April Fools!! Here's your Carbon Tax F#ckers!!!
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That makes no sense whatsoever, and weirdly there are fossilized sea life at the top of Mount Everest, and it didn’t get there because of carbon taxes or what have you. Elevations change, & I’m not even pretending to know more than I do, which is just the tip of a knowledge iceberg, but nothing remains static forever.
Using that triassic to cretaceous image to denote modern flooding from climate change is wrong on multiple levels.
Ugh…ok…who…who was trying to use triassic to cretaceous image to denote modern flooding from climate change, as opposed to humour with respect to…
Key words being “some ocean-front property in Alberta” if you believe his bullshit. Maybe I should’ve stuck to a less Canadian cliché like “buy the Brooklyn Bridge” or whatever…
Can you think of another way to show (tongue in cheek) oceanfront property in Alberta…(?)…because if you don’t, I’ve got this really long bridge over a short stretch of water up for sale… cheap!!
I would have went with SK and Aggasiz rather than AB which is topographical impossible.
…& yet it’s been coastline at some point.
Anyway, Liberals Leadership race…on Tuesday, the Liberals held the second of two debates in Montreal, except it wasn’t actually a debate — it was a two-hour long commercial for the party…while Parliament is prorogued for this love-in.
This was painfully evident for those who had watched both the French debate the night before and Tuesday’s English debate. Yes, all leadership debates are advertisements for the parties to some extent, but what was significant about this debate was how little any of the candidates actually disagreed.
Terry Newman: Liberal 'debate' turned into a two-hour campaign ad — National Post
The candidates took great pains not to attack their party's track record — or each other
The only exception was Gould pointing out that the other candidates all seemed to be adopting Conservative values simply because they had become popular. Gould tried to separate herself from the others by suggesting that, unlike them, she was going to stay true to her Liberal values.
Ok, today’s the day Trump is imposing 25% tariff across-the-board on Canadian products into the US, with the exception of petroleum, which is at 10%….& it’s also the day that Trudeau is retaliating with these tariff taxes upon Canadians…. Within an initial first wave of $30 billion worth of products…& a second wave in 21 days of another $120+ billion…
ANY Candidate that doesn’t commit to abolishing the carbon tax regime that we’re going to be facing an increase on again April fools Day…should be relegated to the dumpster when we get a chance to vote for a federal election.
We couldn’t afford the carbon tax before today, and it was making us poorer & less competitive…& now we really really can’t afford this indulgence.
ANY Candidate that doesn’t commit to abolishing the carbon tax regime that we’re going to be facing an increase on again April fools Day…should be relegated to the dumpster when we get a chance to vote for a federal election.
We couldn’t afford the carbon tax before today, and it was making us poorer & less competitive…& now we really really can’t afford this indulgence.
Nothing says trade war like yippie look at all the money we can rape from our subjects . And they like it .
EDITORIAL: Carney isn’t killing the carbon tax — Toronto Sun
Liberal leader and prime minister-designate Mark Carney is leading Canadians down the garden path on the Liberals’ carbon tax, aided and abetted by reports claiming he will scrap it. Nothing could be further from the truth. What he actually says he is going to do is to fold Prime Minister Justin...
Knock yerseff oot.
Pssst. "Folded and folding" have new meanings in the subculture.
Canadians overwhelmingly opposed to April 1 pay raise for MPs: Poll
MPs will see around a $6,700 raise raise from their $203,100 base salary on April 1, with cabinet ministers and the PM seeing bigger bumps
Author of the article:Bryan Passifiume
Published Mar 11, 2025 • 2 minute read
The vast majority of Canadians oppose granting MPs a pay raise this April, says a new poll.
The vast majority of Canadians oppose granting MPs a pay raise this April, says a new poll.
OTTAWA — The vast majority of Canadians oppose granting MPs a pay raise next month, say new poll numbers.
Conducted by Leger on behalf of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), 79% of respondents say they oppose the automatic and legislated pay raise MPs will receive on April 1 — the same day Canada’s consumer carbon tax is scheduled to increase.
“The vast majority of Canadians don’t think MPs deserve a raise,” said the CTF’s Franco Terrazzano.
