B.C. Supreme Court dismisses ‘natural person’ lawsuit against CRA, TD Bank [Video]

A British Columbia man who describes himself as a “natural person” who is therefore exempt from paying income taxes has lost his attempt to sue his bank and the federal government for removing the funds from his account.

Daniel Blake filed the lawsuit against TD Bank and the Canada Revenue Agency, accusing both of theft, fraud and negligence for removing more than $12,000 from his bank account to pay down some of his personal tax debt.

Writing in her decision last week, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Barbara Norell found the CRA had written to Blake in 2021 requesting that he file his outstanding tax returns for 2013 to 2019.

In response, Blake told the CRA that he had not signed any contract agreeing to pay income taxes and therefore he had no obligation to do so.

“He claims that he is a natural person, he has not agreed to pay …