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Quoted from Fraser Institute "Ontario’s economic performance ranges from moderate to miserable Although Ontario continues to reduce corporate income tax rates, its overall taxation of capital remains high When ranked against the 50 US states and 10 Canadian provinces across a variety of economic performance indicators, Ontario suddenly doesn’t look so prosperous. Specifically, Ontario ranked: · 35th in per-capita GDP · 52nd in per-capita personal disposable income · 26th in employment growth (1991–2001) · 53rd in unemployment rates Furthermore, US firms, on average, invest 10 to 15 percent more than Ontario firms in machinery and equipment, and other competitive and efficiency-enhancing investments. Ontario even has trouble competing with border states like Michigan and Ohio, whose economies are very similar to Ontario’s. "

Such comparisons leave out many importants facts. For example, the cost of health insurance comes out every American's pay one way or another. It may be hidden by the employer but it is a cost that should be added to the US tax burden. In addition, I heard americans spend much more on private education since the public school system has been starved for so many years. The additional private education needs to be added to the US total before you get a fair comparison. Lastly, with a federal budget deficit of 6% of GDP, the Americans are severly undertaxed. In the future there taxes will go up. On the other hand, Canadians can look forward to falling taxes in the years ahead as debts are paid off. This is an interesting discussion on Personal taxes, not business taxes. I'll agree that our personal tax rates are not ideal. As Sparhawk has pointed out, our "progressive" tax system's top bracket starts at $59K. So someone who earns $60K is paying the same tax rate (on paper) as the guy who makes $350K. (Mulroney's government dropped the higher tax brackes with a result of only 3 tax brackets for personal income). However, the guy who makes $350K has more vehicles for sheltering his taxes than does the guy who makes $60K, and usually pays a significantly lower real percentage in taxes. Corporate/business tax rates in Canada, (the topic of this forum) average at least 4% lower than corresponding tax rates in the USA. There are organizations (such as the Conservative party and their right-wing "think-tanks" like the Fraser Institute) who would distort this truth, appealing to the citizens of Canada about the unfairly high tax rates.... making it sound like business pays the high tax rates that middle-class Canadians can identify with.... in their aim to have business taxes lowered even further. If the public has a complaint about unreasonably high tax rates, maybe they should look at the further tax cuts that our right-wing federal governments are pushing through for business.... resulting in cuts to our social services and escalation of our personal income taxes.... to finance these cuts to business tax rates... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> well incorporation is one type of business that uses corporate tax structure, talk to the sole proprietorship is another type of business and would use personal income tax rate Now try take funds from your corporate account and don't declare it - at year end the gov't decides for you this is personal income

people are responsible for their own illicit behaviors and self - control. I mean folks are not born with habits they learn it. I feel that everyone should make a contribution to the greater good of society and those that cannot contribute do find selfish ways to exit by themselves.

I am certified to train on Myers-Briggs types, and other personality types These personality type test is a feel good exercise, and it changes depending on what point you are in your life. I use it as a guide to build teams and would encourage it as a fun excercise - and if it helps you to advance your career choices and head in some direction all power to you. Unless it is a science I don't buy into personality testing. Having much knowledge about myself and also EQI I attained scores of 146 for empathy is laughable I am 95% extrovert and a whole lot of Thinking, Judging, iNtuitive

Such comparisons leave out many importants facts. For example, the cost of health insurance comes out every American's pay one way or another. It may be hidden by the employer but it is a cost that should be added to the US tax burden. In addition, I heard americans spend much more on private education since the public school system has been starved for so many years. The additional private education needs to be added to the US total before you get a fair comparison. Lastly, with a federal budget deficit of 6% of GDP, the Americans are severly undertaxed. In the future there taxes will go up. On the other hand, Canadians can look forward to falling taxes in the years ahead as debts are paid off. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well even if you factor in the health system it would not add up to 47% more. Most companies in the US btw would pick up on the insurance coverage. Private education vs public education is a choice. Our tax system don't give us a choice - try owing some tax dollars - shall I remind you that our tax department employs more people that we currently have in the military - so don't count on being saved at this time - the tax system gets you everytime.

