A Manitoba lawyer at war the Canada Revenue Agency has been stripped of his licence after comparing income tax to something Adolph Hitler would have come up with..There was also the slight matter of the lawyer being found guilty of tax evasion after failing to report more than a half-million dollars in income, says Blacklock’s Reporter..“Adolf Hitler is a more current reminder of what rule of law is not,” lawyer Brian Langford of Birtle, Man., earlier told the Manitoba Law Society..“Canada went to war to protect the rule of law.”.“I have been charged and convicted of breaches under the Income Tax Act in spite of the violation of the rule of law in Canada. What kind of country do you want to live in?”.The Manitoba Court of Appeal was told Langford failed to report $622,820 worth of income on his tax returns dating from 2002 to 2010, then challenged the constitutionality of the Income Tax Act. Langford claimed under Confederation-era law only the provinces could impose direct taxation, a legal argument repeatedly dismissed by Canadian courts..“My integrity is intact. I am worried about the federal government, the provincial government and the Law Society,” Langford said..Langford told a 2019 disbarment hearing he invoked Hitler to prove the Income Tax Act operated outside the law..“I could have used King Henry VIII. If it’s not rule of law, it’s Adolf Hitler,” he said..The Court of Appeal upheld Langford’s disbarment..“He never attempted to file a formal and legal dispute as to the constitutionality of the income tax system,” wrote the Court..“Rather he simply waited to see if he would ever be caught. Put simply, the appellant is incorrigible.”.The Manitoba Law Society earlier described Langford’s conduct as “irresponsible,” “dishonourable,” “selfish” and “reprehensible.”.The Canada Revenue Agency in Access To Information records acknowledged losing millions in taxes due to Internet-fueled tax protests in which scofflaws challenged the Income Tax Act by invoking Scripture, the 1867 British-North America Act, the Magna Carta and old English common law.
A Manitoba lawyer at war the Canada Revenue Agency has been stripped of his licence after comparing income tax to something Adolph Hitler would have come up with..There was also the slight matter of the lawyer being found guilty of tax evasion after failing to report more than a half-million dollars in income, says Blacklock’s Reporter..“Adolf Hitler is a more current reminder of what rule of law is not,” lawyer Brian Langford of Birtle, Man., earlier told the Manitoba Law Society..“Canada went to war to protect the rule of law.”.“I have been charged and convicted of breaches under the Income Tax Act in spite of the violation of the rule of law in Canada. What kind of country do you want to live in?”.The Manitoba Court of Appeal was told Langford failed to report $622,820 worth of income on his tax returns dating from 2002 to 2010, then challenged the constitutionality of the Income Tax Act. Langford claimed under Confederation-era law only the provinces could impose direct taxation, a legal argument repeatedly dismissed by Canadian courts..“My integrity is intact. I am worried about the federal government, the provincial government and the Law Society,” Langford said..Langford told a 2019 disbarment hearing he invoked Hitler to prove the Income Tax Act operated outside the law..“I could have used King Henry VIII. If it’s not rule of law, it’s Adolf Hitler,” he said..The Court of Appeal upheld Langford’s disbarment..“He never attempted to file a formal and legal dispute as to the constitutionality of the income tax system,” wrote the Court..“Rather he simply waited to see if he would ever be caught. Put simply, the appellant is incorrigible.”.The Manitoba Law Society earlier described Langford’s conduct as “irresponsible,” “dishonourable,” “selfish” and “reprehensible.”.The Canada Revenue Agency in Access To Information records acknowledged losing millions in taxes due to Internet-fueled tax protests in which scofflaws challenged the Income Tax Act by invoking Scripture, the 1867 British-North America Act, the Magna Carta and old English common law.
