Another bump but there was an article today about a local experience with this movement:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgar...eman-1.1863921
Quote:
An Alberta pensioner says she feels like a prisoner after her Calgary rental property was claimed as an "embassy" by a man she says identified himself as a Freemen-on-the-Land, a growing movement of so-called sovereign citizens that is raising concerns with authorities both north and south of the border.
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A few months after the renter moved in, Caverhill went to inspect the work and she says she found the entire kitchen and bathroom had been gutted. All the doors inside had been removed and the floor of the master bedroom had been painted black, she says.
But Caverhill quickly learned she had much bigger problems.
"He walks me to the door and he's yelling at me, 'I'm a Freemen-on-the-Land,"' Caverhill says.
"I said: 'This is my house, not yours.' He said: 'No. This is an embassy house now and it's mine and you have no rights,' so then he slams the door."
She says she discovered the locks had been changed and pounded on the door.
"I said: 'How come the key doesn't work?' He said: 'I changed the locks.' He said: 'It's not your home."'
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Pretty ridiculous. It's one thing to not get your drivers licence or even pay your taxes but this takes it to a whole new level. I hope it gets sorted out quickly.
Whole "movement" seems like basically a cop out of paying back into the society these people have probably knowingly or unknowingly gotten so much out of. That or some sort of cover for investment, renters, tax, etc fraud.