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Yeah keep thinking that. The fact is that Ontario has more debt than California should bring up red flags. Moody’s already knows that, Liberal don’t. Ontario Liberals will go along the lines as Zimbabwe, see the trend?


http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/world/africa/02zimbabwe.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
On Friday, the government said it would triple the salaries of 190,000 soldiers and teachers. But even those government workers still badly trail inflation; the best of the raises, to as much as $33 million a month, already are slightly below the latest poverty line for the average family of five.
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mxs said:
Keep telling that to my son all the time ... LOL
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daught said:
How about targeting jaywalkers? They don't even run these days. They expect cars to slow down or stop even when the traffic is flowing.
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My next video features a guy who sauntered out into the intersection on a cold amber light, showing him stepping in front of my car as my light went green. I was in the left lane at the time, so he still had a fair bit to go.
 
Schneller said:
I will again, post this question, (and for the less mentally dexterous, substitute conservative for republican.)

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Wyoming is largely Republican & is one of the states that actually have a surplus in their budget. Florida which is also slightly more Republican is not poor either. I know Michigan is Democratic, I don't think they are rich.

I just came back from the US & thinking about moving there. I'm single & have no commitments here. This place is too Liberal for my liking. They can have the party all to themselves, just not with me.
 
RockerGuy said:
Wyoming has increased their speed limit from 75 to 80mph. I haven't heard anyone complaining
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The entire State of Wyoming has a population of less than 600K, in an area of 250K square Kms. That's less than the population of Mississauga. They don't need speed limits.
 
RockerGuy said:
I just came back from the US & thinking about moving there. I'm single & have no commitments here. This place is too Liberal for my liking. They can have the party all to themselves, just not with me.
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Makes perfect sense ... do it, don't waste your life living here if you are convinced you can get better life someplace else. Life is short ...
 
Rob MacLennan said:
The entire State of Wyoming has a population of less than 600K, in an area of 250K square Kms. That's less than the population of Mississauga. They don't need speed limits.
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LOL ... don't you see the similarities between Wyoming and Ontario??
 
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repo...ly-punitive-ontario-fuel-tax/article19580902/

Canada’s airlines and airports are gearing up to fight Ontario’s plan to more than double the tax on aviation fuel, arguing it will increase the number of Canadians travelling out of U.S. airports where taxes and fees are substantially lower.

The tax will rise from its current level of 2.7 cents a litre to 6.7 cents by April 1, 2017, under the Ontario budget that will be reintroduced Monday. It’s the same budget presented last month by the Liberal government of Premier Kathleen Wynne, which went from a minority government to a majority after a June election.

