All of the warning signs were there but no wanted to heed them:
Parliament’s Procurement Ombudsman testifies today on favouritism in
federal contracting to McKinsey & Company, a consulting firm
formerly led by a friend of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. The
investigation ordered by the Commons government operations committee
found “a strong perception of favouritism” in McKinsey contracts: “I
knew Chrystia Freeland when she worked at the Financial Times.”
Now, now.
In Canada, everyone will have a chance to be fleeced:
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Marginal effective tax rate (METR) measures the personal income taxes paid both federally and provincially as well as the reductions in government benefits linked to income.
Households earning $30,000 to $60,000 face marginal effective tax rates near or above 50 per cent, said the report published by the Fraser Institute.
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More than a tenth of pensioners in their 60s remain in the workforce by necessity, Statistics Canada said yesterday. New data follow a
recommendation that cabinet rewrite Income Tax Act credits to recognize
hundreds of thousands of Canadians who work past 65: “Those working by
necessity represented 351,000 individuals.”
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Why stay?:
A new report lends insight into Canadians who leave the country,
estimated to number around four million in 2016, or about 11 per cent of
the population according to Statistics Canada.
Canada has
trouble retaining new citizens, with onward migration showing an
increase by 31 per cent between 2017 and 2019, according to the report
published by McGill Institute for the Study of Canada on Monday.
The number of naturalized Canadians deciding to leave Canada within
“four to seven years of arrival” is partly due to the lack of
affordability, it says.
“Canada’s inflexible and
unrealistic pathways towards recognizing foreign degrees … prevent
immigrants from finding jobs in their chosen fields and building their
careers in their new country,” the report adds.
About half
of Canadians acquired their citizenship through their Canadian parents,
while one-third were born on Canadian soil. The remaining 15 per cent of
Canadians living abroad were born as foreigners and became naturalized
citizens. Their reasons for leaving the country include travel, jobs and
study opportunities.
The average age of Canadians living
abroad, at 46.2, is slightly more than the national average, according
to StatsCan. The largest group is between 45 and 54 years old.
Canada is a nothing country.
Justin (who is desperately appealing to the Americans) said so himself.
Political multiculturalism, brought in by his father, has ensured Liberal voters blocks but not loyalty.
Certainly no financial reason to remain.
The most "transparent" government in the country's history:
Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne’s department promises to
do better after it was caught concealing legislative briefing notes from
the Senate. One senator was told the routine documents would not be
released until after the next election: “I would say fundamentally this
is unacceptable.”
Also:
Federal subsidies for the electric vehicle industry are now up to $52.5
billion, triple the $16 billion annual GDP of the entire Canadian auto
industry. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday would not say how much
his cabinet was willing to pay per job in the sector: “How much is the
government paying for each of those jobs?”
Marc Miller is a complete waste of skin:
Immigration Minister Marc Miller’s office yesterday did not comment
after Miller told a U.S. radio interviewer Canada was “open country” for
foreigners. Illegal immigration was a minor issue since Canada was
surrounded by oceans, the United States and “a block of ice to the
north,” he said.
Also:
Canadian companies ramped up their recruitment of temporary foreign
workers last year, even as the labour market softened and the
unemployment rate drifted higher.
It's no wonder he failed out of engineering class:
A federal inventory of vacant Crown-owned property lists fewer than 400
nationwide including many unsuitable for housing like cattle barns and
boat sheds, records show. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau yesterday
repeated his claim that unused federal property will create thousands of
new homes: “Anyone who says we don’t need to put everything on the
table right now is not listening.”
China is a great source of slave labour.
Put sanctions on it:
Labour Minister Seamus O’Regan yesterday said he will introduce a bill
by year’s end to detect and block imports of slave-made goods into
Canada. Cabinet has long promised legislation to ban the trade: “This
year we will introduce legislation.”
Justin is good at weaponising the organs of the state against those he does not like, as any dictator would.
What will he do when he can't collect from Saskatchewan?:
“It’s our position that we paid all the tax that is owing so the threat is not a threat at all,” said Premier Moe. “(The) prime minister thinks
he’s going to start sending agencies after provinces that had unanimous
votes in their legislation … he may have his views. I believe he’s wrong
with those views.”
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The Canada Revenue Agency is going to audit Saskatchewan for not paying carbon levies on home heating, Premier Scott Moe said Monday.
Moe said the agency has indicated it will look at
Saskatchewan’s books to see how much the province owes in levies that weren’t
paid to Ottawa.
“They will ask if they can look at the submissions we’ve
made and for us to submit money they estimate may be owed,” he told reporters.
“We don’t believe there’s any dollars that are owed.”
The Saskatchewan Party government decided earlier this year
to not remit the federal carbon price on natural gas, a move that breaks
federal law.
Moe invoked the measure after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
exempted users of home heating oil from having to pay the levy in a move
largely seen as politically motivated to boost Liberal support in Atlantic
Canada.
The Canada Revenue Agency did not immediately respond to a
request for comment.
Apparently, ArriveCan CAN get worse:
Customs officers warn of another ArriveCan-style fiasco with a Canada
Border Services Agency plan to digitize $32 billion in yearly tariff
collections. The computer system to be launched May 13 has been delayed
until October: “A rushed system is deployed as a solution to a
non-existent problem.”
The biggest job growth in Canada is in the public sector.
The least amount of any real work is done by the public sector:
The federal government will expect public servants back in the office three days a week beginning later this year.
A
federal government source who is not authorized to speak publicly about
the matter confirmed to Radio-Canada what the French-language newspaper
Le Droit first reported Monday.
The source said the policy shift is due to come into effect in September, but added that could change.
It's
a major alteration to the twice-a-week hybrid model that prompted some
155,000 Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) members to walk off the
job last year in what their union called a "watershed moment" for
workers' rights.
Melanie Joly can't do anything right:
Auditors have uncovered routine irregularities in the hiring of
consultants in Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly’s department. The
review followed a public outcry over billions spent on consultants
government-wide, said an internal audit report: “In the last five years
the department signed more than 8,000 consulting service contracts
totaling $567 million.”
No one had a problem going to stores during the lockdowns.
Indeed, they were heroes to the people who traversed several blocks for their Cheezies while still wearing pajamas:
If the goal truly is to enhance food affordability, the boycott should encompass all major box stores, not just focus on one company. Moreover,
to truly address the issue at hand, the movement should support
independent grocers who compete against these large players without any
substantial backing. Independent grocers often promote local foods and
innovate across various food categories. Despite their contributions,
these smaller entities seldom receive the recognition they deserve and
are prevalent in communities nationwide. Contrary to popular belief,
smaller does not inherently mean more expensive, and the boycott could
have highlighted the value of supporting independently owned and
operated stores.
If the protest is to have any legitimacy, it should point out inflation, how the carbon tax has driven up prices, how food control boards control prices, and the lack of competition in where one can buy food.
So there's that.
I would like term limits AND the right to impeach at will:
I believe in term limits. I never believed in politics that winning
is everything. Doing the right thing is what it’s about, and paying the
price. Term limits would eliminate a lot of crap. Today I don’t know if
there is leadership that’s prepared to pay the political price and take
the chance.
One of the most dangerous elements in democracy is the person who
wants to get re-elected. Once they’re in office they will say or do
anything to win re-election, as opposed to doing the right thing. That
is a much bigger danger to democracy than low turnout by the electorate.
Term limits would reduce the amount of time it would take for someone do destroy the country, as Justin has.
Were he granted only four years to ruin things, the damage might be reparable.
Make these politicians fear the electorate, not the other way around.
Make them accountable.
