier than the mountain of snow that threatened to collapse their homes – and in many cases has already destroyed their right to live in peace and comfort.

The Canadians referred to are those who have been living under a cloud that – if it hasn’t already caused them financial ruin – threatens to do so without warning if their tax deferment is cancelled for any reason.

For some that has already happened and the deadline for the next income tax return is when the guillotine falls for them.

That is – unless the Canadian Government acts quickly to place a cease and desist order on the Canada Revenue Agency, (CRA) to prevent any further effort to collect these unjustified taxes until the defective legislation and terms of tax remission can be settled in parliament.

It appears the seven year period for the winter of unjustified taxation may be coming to an end.

Some members of the House of commons Standing Committee on Finance, (FINA), have been meeting with representatives of the Canadians for Fair and Equalized Taxation, (CFET) lately
And have shown interest in this Canadian Problem – and in the steps being taken by the USA Government to correct a similar problem in their Adjusted Minimum Tax, (AMT) legislation.

Is this the beginning of a thaw in the Canadian Government’s attitude towards those who have been unfairly, and punitively taxed?

To assist our government in their decision to amend the defective legislation and apply a tax remission policy that is fair to all Canadian victims – contact your member of parliament
And tell them you demand this atrocious legislation be corrected – or no vote.

The end of this long winter – snow and taxes – is long overdue.

Victor Drummond ©

THE RAINBOW WITH..

AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW
Is there really a pot of gold?
A Speculative Commentary based on the attention paid to the SDL/JDS Tax Remission Order
At the March 12 2008 meeting of the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance FINA
By Victor Drummond ©
April 2008

According to the transcript of the FINA meeting -- held on Monday March 12 2008 –
a major focus was the Tax Remission Order, (TRO), granted to some 30+ former employee’s of the now defunct SDL/JDSU Corporation Plant in Saanich – Gulf Islands riding of Conservative Member of Parliament, i.e. The Honourable Gary Lunn.

The Honourable Gordon O’Connor, National Minister of Revenue, was on the hot-seat while politely questioned on the reasons why any Canadian taxpayers – victimized by the insidious taxable benefit legislation – were granted any form of tax remission?

Within the verbal tap-dancing of Mr. O’Connor’s reply was the excuse that it was within his mandate to approve tax remission orders when circumstances justified such action.
Among the situations that would be considered justification for approving a TRO would be undue financial hardship imposed on a taxpayer as a consequence to paying the tax levied.

When Liberal MP Garth Turner began his questioning he wanted to know if the SDL/JDSU former employee -- who had a tax levy of about $28.00 revoked and another employee who had something like $3.50 revoked – would be facing undue financial hardship as a result?

A rather universal concern was expressed concerning the favouritism aspect of a TRO with such a restricted number of beneficiaries when there are claims of thousands of similar victimized taxpayers. Many with genuine undue financial hardship.

When asked how many other taxpayers had been issued tax relief by Mr. O’Connor he replied about 5.

When asked if he was aware of any other taxpayers in similar tax distress situations – he answered “No”.

There are many more than 5 victimized taxpayers right here in Ottawa that are suffering undue financial hardship – as a result of this unjustified tax -- and have appealed their case to the government frequently. There must be a severe glitch in the government internal communications system.

The fact that this TRO -- and an awareness of the tremendous harm done to hundreds, possibly many thousands, of honest hard-working Canadians by taxing people on money never seen –
has been aired at a FINA meeting is like a ray of sunshine following a seven year rainstorm.

Will this ray of hope produce a rainbow? Possibly a rainbow with a pot of gold at its end?

There is a real possibility that this can happen. Especially now that the Americans have recognized a similar miscarriage of justice in the Adjusted Minimum Tax, (AMT), legislation.

Is has been rumored that two Americans, victimized by their defective legislation, have committed suicide as a result. As far as we know – nothing like that has happened in Canada.

And if corrective action is taken promptly -- to correct our defective legislation – there is no reason it ever will.

If the corrective action includes compensation for taxpayers -- above cancelling the outstanding deferred taxable benefit taxes – then there really is a pot of gold at the end of this rainbow.

It is a bit early to begin counting the rewards, however, so keep reminding your Member of Parliament – declare your support for the Canadians for Fair and Equalized Taxation”, (CFET), objective, or look somewhere else for my support.

