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LETTIER
PAINT
fOllOW
Nelson
doctors charged
with
tax
ev
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Dr. W
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Fi
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and
chieflecturer
M
of
the
Academy ofClassical Oriental Sciences
is
accused of
three
co
un
ts each of making f
al
se statements
and
e\
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Jding
t
ax
p3)ments
in
2006,2007. and 2008.
Fischer
....
US
charged inMarch, made his
first
courtappearancelast mon
th
and
pl
ed
notguilty.He return
ed
Tuesday,
....
here
supporters
packed
the
courtroom.
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re
n
e-
Ma
llS
Grav
en
h
orst
of
th
e
So\'C
rci
gn
Squamish
Government,acting on
Fische
r's behal
f,
began reading astatementarguing
the
court
had
no
ju
ri
sdiction,and persisted
wh
en ,
Judge
Lisa
Mrozinksi
told herto stop,
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The
Star
has
learned agents
from
Canada
RC\"fnue
Agency
raided Fischer's home and
bll..;iness
in
March
2011,
",;ththehelp of the NelsonPolice Department.The prusccutor said the
trial
could
be
reduced
to
as
little as three days if Fischer iswilling toforego
his
challenge
of
thewarrants.
-I
do not
COl\SCnt
tobeing the accusedhere,
~
Fischertoldthejudge. Fischer
"'-as
also ordered
to
tumhimself
in
to
the NelsonPoliceDepartment
by
4
p.m. Monday
for
fingerprinting.ora ,,'arrant ""auld
be
issuedforthat purpose.
~I
do not consent tofingerprinting,
~
FischerstlidHisnext coun appearance
is
JWlC
5.
As
the hearing concluded. Fischer began
to
make a stDtement,butthejudge stopped him.
Mrm
finished ",ithyou
now:
MrozinsldsaidOutside court.Gravenhorst said
for
the
past
)"ear
Fischer
has
beenan ambassador
of
the Sm"freign Squamish.a groupthatclaims
~freedom
from
taxes
pursuant
to
legislatedcommon
law
jurisdiction
gO\
'emance.Others
have
unsuec:essfullytried\'ariationson the so\-ereignt)'defencewhencharged withtaxevasion. Fischer and theSo\-ereign Squamish
also
counted the support Tuesday
of
the Sowreign Sinixt Nation
GO\-emment
andtogethertaped a notice
to
thecourthouscdeclaring Sioixt sovereignty.
-rax
sla\'cI)'
is
not somethinghumanbeing wantto
engage
in,
MGravenhorstsaid.
ilIat
contract
has
to
go
...
RevenueCanada
is
war.We'reinterested in peace:l11ere
is
a resistance
by
thecourts
to
hear our testimony and statements,· said local Sinixt spokeswomanMarilynJames.
"They
have again and again refused Sinixt jurisdiction over
our
sov
ereign land.
We
are a sovereign nation onunceded
tenitOI)
'
.~
Accordingtohis biography on
the
Academyof
Classica1
Oriental Sciences' website,Fischerholdsa bachelor
of
science
in
biochemistI)'
from
McGill
Unh-ersity,as
well
as
a
degree
from
Beijing
Uni\'e~ityofTraditional
ChineseMedicine and Phannacology,and
was
theonlyforeignstudent in a class of
40,
Afterreturning
to
canada,his medical practice
MgI'e\"
quickly,fuelled by the testimonies ofthose
who
had beenhelped.
He
felt compelled
to
ensu.rethatthemedicine
was
competently
pra<.1
.
iscd
and accuratelyrepresentedto the public,·
He
co-founded theAcademyin
1996
and
was
appointed in
1999
to
thefirstboard of the
College
ofTraditionalMedicine Practitionersand Acupuncturistsof
BC
for
a thrce·yeartenn.
OOCI'O
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FINED
In
an unrelated case,
Dr.
Martha Wilson pledguilty
to
failing
to
compiy",iththeincome
tax
act
for
not
filing aretum in
2008
,
and wasfined
$1.000.
Wilson,who runs a
family
practice
in
Nelson,admitted
to
one count
in
FebruaI)'and
....
85
sentenced lastmonth
to
the minimum fine while
a second
count
....
as
stayed. The outstanding return has since been
filed
and she has untilApril
2013
to
pay
her fine.It's
not
clear
how
muchs
he
owed.Wilsondeclim
d
comment excepttosay she found it
~c.xtraordinary"
thatOlnada
RC\
'enue
Agency
issueda
ne",
'srelease abouthercase,Ina section on its website detailing tax
coO\;C'tions
,the agency explains
it
publici:.o.es
such eases
~to
maintainconfidence
in
theintegrity oftheself-assessment system, and to increase compliance withthe law throughthe deterrent
effect
of such publicity.-The
Be
SCl,uon
ofthesitelists
t\'.
·o dozen
othercOIl\~ctions
daringback
to
last November, including a
Cru.1iegar
manwho
was
fined
$1
,
000.
Ne
....
s releases are archived online
for
six months.CommunicationsmanagerDa\idMorganaddedprosecution
is
·only considered after alongchain of othercompliance acth;ties have beentakenand
have not
resulted
in
compelling the filing of returns voluntaril
y,"
If
someone doesn't
file
their
tax
return,theyare issued t
....
o requests
to
file.
Failingthat,theaccount
is
m;ewed, andin some cases an automatic assessment prepared.
If
income can't
be
fully
determined.officers contact the taxpayertolearn theirsituation and make filing arrangements. Ifa mutual!}agreeablearrangement still can't
be
found
or
is
not
complied
....
ith
.the
fileis
mie
....
ed
again.
~When
the officer has exhausted all other means to resolve afile,a requirement to
file is
personally served on thetaxpayer, setting out a rime frame,"Morgansaid.
-If
this isnotcompliedwith,and
if
warranted, prosecution
is
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