“This is unbelievably punitive,” Ben Smith, Air Canada’s chief commercial officer, said in an interview. “It’s very bad not only for us, for travellers. It’s bad for Toronto and it’s bad for Ontario, and not just bad for Air Canada, bad for any airline that does significant amount of business in Ontario.”
The tax increase comes as airlines face increased volatility in jet-fuel prices because of the crisis in Iraq, and as they continue to adjust to the decline in the value of the Canadian dollar, which has also hit airlines because the price of fuel is measured in U.S. dollars.
At the full hit of 6.7 cents a litre, the extra tax will cost Air Canada $50-million annually, Mr. Smith said, but he and other industry officials pointed to the impact it will have on air traffic.
An estimated five million Canadians head across the border annually to fly out of U.S. airports or on U.S. airlines, with about three million from Ontario. That’s in part because fares are cheaper, but taxes and fees are a key element of the higher Canadian fares.
“Good air transportation is critical to any economy – Canada is no different – and we’ve effectively priced ourselves out of the marketplace,” said Scott McFadden, president of Thunder Bay International Airport Authority in Thunder Bay.
Travellers are voting with their wallets, said Mr. McFadden, who estimates about 30,000 to 40,000 people annually drive from his part of the province to Duluth, Minn., or Minneapolis. The Thunder Bay airport handles about 780,000 passengers a year.
“It’s really difficult to make an argument that it’s more convenient to get in a car and drive for three and a half, four hours [to Duluth] or six hours in the case of Minneapolis,” he said.
Someone taking a Thunder Bay-Toronto-Tampa, Fla., flight would pay a fare of $758 return with fees and charges of $153.34 included. A flight from Duluth to Tampa via Minneapolis would cost $352 (U.S.) with $65.49 in fees and charges.
Susie Heath, a spokeswoman for Ontario Finance Minister Charles Sousa, said the estimated revenue of $135-million (Canadian) from the tax during the next three years will be spent on public transit and transportation infrastructure.
The fuel has been taxed at a rate of 2.7 cents a litre since 1992, Ms. Heath said, which is significantly lower than the tax on gasoline and diesel fuel.
Ontario’s move is the opposite direction taken by British Columbia, which eliminated its aviation fuel tax on international flights in the 2012 provincial budget and credits the move for contributing to decisions by 22 airlines to add flights into and out of Vancouver.
Mr. Smith of Air Canada said the tax is a blow to the airline’s effort to make Pearson International Airport in Toronto a hub for international travel that will draw business travellers from Boston, Philadelphia and other eastern and northern U.S. cities who are flying to Asia or other non-North American destinations.
“I already have a huge disadvantage versus those cities because of airport rent, because of all the other taxes we currently pay,” Mr. Smith said. One of Air Canada’s drawing cards is that it offers the only daily service to Haneda airport in Tokyo from North America, but passing on an increase in the aviation tax will make it more difficult to attract U.S. travellers, he said.

“This is basically putting a roadblock in front of economic development,” he said. “Any city that punches above its weight in aviation and gets all the benefit for their home market would never do this.”
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Another gun shot into Ontarios body. One of many as our Liberal friends try to rob us blind. Following thisblatant money grab does anyone trully believe Ontario Pension plan has any altryistic values?

My company already flies me from Buffalo if i have to go anywhere in US. And i dont blame them. On average its close to $800 difference.
For instance YYZ to Chicago, $1600. From Buffalo, $678.

Theyll rather pay me OT and $$ for km driven.
 
To say "I told you so" just doesn't cut it. Liberals are literally going to drive Ontario into the ground.
This is just the beginning. They will start taxing people going out of province because they will figure out that people are flying from outside of the province.
If the Liberals continue to do this, there will be a million private sector and public sector jobs just vanish.
 
BLUE_KAWI said:
To say "I told you so" just doesn't cut it. Liberals are literally going to drive Ontario into the ground.
This is just the beginning. They will start taxing people going out of province because they will figure out that people are flying from outside of the province.
If the Liberals continue to do this, there will be a million private sector and public sector jobs just vanish.
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Unless Moody's hits them with a credit rating drop, that is. That might just be the slap in the face that they need.
 
Rob MacLennan said:
Unless Moody's hits them with a credit rating drop, that is. That might just be the slap in the face that they need.
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Lol then they'll just do what the Conservatives planned,
and then convince their voters than the Cons would have done worse.
 
Baggsy said:
Lol then they'll just do what the Conservatives planned,
and then convince their voters than the Cons would have done worse.
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Kinda makes you want to bang your head on a wall. A CEO gets a million dollar bonus when the company loses $10 million. He says "If it wasn't for me we would have lost $20 million. See how lucky you are."
 
Rob MacLennan said:
The entire State of Wyoming has a population of less than 600K, in an area of 250K square Kms. That's less than the population of Mississauga. They don't need speed limits.
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I- 80 runs through it. The speed limit is increased. This carries traffic from other states going east to west, just like any other highway.
 
Red_Liner740 said:
My company already flies me from Buffalo if i have to go anywhere in US. And i dont blame them. On average its close to $800 difference.
For instance YYZ to Chicago, $1600. From Buffalo, $678.

Theyll rather pay me OT and $$ for km driven.
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Have you noticed that states/provinces that are largely conservative are less taxed?


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