How Could the Coronavirus affect the Argos and the CFL

[ArgoZ]

It is an issue, if an American paying taxes in Canada, is treated differently from an other taxpayer. Sorry, previous comment badly worded.

I don’t think they are treated differently as a tax payer. They are allowed all the benefits such as health care when they are here in Canada. The problem stems from when the player leaves in the off season for his residence in the USA. He is legally an American citizen benefiting from their system and contributing to their economy. Mike Reilly, the highest paid player in the league, fails to mention he lives in Washington and benefits from a huge difference of cost of living than Vancouver. I’m not saying he should not be receiving anything, but what Country should help him? In times of crisis’s, Countries focus on their residents, not others.

[OV Argo]

I don’t think they are treated differently as a tax payer. They are allowed all the benefits such as health care when they are here in Canada. The problem stems from when the player leaves in the off season for his residence in the USA. He is legally an American citizen benefiting from their system and contributing to their economy. Mike Reilly, the highest paid player in the league, fails to mention he lives in Washington and benefits from a huge difference of cost of living than Vancouver. I’m not saying he should not be receiving anything, but what Country should help him? In times of crisis’s, Countries focus on their residents, not others.

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[AngeloV]

I don’t think they are treated differently as a tax payer. They are allowed all the benefits such as health care when they are here in Canada. The problem stems from when the player leaves in the off season for his residence in the USA. He is legally an American citizen benefiting from their system and contributing to their economy. Mike Reilly, the highest paid player in the league, fails to mention he lives in Washington and benefits from a huge difference of cost of living than Vancouver. I’m not saying he should not be receiving anything, but what Country should help him? In times of crisis’s, Countries focus on their residents, not others.

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[Argo57]

I don’t think they are treated differently as a tax payer. They are allowed all the benefits such as health care when they are here in Canada. The problem stems from when the player leaves in the off season for his residence in the USA. He is legally an American citizen benefiting from their system and contributing to their economy. Mike Reilly, the highest paid player in the league, fails to mention he lives in Washington and benefits from a huge difference of cost of living than Vancouver. I’m not saying he should not be receiving anything, but what Country should help him? In times of crisis’s, Countries focus on their residents, not others.

Further to this, when Mike Reilly and the rest of the American players toddle back home to the good old USA when their playing days are done I hope they will at least raise a glass of Budweiser to the future generations of Canadian taxpayers who will carry the tax burden of this for decades to come.

[ArgoZ]

Further to this, when Mike Reilly and the rest of the American players toddle back home to the good old USA when their playing days are done I hope they will at least raise a glass of Budweiser to the future generations of Canadian taxpayers who will carry the tax burden of this for decades to come.

Great point. Paying for it for the rest of our lives. Hopefully that’s more than decades.