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Finance committee  If a Canadian were to volunteer the information to the Americans or someone who is considered a U.S. person, a Canadian who's considered a U.S. person under FATCA, are they subject to federal U.S. taxes?

May 1st, 2014Committee meeting

Scott BrisonLiberal

Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1  This was embarrassing not just for the Conservatives but our citizens as well. There is some expertise at the finance committee studying FATCA, but there is also a need to work with other committees. Parliament could be mobilized and engaged more thoroughly if we did not have these kinds of disparate measures lumped together in one budget omnibus bill.

April 3rd, 2014House debate

Scott BrisonLiberal

Finance committee  Given that confluence of factors, could Canada be playing a leadership role in building global governance, with the operative vehicle being the G-20, to create a more effective vehicle than FATCA?

March 21st, 2013Committee meeting

Scott BrisonLiberal

Finance committee  So is FATCA the best game in town in terms of.... Not to make perfection the enemy of the good, but is that what we ought to be focused on? Is that the best way?

February 26th, 2013Committee meeting

Scott BrisonLiberal

Finance committee  You've spent quite a bit of time with us over the years. You have expressed concern over FATCA, particularly over document retention requirements and the complexity of the act. But you've also spoken in favour of intergovernmental agreement processes the U.S. is developing with a number of European countries, including the U.K.

February 14th, 2013Committee meeting

Scott BrisonLiberal