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 ©