Harper Rules

Freedom of expression is a great thing. I'm sure we have all "pushed" our opinions or beliefs on others in some way. But in the end we are in control of how we process information and hopefully we do what is best for us. At least the majority (lol) of us.

Thank you for youre well wishes, they are greatly appriciated:)

Thank you so much for your insight, if only things worked out as we expect them to. My twins are fraternal as well, we are approaching a second birthday and they certainly have kept me on my toes. Pure enjoyment and entertainment as well!!!

I thank you so much for your kind words and your well wishes, I too am against any abuse of government funding to the less fortunate.(in some cases,yes, lazy) And yes it is quite obviously illegal to be biased when hiring women who are pregnant or who have children, my point is I was already out of the work force and then all of a sudden expecting twins,(13 weeks when I found out) no one would hire me. Illegal or not, employers can give different reasons for not hiring a person. Albeit my original point was I haven't applied for welfare or any other social programs, as I stated earlier on the CCTB was a credit paid to ALL Canadian families until 1992, I didn't think that it should be viewed as taking other peoples money. I do understand however that now it is paid to lower income families, not just the unemployed. As far as my education goes ot is not government funded, in my province the government will only fund for a 2 year certificate program, so my parents are graciously helping with those costs. Again thank you so much for being kind and not judgemental.

I have decided not to work at this time due to the young ages of my children, the cost of childcare is astromomical and I'm not interested in someone else raising my kids. I'm not abusing the system in any way. Myself and my children are owed thousands of dollars from my ex. I played a traditional role as wife and mother, that was something my ex and I chose. My annual income would be around 16,000 per year, not so bad as a second income, but being single and receiving no support from where it is supposed to come from I can't afford a childcare pricetag of 25,000 per year. So lets get some stonger legislation on deadbeat parents. I didn't choose to be in this situation, after a few years of trying to conceive our second child we were finally sucsessful, much to my surprise my husband decided to walk out the door shortly after the precnancy test was positive. A few short weeks after that I found out I was having twins, I'm not all about poppin' out babies for a bigger cheque. I'm hoping to raise my kids to be fair and have an open view of how the world works. Remember this credit was paid to all Canadian families until 1992, so I'm sure it has made a contribution to you life in some way or another. Don't clump all people who are less fortuneate into one heap, everyone has different circumstances, some unavoidable. In my case who wants to hire a women pregnant with twins and has a three and half year old, not many. I will re-enter the work force once my chilren are all in school and I finish my degree.

Why do you say it's other peoples money? I worked for 13 years and never collected an unemloyment cheque, I have worked for years and "supported" other people in my situation, the amount of money I receive is well below what someone on assistance would receive. Like I said I received the CCTB when I came from a double income family, beit small, but it was something. This money is something you can't refuse. Look into it.

It absolutely is not getting help from the government, the child tax credit is ions old. When a child is born you fill out a form send it off and the government decided if you qualify based on your income or lack there of. I received the CCTB when I was married and working, we must have been considered the working poor. What I'm saying here is I have never applied for a social assistance program, medical assistance, or any other programs for myself or my children. If I and many others out there like me received the money we are entitled to like child support and spousal support then these benefits would decrease per household. So again I'm on board with people like my ex being fed road kill.

Every family in Canada below a certain income is entitled to a child tax credit(family allowance). My point is I have not applied to a social program to help my family financially. I guess what I'm trying to say is why are the less fortunate being picked on by Mr. Canada ( Layton ), they are only good enough for rodants. It's a pretty strong statement.

I am a single unemployed ( by choice ) mother with three children and a deadbeat ex-husband. We do not collect social assistance, I do however receive a child tax credit which is what we survive off of. I would hate to think that if I ever did need help from the government that my family would only be good enough for road kill. Not all people choose to be in such terrible situations. If I decided to go back to work at this time with the ages of my children I would require government assistace to pay for child care. That being said, I think people like my ex should be fed road kill!