hahahahaha
i do make more than the 70k minimum to be in that top tax tier (by a good margin i might add)

maybe you enjoy having half of everything you make go to the government to pay for social programs for the have-nots, i sure as fuck dont

please leave the country.

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Vote for the " Reform Party " ...

I am trying to leave , with Quebec as my Homeland .... :1orglaugh

its 108.00 a month in BC for a family of 3, most companies pay it for their employees.. if you are self employed, then you have to pay it...of course if you dont pay it for 2 or 3 years, i guess you could complain about the cumulative amount...

its not much different than the US. why would they throw people in jail for stealing? if they're repeat offenders or its over a certain $ amount then they go to jail.

some people aren;t very bright

harper's platform has x amount of billions thats not accounted for. he'll either have to cut a bunch or go in the red to pull it off. the platform doesn't make sense so we really don't know what to expect.

damn english ppl, good thing i live in toronto

The only election glitch in Eastern Canada came at a polling station in New Glasgow, N.S., when a man took off with a ballot box.

Just after noon, the man ran into a polling station in the town's stadium and tried to grab two boxes. An election official snatched one, but the man made it out with the other one under his arm.

"The suspect actually went to the parking area, placed the box down on the ground and actually used his own personal vehicle [and] drove over the Elections Canada box," said Const. Ken MacDonald of New Glasgow police.

The man sped away. However, officers picked him a little while later.

Although the box was flattened, no ballots were destroyed. Scrutineers watched as the deputy returning officer transferred all of the ballots into a new box.

I wonder who he was pissed off at..

I was in New Glasgow this last summer... and am not surprised at all :1orglaugh

Noted and I did vote for the Conservatives

Harper.. Minority government...

*whew* it is a minority government. I didn't care who won as long as it wasn't a majority.

Actually, I don't 'ride' you in any way. When you make inflammatory, controversial comments, expect to be called on them. I disagree with you - suck it up like a big boy and move on.

You attempt to come off as a brash, cocky hard-ass to increase your page views and sig impressions but it only makes you look hysterical. Whining about it only makes it worse.

a conservative government doesn't always mean lower taxes. Harper wanted to send us into George Bush's little pet project war that would have cost us billions. Money has to come from somewhere. Mulroney was our last conservative prime minister (not counting kim campbell) and he bestowed us with GST, basically raised our taxes 7% right then and there...

Hehe, yup :)


My ex g/f's friend works in Utah as an engineer and pays something silly like $20 a month in health insurance, 20-something male, full coverage.

well, the company must be funding a big % of it, bro.... i know when i worked in the USA decent coverage was 4-500.00 monthly or so for a family....that was 10 years ago too... there are a few threads here on medical insurance payments in the US, you can see why some people just cant afford it...also in eastern Canada they dont pay a monthly payment at all, they just jack up the sales tax a few points...;)

GST wasnt a new tax
it replaced a 14% manufacturers tax so canada wouldnt be at such a disadvantage for exports

Yeah it's kinda cute in a way.. like "aww.. little johnny's got his first pube - he's growing up!"

Michael Ignatieff is the future of this country... and he's liberal.... next election should be his.

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Myst certainly makes more than that. :thumbsup

On the political side, both conservatives and liberals are a bunch of self-serving elitist twats, at least here they are, and regardless of who gets voted in, in most Western countries, the end policies result in almost completely the same thing.

Personally I tend to favor populist parties (i.e. nationalist and such) as they tend to shake things up a little and atleast shake some sense into a totally disconnected Government. Of course in Australia, and I geuss Canada, these parties don't have much hope, but it is positive to see their influence and strength in Europe is growing, and even without direct power many of their policies are being adopted by the ruling parties out of fear.

why do i pay 7% on a haircut? or an office rental? or a ticket to a hockey game?
what does that have to do with import/export?

hahahaha, look shitstain, the smarter you get, the more you'll agree with me.
There's never been a subject you've disagreed with me about where you've been right. the maturation process may change that for you.
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brad, you're an idiot. just about the only country in the western world that doesn't have government funded health care is the US. all of western europe and canada does.

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Do you fucking know who Michael Ignatieff is??? Do you even know what he stands for?? He is THE true Neocon hack.. not Harper... He has been living in the States for a while now.. just came back for the election.. The guy is so pro war and pro US its not even funny...

Oh no, reminds me of the time I said...American Canadian Idol, when my boyfriends mom was visting us in the states!

Rut Row!

Anti-gay, anti abortion , anti social services and anti kyoto

Pro life, pro war, pro CEO ...

Harper sounds good actually :1orglaugh :1orglaugh

Brad, you may not live with your parents, but you are still a kid. That is pretty obvious by your posts. I'd be really surprised if you are even 20 years old yet.

As a kid, your ignorance cannot be held against you because you simply do not know any better. You do not know what life is all about because you have not experienced life yet. Until you get some experience you will make ignorant statements like the one above because you think it is cool and makes you look like a hard ass or something. The reality is it makes you look like an idiot, but you are too young to know that yet.

The point is you are too young to know what it is like to have a family relying on you for support. You don't know what it is like to have kids and a mortgage hanging over your head. What happens if you have an accident and can't work anymore? What happens to your kids? Everybody just gets thrown out onto the street? This is exactly the point. You cannot possibly have any empathy for people in this situation because you are still a child. And you will not understand this post because you are still a child. It's not your fault. One day you will grow up. Hopefully nothing will happen in your life to make you eat your words.

Manga: You made your point, I really doubt you could have tried to be any more belittling. Good job "big boy".

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Big B
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the tax on manufacturers was 14%
by removing that, they needed a way to get that 14% somehow from taxes
7% became a goods tax, and 7 for services

The 7% Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a relatively new tax that came into effect in Canada on January 1, 1991. It replaced the out-dated 13.5% Manufacturers? Sales Tax (MST), which had been in effect since 1924.

http://canadianeconomy.gc.ca/english...y/1991gst.html

I use to get charged for that .I t was a real pain. GST is a more appropriate tax.