I often wondered why rednecks (not meaning you, I don't share some other's opinion of you in that light) were thought of as 'anti-gay' when it means more available 'chicks'? Mind you, there are some women that are drawn to homosexual men like moths to a light....the ones that hang around the gay male 'scene' are called, (using the vernacular) 'fag-hags'. I was told that they seem to think that they are 'the one', the woman so 'womanly', that they could 'straighten them out'. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I didn't feel women "fag - hags" woud try and change homosexuals. They hang around gay folks because gays are not afraid to exhibit characteristics women are drawn to e.g. sympaties, plus they don't exist as potential partner whom one have to impress. I know some gay folks and can vouch that the dialogue is easier, bonding is effortless, you feel comfortable, plus it is much easier to make demands without much protest.

The taxes in Canada is high and sad. The family making say 100k think they are taxed @ 39% the but the truth when you combine all the tax burdens of federal, provincial, municipal and taxes from purchasing liquor to airport taxes, to tictacs it more like 55% of taxes to the government. Compare to the other G-7 countries from personal income tax - Canada is 47% higher that average, and is 14% higher than the US. Canadians (combined federal and provincial) marginal rate of tax is 52% on income of $59,000. In the US the rate is 47% only when income hits an equivalent of $351,000 Canadian. The goverment is contributing to proverty in this country and stifling the people. The tax grabber system is unfair and is no way to stimulate growth. Plus we have a banking system that if the real rates of taxation exist in this discussion would reveal higher rates that we are actually discussing. I mean the bank creates money out of nothing with an intention to pay a debt we keep feeding. Look, was income taxes suppose to pay debts?

Because there are already about a thousand times too many lawyers in this country.One, would be too many. As the cost of home meating oil and natural gas is rising, I suggest we start burning lawyers. We have an overabundance, and they are so full of gas and hot air they'll heat our homed just fine. And if we run out of lawyers we can start in on insurance agents. 75% of our prime ministers were lawyers cum prime ministers. Only about 5 of the prime ministers were not lawyers. Something to mention to those arts folks when you are recruiting. The prospect of being a practicing lawyer is good. The demand for lawyers stems from replacement of retire ones and also your fast forward increasing population growth that requires legal services, plus our business activities have not slowed down yet and the demand for lawyers is linked to economics and business cycles. So don't try to deter those arts students nor try and burn valuable lawyers.

i don't what happened to the stuff i replied to :angry:

To get through law school, you not only have to learn and memorize a vast amount of case law, but also how to apply precedents to individual cases. In physics, you do much the same thing. Start with a body of knowledge, and try to build out from it in a logical way. If memorization is the only skill needed to get through law school why don't you folks try and lobby for those arts students and others to enter into law school huh? There is something called application of relevant law when you have accurately identified your issues. It also calls for abilities, smarts and interpretation - usage of common sense. Law school is not only about memorization - sorry.

my daughter and I are heading up to Vancouver this winter to scout about - but will also be back for the olymics so thanks for the info on this thread.

geoffrey Posted Today, 02:12 AM Universities aim to promote smart and critical thinking people. If you didn't know it, this means in terms of employer-university relation unrevealed to one another that to alienate less educated and less privileged people and this separation might include those who are intelligent and could not afford a good education would also promote economics and status divide. I work in the area of labor and can say that many of the folks who possess only high school diploma but has years of experience are astound when a twenties year old move up the ranks in a zap with monetary raises to match. We are educating far too many people who have above marginal intelligence with public monies, with no result or contribution to this economy except personal gain. Well, I sometimes think that the education requirements for a clerk post is hugely inflated and hence the universities need to keep up with the demands of some artificial departments like liberal art studies that have no impact in an occupational context.

all the universities have their niches Western is a top business school in canada Waterloo is a top technology York is Law and business UofT is Medicine, business and law McMaster is Medicine

I recommend that all government workers become reserves - there is nothing like proudly serving a country and being patriotic.

the age of consent is mostly to regulate girls and affect women no? tell me this is not mostly gender biases it is a shame that women in this age are content to be taken advantage of at age 14 with such rulings. I mean these women are allowed to have sex and marry and become dependant on someone else. But how about having a job and contribute to society, stay in school at age 14 and when they are deemed adults, and responsible citizens do whatever. In my opinion women still need to speak up, access the court systems, and political systems easily and be free of judicial and other obstacles in their way

Those are the words from the Human Rights Code Women have unbalanced power. It is a mockery to say women have reached their landmarks. Every time we look at a generations of women truths need to be restated. The truth is that, as females, women can say they have accomplished this and that and no problem here, they did achieve much. But also face reality, what women have accomplished is over-emphasized and over-reaches to match what is ideal. Women are still much poorer than men and their politics lag far behind their strive of what is supposedly "feminism" I would like to see retribution for every female. It is hard not to see males in their various ways trying their darnest to capitalise on recent victims.

