I drove by this house the day the federal election was called and noticed a single Canadian flag hanging upside down. I figured he was not happy with the calling of the federal election (neither was I). Then a few days later he upped the ante to 5 flags upside down! See the photo.
Then another week goes by and I find an article in the Journal de Montréal. It turns out he was protesting the nasty federal government all right. But not for political reasons.
He claims the government of Canada are terrorists! Yes, they are terrorizing him! They have slapped a $1.8M mortgage on his house! (It's worth about $600K). And since then, the Quebec government has slapped him with another $1.5M bill for their share of unpaid taxes. Also seized were some $728K and a Rolls-Royce.
Per the Journal de Montréal, he's alleged to have not paid taxes (including payroll taxes collected from employees) in 2001 through 2005.
Various arms offenses and other criminal charges related to organized crime have also been brought against the owner.
Other items seized include "valuable family property".
He said (translated from French), "As Canadians we have the right to defend ourselves and be treated equally under the law."
In fair turnabout he is suing the government for, get this, $385 million dollars.
Per the Quebec government (as reported in the JdeM), he managed to acquire a home, businesses, a Rolls-Royce and other luxuries here since his arrival in Quebec in 1991 and citizenship in 1995, yet he has never filed a tax return in Quebec!
The Rolls-Royce was in the name of a Florida company, and the beater car (a mere Mercedez) was in his wife's name. (She has been ordered to leave Canada - presumably to her native France).
The city of Lorraine is owed some $8K in municipal taxes too...
The kicker? He claims he's not subject to Canadian tax since he's a citizen of Dubai...
What's worse than that? He hasn't paid his lawyers. So he'll represent himself in court.