“It seems like the only Canadians who strongly support an MP pay raise are the politicians themselves.”
The current base salary for MPs is $203,100.
Those with more senior roles, such as cabinet ministers, house speaker, opposition leader are entitled to an additional $96,800 annually, while the Prime Minister typically earns double the MP salary — currently $406,200.
But those salaries are set to increase on April 1, providing MPs an estimated $6,700 raise, cabinet ministers a $13,400 bump, and the PM an extra $13,400.
Raises for parliamentarians are calculated using a formula based on average wage increases awarded by large public sector companies.
Salaries for MPs are overseen by the House’s Board of Internal Economy — a committee chaired by the Speaker and consisting of privy council members and senior opposition party members.
With those who responded “not sure” removed, 86% of respondents opposed giving MPs a raise in April, while net support only ranked 14%.
MP pay raises haven’t always been automatic: Former prime minister Stephen Harper enacted a salary freeze on MPs between 2010 and 2013 due to the 2008 global financial crisis.
“After a pandemic, tax hikes, a cost-of-living crisis and now a painful tariff war, there’s no way MPs should be taking more money from their constituents,” said Terrazzano. “If politicians want to be true champions for taxpayers, they must push to stop this MP pay raise.”
Conducted Feb. 28-March 2, the poll was based on responses from 1,548 Canadian adults via Leger’s online panel. As margins of error don’t apply to online panels, an equivalent probably sample would yield a margin of error of 2.5%, 19 times out of 20.
bpassifiume@postmedia.com
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torontosun.com
MPs will see around a $6,700 raise raise from their $203,100 base salary on April 1, with cabinet ministers and the PM seeing bigger bumps
Author of the article:Bryan Passifiume
Published Mar 11, 2025 • 2 minute read
The vast majority of Canadians oppose granting MPs a pay raise this April, says a new poll.
The vast majority of Canadians oppose granting MPs a pay raise this April, says a new poll.
OTTAWA — The vast majority of Canadians oppose granting MPs a pay raise next month, say new poll numbers.
Conducted by Leger on behalf of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), 79% of respondents say they oppose the automatic and legislated pay raise MPs will receive on April 1 — the same day Canada’s consumer carbon tax is scheduled to increase.
“The vast majority of Canadians don’t think MPs deserve a raise,” said the CTF’s Franco Terrazzano.
“It seems like the only Canadians who strongly support an MP pay raise are the politicians themselves.”
The current base salary for MPs is $203,100.
Those with more senior roles, such as cabinet ministers, house speaker, opposition leader are entitled to an additional $96,800 annually, while the Prime Minister typically earns double the MP salary — currently $406,200.
But those salaries are set to increase on April 1, providing MPs an estimated $6,700 raise, cabinet ministers a $13,400 bump, and the PM an extra $13,400.
Raises for parliamentarians are calculated using a formula based on average wage increases awarded by large public sector companies.
Salaries for MPs are overseen by the House’s Board of Internal Economy — a committee chaired by the Speaker and consisting of privy council members and senior opposition party members.
With those who responded “not sure” removed, 86% of respondents opposed giving MPs a raise in April, while net support only ranked 14%.
MP pay raises haven’t always been automatic: Former prime minister Stephen Harper enacted a salary freeze on MPs between 2010 and 2013 due to the 2008 global financial crisis.
“After a pandemic, tax hikes, a cost-of-living crisis and now a painful tariff war, there’s no way MPs should be taking more money from their constituents,” said Terrazzano. “If politicians want to be true champions for taxpayers, they must push to stop this MP pay raise.”
Conducted Feb. 28-March 2, the poll was based on responses from 1,548 Canadian adults via Leger’s online panel. As margins of error don’t apply to online panels, an equivalent probably sample would yield a margin of error of 2.5%, 19 times out of 20.
bpassifiume@postmedia.com
X: @bryanpassifiume
Canadians overwhelmingly opposed to April 1 pay raise for MPs: Poll
The vast majority of Canadians oppose granting MPs a pay raise this April, say new poll numbers.
Private sector companies members of Parliament used as a comparison?