Victor Drummond ©

A Fast Moving....

A FAST MOVING VIOLATION, [FMV]
A parody on the defective taxable benefit legislation
That taxes people on Phantom Income.
By Victor Drummond ©
April 2008


George Blythly was enjoying life to the fullest. He had just made the last monthly payment on his late model Lamborghini and had decided to go for a relaxing drive out in the country.

He drove through familiar territory for a while but eventually arrived at an unfamiliar road named ESPP/ESO Drive. This new road appeared to be in excellent condition with rolling hills and gorgeous valleys – so George turned onto ESPP/ESO Drive.

For some reason there were no visible speed limit signs, and very little traffic, so George set his cruise control to 80 Kms/hr and began to enjoy the scenery.

Just after passing a clump of trees -- along the roadside -- a police cruiser appeared in his rear view mirror.

The cruiser had all lights flashing and the siren blaring – so George pulled over to the edge of the road and stopped.

What is the problem Officer? George asked. The policeman replied you were exceeding the posted speed limit – Kindly produce your drivers license and car registration.

Where was the speed limit posted George asked? Right back there in the clump of trees the officer replied.

OK then what speed limit is applicable to this wilderness road? Twenty Kilos per hour was the officers reply. George was shocked. Twenty kilos per hour on this broad country road – that is ridiculous – why the province speed limits on roads that are unsigned is fifty kilos/hr. I had no warning that this road was restricted to twenty kilos per hour.

Well Sir – the officer replied – Ignorance of the law is no excuse – kindly step out of the car. Why asked George?

Because Sir – I am impounding your vehicle. What is going on here said George?
I was only going eighty kilos per hour – that should not warrant impounding my car?

How fast will this car go anyway – asked the Officer?

George replied – I suppose on a flat open road I could go up to 250 kilos per hour.

Great replied the officer then that is the speed I am charging you with – and that justifies impounding your car, suspending your drivers license and levying a one thousand-dollar fine -- per kilo -- over the twenty kilo speed limit.

How in the world can you charge me for going 250 kilos per hour just because the car will go that fast.

It’s very simple and it is plainly written into the Highway Traffic code.

All cars travelling more than double the posted speed limit will be ASSUMED to be going at the vehicles maximum capacity speed -- under the “Fast Moving Vehicle” , (FMV), legislation.

George – That is absolutely ridiculous. If this car could go at 500 kilos per hour would you charge me for travelling that fast?

Officer -- Yes sir that is the law. I do not make the laws I merely enforce them.

I wont stand for this outrageous charge – replied George – who do I contact to appeal this fiasco?

Your in luck – said the officer – We have a newly appointed speeders ombudsman on the force and it is his mandate to hear your appeal and advise the court on the treatment you received while being charged with this offence.

Great – said George – There is no doubt this ombudsman will see the injustice going on here and have the charges against me dropped.

The officer replied – I wouldn’t count on that if I were you. Haven’t I been polite from the moment we met?

Yes you have said George.

Officer --Well in that case you are wasting your time appealing to the speeders ombudsman.
He has no mandate to revoke FMV charges.

In that case said George – I am taking this issue straight to my Member of Parliament and we will see just how far this unfair FMV charge goes on the basis of an unfounded ASSUMPTION.

Officer --You are welcome to take this issue up with your MP, the officer replied, but allow me to warn you only a very few SDL/JDSU speeders have ever had these FMV charges revoked by an MP’s intervention. Your chances of having your local MP do anything more than offer you condolences are slim indeed.

Officer -- Now I have removed the plates from your car – lock it up and get in the cruiser I will drop you off at the bus stop.

On the way to the bus stop George began calculating how large the FMV charge fine might be. Let’s see! 250 less 20 leaves 230 kms over the speed limit. At 1000 dollars per FMV kilo his fine will be $230,000

George estimates he will have to sell his car, re-mortgage his house and empty his saving account to pay this penalty.

Does the above parody sound outrageous and far in excess of reality?

If you think so – just ask anyone who has been victimized by the REAL defective taxable benefit ASSUMED Fair Market Value, (FMV), legislation.

If your Member of Parliament – or anyone soliciting your vote – in the next federal election will not give you a commitment to change this defective, obnoxious and abusive legislation – then tell them straight out – no commitment then no vote.

See you at the federal election voting polls O’Grady.

Victor Drummond ©