N.B. anti-abortion activist refuses to pay tax fine

[The Crusader]

I wonder what would happen if we all stopped paying?

A man who apparently doesn't put his money, just his freedom, where is mouth is.

Quite frankly I am floored, not so much by his integrity, but his courage( think this may be a first in Canada on this issue), and the fact the communist broadcasting system reported it, albeit locally.
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http://www.cbc.ca/canada/new-brunswick/ ... e-tax.html

N.B. anti-abortion activist refuses to pay tax fine

An anti-abortion crusader who refused to file his tax returns as a form of protest has been found guilty of three counts of failing to pay taxes and ordered to pay a fine.

David Little refused to file his income tax returns between 2000 and 2002 because he felt the federal government was funding abortion procedures.

Little wants the Canada Health Act changed or the Charter of Rights and Freedoms amended to recognize the right to life for the unborn.

Judge Leslie Jackson handed down the 62-year-old's sentence in Fredericton on Friday. Little has been told he must pay $3,000 or spend 66 days in jail.

The sentences are the minimum under the law. He could have faced a fine of up to $25,000 or a year in jail on each charge.

After sentencing, Little said he refused to pay the fine because his religious beliefs say abortion is murder and the government funds abortions.

He was taken into custody but released shortly thereafter.

Little will have until March 31 to file his tax returns and pay his fine. He is scheduled to return to court on April 4 if he hasn't paid, and could be sent to jail.

During the trial, the defence argued Little's long history as an anti-abortion activist shows his beliefs are sincere and not just an excuse to get out of filing his taxes.

Jackson's decision said Little hasn't demonstrated that the Income Tax Act interferes with his religious beliefs.

"My whole case is based on my conscience," Little told CBC News outside the courthouse. "It's deeply troubling when people in authority don't have the basic understanding that abortion for many, many people in this country is simple murder, plain murder."

He continued to insist he will not pay the fine.

"I will never enter into any co-operation with government ever again until they change the law," he said."Human beings in the womb are human beings and we shouldn't be paying our money to kill them."

[Felix Culpa]

This is not without precedent: <a href=http://www.catholicworker.org>Dorothy Day</a> deliberately lived at or below the poverty line in order to avoid paying taxes.

[The Devil's Advocate]

This is not without precedent: <a href=http://www.catholicworker.org>Dorothy Day</a> deliberately lived at or below the poverty line in order to avoid paying taxes.

That's fine, and while I admire the conviction, unless this fellow is self-employed, the taxes have already been paid and spent. What does he hope to accomplish in that instance?

[snowstormcanuck]

Doesn't NB not fund abortions? Or do I have that wrong?

[The Crusader]

This is not without precedent: <a href=http://www.catholicworker.org>Dorothy Day</a> deliberately lived at or below the poverty line in order to avoid paying taxes.

Thank you for the link. I see the principle being the same but it seems this man has not chosen to live in "poverty", he has chosen civil disobedience.

[The Crusader]

That's fine, and while I admire the conviction, unless this fellow is self-employed, the taxes have already been paid and spent. What does he hope to accomplish in that instance?

Not necessarily so DA. I for instance do not pay taxes until the end of the year. I do not get taxed at the source and I am an EMPLOYEE. Its not because I am special, its because i know how to fill out my fed and prov TD1.
So I could be in the exact same situation if I so chose.

HUGE BUMP.

[The Crusader]

Doesn't NB not fund abortions? Or do I have that wrong?

I know PEI does not perform abortions.

[The Crusader]

Bump...no other input on this folks? Here is another Canadian taking a principalled stand!

[boar2u2]

Maybe if you shared with the rest of us in how to fill out a TD1 at some point we then would be in a position to do a mass protest--just a thought

[The Crusader]

Maybe if you shared with the rest of us in how to fill out a TD1 at some point we then would be in a position to do a mass protest--just a thought

Td1 and provincal TD1 is the next ti 1st papers a new employer gives you on hire. At anytime you can ask for a new one from your employer, or get one service Canada and submit it to your employer.

You fill in "anticipated" tax credits so that all combined = more than your "anticipated" income. Check the box on the second page that reads "check this box if you income from all combined employers will be less that your total claim amount on line 13"

Do that for both Fed and provincial and then only CPP and EI is taken off.

The employer doesn't care about the numbers because thats your business not his.


Bump.. I can't believe this really. Here is a man willing to go to jail by not paying the government that aborts and nadda, next to nothing.

[TomFoolery]

I'm not excited about working and paying taxes in a country that doesn't share my values either.

The farther a country moves away from the values of the citizens, the more demotivated they become, and eventually the system collapses in bankrupcy. The Soviet Union remains a prime example of the dehabiliting impact of values, politics and democratic morale on economic productivity.

The unfortunate thing is that many lives are wasted waiting for the collapse. However - its more honorable to passively let the system crumble than to contribute to its sustenance.

Bless this honorable man. He is a Piranha. AND I MEAN PIRANHA. (Kill the beast one bite at a time.)

[free_life2]

David Little is a hero. I greatly admire this man. What courage..........now what will I do?

Thanks for bringing this our attention Frank.

[Heartofsong83]

Doesn't NB not fund abortions? Or do I have that wrong?

You're right, New Brunswick does not fund abortions.