From: AlanBaggett@volcanomail.com   
      
   ‘It’s harassment’: 94-year-old Ontario woman in battle with Canada   
   Revenue Agency :CRA SOTW    
      
   By Sean O’Shea Consumer Reporter  Global News    
      
   A 94-year-old Bradford, Ont. woman says the Canada Revenue Agency is harassing   
   her with written demands for money after she says an agent said she owed   
   nothing.   
      
   No, these are not fake CRA demands like you read about, perpetrated by   
   offshore scammers threatening jail if you don’t pay: This is the real deal.    
      
   “That’s an appreciable sum when you’re on a limited income,” said   
   Elizabeth LeMoine, referring to roughly $1,200 being sought by the CRA.    
       
   “It’s like a slap in the face,” said LeMoine, referring to the   
   assurances she and her daughter received from a CRA agent on the telephone   
   that the persistent demands would be discontinued.    
      
   “I think it’s shameful that you can’t defend yourself,” said   
   LeMoine’s daughter, Christine, who has been working to resolve the issue for   
   more than a year.    
      
   She said she called the CRA about a hundred times. However, Christine said she   
   can’t get through due to call volumes.    
      
   Last year, she contacted her local member of parliament, Peter van Loan, whose   
   office promised to investigate. However, Van Loan resigned his seat this   
   summer to return to his law practice in Toronto. Christine said the   
   constituency office will not do    
   anything about the situation..    
       
   The demands appear to relate to Elizabeth’s relocation to Bradford from   
   Pasadena, Newfoundland, where she lived for more than 60 years. She is   
   originally from Ireland.   
      
   From what the LeMoines can glean from conversations with agents, the CRA   
   appears to believe that Elizabeth moved to Ontario in 2016, not 2017, when she   
   sold her house in Newfoundland.    
      
   When contacted by Global News, the agency refused to discuss the case due to   
   privacy (even though Elizabeth LeMoine consented to have Global News contact   
   the CRA for the purpose of getting action).   
      
   “While we can’t comment on a specific case due to the confidentiality   
   provisions of the Income Tax Act, reassessments due to a move can happen,”   
   CRA spokesperson Dany Morin wrote in a statement.   
      
   “We are committed to working collaboratively with all taxpayers to resolve   
   their tax situations with respect, fairness and integrity.”   
      
   Elizabeth said she doesn’t object to paying her taxes in full, and has done   
   so her whole life. But she said she is unwilling to pay the government under   
   the circumstances.    
      
   “It would be like giving in when you know it’s wrong,” Elizabeth said.    
      
   Christine said the experience has revealed how difficult it can be do deal   
   with the government bureaucracy.    
      
   “Once they’ve got their boot on your neck, they’re not taking it off   
   until they get your money. There’s no one that cares,” she said.   
      
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