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Jack Klundert, a Windsor optometrist, has been on an arduous, 20-year protest against paying income tax, claiming it is his “moral obligation” to fight against its unconstitutional collection. The Canada Revenue Agency, and every court in the land, has so far disagreed.

If the tax agency is seen as unyielding, however, the same might be said of Mr. Klundert.

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His latest plan to avoid turning over more than $1-million has been rejected, a bid to use money seized from his bank accounts to pay off his criminal fine for tax evasion rather than his tax bill. The government said doing that would allow him to declare bankruptcy and avoid the civil obligation of paying his tax debt.

Last week, the Federal Court of Canada sided with the government but Mr. Klundert remains unbowed and is still fighting the tax assessment in the Tax Court of Canada.

After multiple trials for tax evasion — with a jury twice acquitting him — several appeals, a criminal conviction, jail time, lawsuits and more, he continues to press his anti-tax crusade.