Citizens Lose Their Homes, Businesses and Income and Will File a Proposed Class Suit Against CRA

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(Free-Press-Release.com) May 17, 2009 -- The grounds for the proposed Landmark Class Suit include extortion,breach of trust, abuse of process, negligence, fraud, discrimination, harassment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, breach of privacy, breech of confidential relationship, invasion of privacy, arbitrary targeting of taxpayers and abuse of power.

The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) commits criminal acts with impunity. The CRA is forcing Citizens and Businesses into bankruptcy.

Demanding the taxpayers financial information ignores Sections 7 and 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and effectively cancels the rights to privacy, silence and protection against self-incrimination.

On February 11, 2009, Louise Dickson of the Victoria Times Colonist described the Charter of Rights Victory in Court against the CRA by Hal Neumann and his wife Maureen Rivers.

This precedent setting case, "Jury awards B.C. man $1.3M for taxman's raid", resulted in the Supreme Court Jury of B.C. ruling that the CRA invasion and search of a citizens home violated the privacy protection in Section 7 and the right to be secure against unreasonable search or seizure in Section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Victoria lawyer Steven Kelliher asked the jury to give a message to the CRA -- "The CRA don't rule us. They have an obligation to respect our fundamental rights. They serve us. They don't prey on us." The verdict of the jury substantiates the following statement: "Gestapo tactics of the Revenue Agency Brought to Light".

The Minister of Justice and CRA are appealing the $1.3 M compensation awarded by the jury because it is greater than all previous Court awards given to victims of CRA search and seizure. The request for an apology from the Minister of National Revenue is also being appealed.

As reported by Cheryl Chan in The Province on April 24, 2009, the Minister of National Revenue and CRA are refusing to compensate a former B.C.business owner Irvin Leroux for loss of his home, business and income caused by the abusive and incompetent actions of the CRA who targeted him.

According to Kim Bolan as reported in the Vancouver Sun on July 21, 2008, the CRA withdrew demands for detailed financial information about earnings and assets of Hells Angels, including any - hidden - outside the country because it violated the Income Tax Act and the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and gave private information to third parties.

Vancouver lawyer David Martin, wanted a declaration that the CRA was guilty of illegal conduct by targeting the plaintiffs.

The CRA withdrew the letters of requirement in a precedent setting - out-of-court - agreement made on the same date as the Federal Court challenge was to be heard last spring.

Wally Oppal, Attorney General of B.C did not respond to the Notice of Claim for the Statement of Claim- File No. S-116959 in New Westminster, B.C, which objects to a "bogus" notice of liens used to change the title of a citizen's properties.

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