https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fat...nada-1.5353942
2.6 million total
So goes the theory that the USA will be collecting from anyone who has made money and is knowingly or unknowningly owing to the IRS. If you have any US parentage at all, and have assets - you are obligated to file every year and may owe backtaxes.
It was just a matter of time before the US starts collecting on debts, it only makes sense they would go for the Americans hiding in Canada first.
Even Boris Johnson bowed to the USA and paid his six digit sum. So don't think that you will be able to get out of it under fear of whatever penalty the IRS deems reasonable.
https://us-east-1.tchyn.io/snopes-pr...t_clock_fb.jpg
BTW: I know some poor bastards who have grandparents that lived in the USA, but never bothered to file US taxes. Legal fees aren't cheap nowadays even if you owe nothing. I can imagine this will piss off a lot of oldtimer "British/French" homesteaders, as recent immigrants all tend to be fully documented under new rules.
My stance: Thank God I'm a full Canadian!