"Precluding men from this gym is a bona fide justification for preserving women's privacy, dignity, and their safety interests," Litherland said. I'll stand by the above But, I can also see the fellow's point if out of neccessity he wanted to access the women's fitness club and no other clubs are geographically within the same area & etc. and he was not accommodated, it is a real issue that has to be addressed.

Even if they're incompetent, uneducated and can barely speak English, right? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Boy someone's pessmisstic. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am a cynic by nature. But let's examine a few facts. To begin with, most non-aboriginal visible minorities of adult age in Canada are immigrants. This means you're dealing with people whose communications skills are often quite limited - in a job where communications skills are probably THE most important element of the job. Their social skills, probably the second most important element, are often based on their own upbringing, their own cultures, which are often at odds with Canada. Their educational skills, overall, tend to fall into two groups; highly educated, and poorly educated. The former group doesn't want to be cops, the latter group doesn't have the education to be cops. In addition, you have the cultural mindset of certain ethnic groups which makes their members shy away from jobs such as this. It is well know that very few Asians want to be policemen, for example. Therefore, if you are to hire the requisite number of Asians you'll have very little choice in who you take - basically anyone who applies. All of which leaves aside the all-important issue of whether it makes any real difference what skin colour a cop has. And if you suggest that only black cops can properly police blacks, does that not imply that only white police can properly police whites? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Here are the min. requirements to enter into the Toronto Police Services MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS - Age 18 - 65 years of age - Education minimum grade 12 or equivalent, post-secondary is advantageous - Residence Canadian Citizen or permanent residency status - Background no criminal convictions without pardon and be of good moral character and habits - Vision minimum of 20/40 (uncorrected), with normal colour acuity - Hearing must meet hearing standards as established by the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police - Driving Ontario class "G" licence (upon submitting application) a quality driving record with less than six demerit points - First Aid / CPR certified in level C prior to employment I am sure there must be a pool of non-white to draw from that can represent the community diversity. A grade 12 education would mean that someone with that level of education has a potential to enter into the police services or is that the meaning of uneducated. I don't believe that Asian do not want to enter into the police services its just that historically they did not fit the height/weight requirements. It is just one of those profession that the Asians still seem to be severly underrepresented, if the police services do not outreach and recruit in Asian evironments, the less likely a potential Asian is found.

When I first joined here avatar was allowed It was distracting to say the least this is a quality forum, why get sidetrack when you can actually be just as entertaining with creative writing plus you are allowed to put your photo in your personal profile anyway

when women are purchasing insurance for their cars it is somehow much cheaper than men - could this be traced to some relationship of safety I do the text messaging Well, I try to stay off the roads on the weekends I find that the women seem to grow exponentially with this driving then - I mostly suspect they borrow their husbands cars and head off in glee - maybe that's when you see them Michao

Men are usually the ones who get shafted in the screwy divorce affair. In the end it usually boils down to the ideal of what is self sufficient - and women usually take this to mean the house, cars and all the wealth. But, I think the divorce forms do mention renegotiation of support payments where the party paying spousal support be able to renegotiate this obligation upon a showing of a substantial, adverse, and involuntary change of financial circumstances and ask whether the parties cannot agree to a renegotiated spousal support obligation, will arbitration be required before they can take the issue to court plus there is spousal support revisited - these lines are so broad that if contested it spells all sorts of headaches for men usually. I feel that society have permitted others such as wives, lovers, mothers, children to become financially burden and dependant on men while men are more or less forbidden to be dependant on any person and are tabooed if less than able bodied male and not employable - it must be a difficult contemplate for any man to be "less than a man". There is the presumption that men have to take care of others and themselves and the view of society is that men is unworthy of assistance. For example more men are on the streets than women - I mean a young man would more readily be put on the streets while young women are kept closely at home, the social sytem is set-up to protect women and even in a broader scope women have shelters Men are systemtically denied and deprived a lot compared to women. Look, men are usually the ones more depressed in failed relationships than women - and yet I hardly see any centres catering their needs. All I can say is women very vocal about their oppression and thank heavens things are changing even if it slow. What I want to say is that men can surely step up and confront these prejudice practices against them - I for one don't deny they exist.

