I spend a fair amount of time reading and reviewing some of my older posts, mostly to check the awkward writing style, and to repair broken links and such. I tripped across a classic understatement… Read More »A Great Financial Understatement
Elections, Heat, Cheap Oil, and #RandomThoughts , and election that Mr. Harper maybe should not have called?
What are your money motivation ? What motivates you in terms of money and what makes you work hard for money?
Are employer pensions in Canada pretty much done? If you don’t work for a Bank, Insurance Company or the Government you don’t have one.
The Conservative party has made a significant change to the Universal Child Care Benefit (UCCB) by making it a taxable benefit. This has resulted in the reinstatement of the Family Allowance cheque, which was previously issued and then withdrawn if the recipient earned enough money. It’s worth noting that while the new UCCB is currently being paid out, many people are not aware that it is a taxable income source and may not realize this until after the election. However, the Liberals, NDP, and I will be sure to bring this to people’s attention long before the election.
Now there is talk of a real deficit this year (not a big one, but no balanced budget to go into the election with either). What with all the talk of recession (check out the CBC’s panel at the end of this and their views on this) and it looks like the economy may be a liability for the Tories, instead of a rallying point for voters.
Thanks to the drop in Interest rate drops last week, the Canadian Dollar is at an 11 year low, and doesn’t really show any sign of dropping either (so if you were planning a fun trip to the USA, it is going to cost you some more). For our American friends, come on up, everything is now much cheaper than it was last year.
Bell is now being forced to share their high-speed internet home connections? I applaud the CRTC for helping make sure there is competition for home high-speed internet access.
Glad to see I am living in “sin city” in terms of Ashley Madison subscriptions :
I am still on this fine list from LSM Insurance:
