Canada, Economics, Opinion, Uncategorized
Sorry Mr. and Mrs. Average: The Payroll Tax
Paying the Piper January 1st 2012 will see the largest increase in Federal payroll tax deductions in a decade, to the tune of a whopping %4.84 which equates to an extra $4.84 for every $100 dollars you earn on your paycheck to a maximum of $242.07 (per month) off your income – or $3,147.00 per [...]
Continue ReadingOP ED: Why Occupy Montreal?
Standing in Berri Uqam metro station about lunch hours this afternoon when the song broke out. A chant in the distance at first but you know it was growing closer. Soon there they were with placards in hand in a march and a song. This protest however was against the tuition hikes; and when you [...]
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OP ED: Defining the core Issue
http://hudsonvillage.blog.com/2011/10/23/the-voices-voix-coalition-notes/ Defining Core Issues: The Thorn in the Activist’s Paw -Regardless of the particular issue, an ideological decision lay at the core On October 21st 2011 I attended the “Voices-Voix Coalition” meeting “Defending Advocacy and dissent: a long term strategy” at the Hotel Marriot in Montreal. Attending were several delegates from various recently Defunded NGO’s [...]
Continue ReadingOn The Corporate Dime: Buying Democracy One Vote At A Time
Putting the ‘phasing out’ of the Political subsidy into perspective: 1. Bill C-24 (2002) To understand this one must go back to Bill C-24, tabled by the Chretien Liberals in June of 2002. It was intended to regulate private and corporate political donations. The reasoning being that by putting a ceiling or cap on the [...]
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OP ED: Putting a Gun to their Health
There seems to be a pervasive attitude among some landlords. I’m starting to get this now that I am back in the housing market. There seems to be this sense that somehow the tenants are always ‘responsible’ for the maintenance of their domicile. Now in general this is perfectly true; you are responsible to maintain [...]
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The Vote Subsidy and the voice of the Public.
Is it really such a big ask to give the Political Party I voted for $2 from the public purse that I pay into too? Oh you can see them licking their chops already. No doubt this will become the first order of business when the Conservative Senate and House of Commons McCarthyist wannabe sits [...]
Continue ReadingOP ED: Welcome Back Harper, our PM by Default (Unless)…
If one were to believe the polls they would seemingly lead to another Reform Party…um…Conservative minority. This isn’t surprising, as no one caters to eugenics and a two tiered financially and socially privileged society quite like the Reform…um…Conservative party does. The people sweeping the street and dying in hospital beds deserve no better to the [...]
Continue ReadingOP ED: On Being Reactionary, but Discretionary
Know Your Enemy. Often life will hand you a situation where you have no other option but to watch and wait for a probable outcome, such as in the case of Terminal Cancer patients who are also your loved ones. And there are two choices in such a situation: you can sit and wait for [...]
Continue ReadingWhat is meant by “Contempt of Parliament” #cdnpoli #proc
Being elected the governing party doesn`t mean that the Reform Party has won the proverbial poker pot
Continue ReadingChara and the “Definition” of Intent
And what good would having possibly saved a goal have been versus perhaps disabling a fellow player forever. That is the question that begs answering: when does the game become more important than the people who actually play it
Continue ReadingTalking Points
- #census : The OP ED Debate, the Twitter-verse, A cancelled Town Hall meeting, the Protest Resignation of Canada’s Chief Statistician.
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Sorry Mr. and Mrs. Average: The Payroll Tax
- OP ED: Why Occupy Montreal?
- OP ED: Defining the core Issue
- On The Corporate Dime: Buying Democracy One Vote At A Time
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OP ED: Putting a Gun to their Health
- The Vote Subsidy and the voice of the Public.
- OP ED: Welcome Back Harper, our PM by Default (Unless)…
- OP ED: On Being Reactionary, but Discretionary
- What is meant by “Contempt of Parliament” #cdnpoli #proc
- Chara and the “Definition” of Intent
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Postcards from Purgatory: Poems and Poetry
- Angst January 13, 2012 Jeff Casselman
- The Stone Menagerie January 12, 2012 Jeff Casselman
- A Perfect Legislation January 10, 2012 Jeff Casselman
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