Discrimination is a serious issue. The world of work revolve around a male social contruct still hence the emphasis on uneven balance between the sexes. Men are coming to terms with the demands of women, but still there is much lip service. Its an androcentric world from my view. In order to make it to top jobs it required women to become virtually men. If there was a world seen though the female lens, women would dominate the heights of power and facilitating what we now call speacial needs for women would not be a stuggle and an agenda. 4 women as voices on the nation's highest callings is history. McLachlin has kept a low profile on gender issues. I guess the line is they were hired based on qualification over men to do a good job with no feminist agenda. I would hope though that their voices in numbers are not stifled. But indeed women still have a very long way to make it to the top. I mean you can probably list all the powerful women in the world in one page here that make over 125k. You'd take serveral days to list all the men. Women in politics represent less than 30% on all levels - Conservatives are the worst to discriminate women you keep mentioning the choice of children - as if this CHOICE is the one way, I mean if thats the way life were - we'd never have to worry about the darn abortion debates. The real smart women know they can need to have a career first, be financially stable, then children, when they can support the child independant of these men. The low percentage participating in parental leave would indicate lack of interest in child care or domestic duties. And indeed show the relation between work and family that I previously mention. This is also an opportunity to continue to keep women depressed and away from the workforce and prevent them from accummulating expereince and hours.

This senario was flawed to begin with - it put the genders into their traditional roles. It does not support plans for symmetrical relation where both men and women work and share childcare Nowadays every person would agree that attitutes towards men and women roles in work and house duties should be shared. However the orientation towards these roles differ. What I mean men place less value in assuming house duties - I must have said this before hence the context in which you build your senario. Most women want a balanced life of child and work. But if males were questioned and they answered truthfully, they usually want their mates to stay at home. They then retreat to the traditional role of father as a provider and view child care as female issues. For women the burden of child, or house duties and work conflicts. Her commitment to both is that of superwoman. Lets don't forget the other discrimination part - work also do not support child care. Well there are some changes, but also noted, there is parental leave available for fathers. However the percentage of men taking advantage of this falls below 6%. I can basically claim then that the roles and definitions for both men and women are still ascribe for work and family What I see in your senario is that child care and work are trade offs for women and exist interdependent. Whilst, work and family are independent issues for men I mean what is fair here Regarding you other point of males taking time out to lapse and then returning to work - they will do much better than the females for the mere fact of this perceived notion of provider role.

Let me understand what you mean by this. If a man chooses to stay in a profession and work vs. a woman who decides to leave the workforce and nurture children, how does that make the man a winner? Each has chosen what they value more. How do you measure a winner in this context? In the short term, life must be beautiful without worries for the female, all she has to do is look pretty and domesticated. OK, men are winners for the obvious reason they are current in the labor force and continue with some upward mobility. women who decided to stay are home and away from the labor market and find it difficult to adjust and unable to compete on their return since their skills are outdated and plus their education is not able to match current minimum requirement. that's not all women depend on the men for support financially during the period of staying at home. Trouble is at age 39 and upwards you divorce these women 38% of the time. They then become single parents and they are awarded custody of the children over 60% of the time. So now they are saddled with child care issues, no education, and limited work experience. Not surprising then that 45% of single mothers make between 5-20k. Only 31% would make over 30k this would compare to single males of which 64% of you make 30k and over. a better picture would read something like this 68% of lone-parent family has income 10k or above the LICO compare to 34% female headed family Lesley Harman wrote that in Canada 84% of women will spend part of their adult live without spouses - looking after themselves and children and at every stage of their lives women are more likely to be poor trapped in poverty. I didn't mention women of color, lesbians and aboriginal who are made to feel as if they are the "other" and are discriminated against As long as labor reproduces itself as power and exist in the hands of patriarchy women will remain powerless. So as I said before women need to access those opportunities beyond the glass ceiling in order to enrich their own lives. It is not enough to say women are having education, and are working and be grateful for those privileges. What I can never understood why women decided to use the term "feminism" and give it such a hype as in breaking out of impoverishment. Feminine is such a hopeless, devalued and oppressed word.

Thre is a case ceccol v. ontario gymnastic federation (2201), 55 \\ Ceccol worked for a period under a series of 1 year contract The court looked at the case as to whether the employment relationship is characterized as one lasting for indefinite term of a series of 1-year fixed terms. OK what I mean is "fixed-term contract" under the employment standards act and the common law has traditional protections and where the employment is continuous service by the employee for many years and called contract reads like evasion. So my point to the senario presented whether there are representations to indicate an indefinite-term relationship. For example: The administrative challenge to get contracts renewed on time. I would say if a date is missed, a fixed-term contact becomes a contract for an indefinite term well unless there is automatic renewal of contracts