Bryan

No you didn't. You pointed to one document that did not apply, and another that might apply. They one that might apply is the one I agree with, and have made no quarrel with. You keep trying to claim that you've pointed out that something I've said is not true, or that I'm contesting the use of the term contractor. That is not the case. You're looking for an argument where none exists.

Of course. No. It's standard procedure. Very big companies with in house legal teams do it all the time, and have been for decades. It's never an issue. It's a distinction without a difference when it comes to the job. Same offices, same desks, same work put in, same base pay. Obviously the obligations are different, that's what I've been telling you since the beginning.

All of us were well over $3k. Neither CRA nor our accountants cared because were were not actually operating independent businesses.

So? You're the one who said it was impossible (if not illegal). I only claimed I knew for a fact that it's routinely done, not that I know which line of the tax code or what technical jargon covered it.

And I do. I did not, that was always what i was referring to. They CAN be very different, but in the instances I'm talking about, the only tangible difference is that they have to take care of their own taxes.

What you posted didn't apply to the situations I mentioned, so no you didn't back anything up. I didn't "backtrack" anything, considering that's what I was talking about all along. They are not "very different". It's a distinction many employers like to make, but it still very applies to people who work exclusively for one employer, who submit timesheet or punch a clock, and who receive a paycheque without any reductions.

I didn't conflate anything, I was telling you how it's done.

That's because you don't know what you're talking about.

Good then.

I'm not endorsing the practice, just pointing out the fact that it's common.

Correct. Completely above board, extremely common, and fully legal.

Nope.

MANY businesses do not make any deductions whatsoever. It's extremely common, and it's all above board.

There's nothing technical about it. It doesn't belong to them until I give it over, and I don't have to do that until the tax deadline. Many businesses literally never make any deductions for any employees. I've had a few such jobs. The onus to keep track was entirely on me.

Only if I choose to. If tell my employer not to deduct it, they will do that. I know many people who do this -- they invest the money during the year (maxing out their TFSA and RRSPs, etc.).

I like what David Booth from Driving.ca had to say: http://driving.ca/tesla/model-s/auto-news/news/motor-mouth-why-im-not-drinking-the-tesla-kool-aid-just-yet

I've got an ear worm for BabyMetal right now. https://youtu.be/WIKqgE4BwAY

Bernier's fiscal policies are exactly what the party needs. Smaller government, no corporate welfare, and lower taxes is going to sound like a dream to most Canadians after four years of Bill Morneau at the finance portfolio. It is a shame that the Couillard situation will probably still make that a non-starter.

Again, Pick virtually any "progressive" cause and by Canadian standards he's usually at the far left end of it.

The selling of it was poorly executed. People still think it was a new "added" tax. It replaced the previous 13.5% Manufacturers' Sales Tax and 11% Federal Telecommunications Tax. The problem with VATs, IMO, is that govts try to do them in addition to all the other taxes. Tax at time of consumption is a good policy because people can actually make choices daily to reduce their tax burden. It's when you're paying consumption tax on top of income taxes and other taxes that it becomes -- like you said -- a "weight on our economy".

Pick virtually any "progressive" cause and by Canadian standards he's usually at the far left end of it. He promotes these things on his Facebook and Twitter all the time. As an activist, he promotes essentially the same agenda as the Council of Canadians and Greenpeace (often literally sharing their posts), and he actively shows up at the steady cycle of leftist protests. I don't mean it as a label at all. The people in his riding like that and it's what they vote for. I just wonder if the NDP wants to move that far left. I wonder similar things about Max Bernier's bid to lead the CPC -- does the party really want to move as far right as he is? I like his fiscal policy, but I'm not sure it would win an election.

Try just not paying your taxes, and you'll see the force applied. They aren't voluntary. Not at all. Some taxes are necessary. But the money is still mine until I hand it over, and it's not due until tax day. I am not taking out a loan from the government by any definition of the word if I wait until tax day to pay it.

Cullen is my parents MP, and he certainly fits the stereotypical far-left activist type that some might associate with the NDP (he's the most extreme left-winger that have personally encountered). It would make sense if the NDP wanted that after the failed attempt at centrism, but do they think that would garner them more seats than they have now?

Anyone, regardless of their political affiliation, who thinks that there are any barriers whatsoever to accessing post-secondary education in this country beyond actually affording it has either never actually attended post-secondary school, or is just repeating nonsense that they heard thirdhand.

Most open and accountable in history. Trudeau has already put measures into stop things from being disclosed anymore. You just won't know what he did, because the information will not be available. You just won't know where the money was or was not spent, because the information will not be available.