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Alexander Marino was a guest on the “This is Ottawa” CBC podcast episode titled ‘I feel alienated from my U.S. identity’ on March 23, 2026.

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Alexander Marino was interviewed for the CBC news story “Dual citizens weigh Trump, taxes in decision to renounce US citizenship” on March 23, 2026.

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Kim GC Moody was a guest on The Current with Matt Galloway on CBC Radio, on September 22, 2025 discussing “Why can’t you get a CRA agent on the line?”

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Alexander Marino appeared on CONNECT With Sarah Crosbie on Corus Radio on September 16, 2025, to discuss “Are YOU an Accidental American?”

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Alexander Marino appeared on The Ben Mulroney Show on Corus Radio on September 16, 2025, to discuss “Have You Heard About Accidental Americans?”

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COVID Testing Requirements Loosened for Some Canadian Travellers

Beginning November 30, 2021 full-vaccinated Canadian citizens won’t have to provide a pre-entry molecular test result.

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CRA Applying GAAR for Outside/inside ACB Misalignment on 55(3)(a) transactions

In this blog, we will discuss another recent example of the CRA announcing its willingness to apply the GAAR to taxpayers relying on paragraph 55(3)(a) outside of a narrow scope of circumstances.

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US Tax Increases May Be Coming. Are You Ready to Pay More for Your US Citizenship?

While still being hashed out in the halls of Congress as we speak, proposed changes could see $US2.1 trillion worth of tax increases aimed at individual and corporate taxpayers (a low-end estimate) to pay for the largest social spending plan in decades.

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Our Response to the CRA’s Position on Creditor-Proofing Reorganizations – Part 2 (A Case Study)

In this Blog, we build upon our Response to the CRA’s Position on Creditor-Proofing Reorganizations blog by presenting a specific example of a creditor-proofing reorganization. 

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‘What Happens to My Social Security Payments?’ and Some Common Myths About Life After Renouncing Your US Citizenship

One of the most popular questions I get during my renunciation webinars and over the 4,000 files…

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US Announces Upcoming Conditional Opening of Land Borders

While foreign travelers have been eligible to fly to the US from Canada throughout the pandemic without any sort of “essential travel’ requirement, the land ports-of-entry have been closed to all but essential workers and those whose travel is essential, which is all within the discretion of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

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Alexander Marino was a guest on the “This is Ottawa” CBC podcast episode titled ‘I feel alienated from my U.S. identity’ on March 23, 2026.

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Alexander Marino was interviewed for the CBC news story “Dual citizens weigh Trump, taxes in decision to renounce US citizenship” on March 23, 2026.

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Kim GC Moody was a guest on The Current with Matt Galloway on CBC Radio, on September 22, 2025 discussing “Why can’t you get a CRA agent on the line?”

***CLICK FOR ALL NEWS***

Alexander Marino appeared on CONNECT With Sarah Crosbie on Corus Radio on September 16, 2025, to discuss “Are YOU an Accidental American?”

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Alexander Marino appeared on The Ben Mulroney Show on Corus Radio on September 16, 2025, to discuss “Have You Heard About Accidental Americans?”