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Why do eligible young people not vote in Canada? Apathy, nothing in the budget for them.  They figure their vote will not matter. Lazy, to far to walk. Well in Australia it's different it will cost you if you do not vote.  That would get them off their duff if adopted in Canada.

A couple of days after we arrived from our Florida Diggs this greets us. I guess retribution for  the time  we were away. However it did not stay and  it melted away by the end of the day. A very harsh  Winter we were lucky to avoid.

For many, there is still time to avoid Obamacare tax penalties next year If you didn't sign up for health insurance in the federal marketplace in 2014 and were surprised by the penalty when you filed your taxes, you may still be able to sign up for coverage and avoid a penalty next year. The federal government has extended the health-insurance sign-up period to April 30 for people who qualified for health insurance but didn't know about the requirement and the associated penalty. The penalty was $95 per adult and $47.50 per child in 2014. It increases to $324 per adult and $162.50 per child this year. The fee will increase again in 2016 to $695 per person and $347.50 per child and will be adjusted for inflation in years afterward. Individuals can also sign up for health insurance throughout the year under special circumstances, such as having a baby, getting a divorce or changing/ losing jobs. Keep in mind that not all uninsured people will have to pay a pe...

Almost 70 years separates these trucks in age. Now which vehicle would you be able to recognize if you you knew what they were? The top one is a Studebaker no longer in production and a 2015 Ford. For me the Studebaker wins hands down.All trucks by the "Big Three" in 2015 almost look the same.

My Cousin in New Zealand has some input when governments make poor decisions that are detrimental to segments of the population that do not have the means to cope. The same thing  could happen to Ontarians. ----------------------------------  We worked for this Company for nearly 40 years and have seen it go from a World recognized company to a comedy of errors caused by  a Liberal government who have no idea what they are doing. ---------------------------------- --------Original message------- From: Martyn and Stephanie (GMT-05:00) To: Peter & Jean  Subject: Re: Hydro one Hi Peter- Our electricity companies were publicly owned until a  right-wing government in the 1990s decided privatisation was the  way to go. Result? Rocketing prices for consumers, fat profits for  the private owners....we wish we could go back to the way things  were. Old people here don't get any rebate for rising power  pr...

The nearly $68-billion Ottawa will send to the provinces next year in healthcare, postsecondary education and equalization transfers is an aggregate amount. But how that money gets divvied up between the provinces is based on a series of mind-bogglingly complex formulas that factor in tax revenues, population shifts, recent economic performance and a host of other variables. That means that, although overall federal cash transfers will increase by 4.6 per cent next year, every have-not province except Ontario will see a much smaller increase. Overall, equalization payments will increase by $672-million next year. But Ontario will get 56 per cent of that total. With $iJ25-billion or 6 per cent more from Ottawa next year, Ontario will again replace Quebec as the biggest recipient of overall federal transfers, with a haul of $204-billion. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne might consider this only right, considering that last year, Ottawa cancelled a discretionary program that e...

President Obama himself tweeted on May 16, 2014: “97% of scientists agree: climate change is real, man-made and dangerous.” John Kerry, Al Gore, and a host of others have championed this statistic. Since then, it has become clear that this statistic was inaccurate.  The Wall Street Journal went as far as to say, “The assertion that 97% of scientists believe that climate change is a man-made, urgent problem is a fiction.” Forbes headlined “Global Warming Alarmists Caught Doctoring ’97% Consensus’ Claims.” Come to find out, the study President Obama was citing was botched from the start.  A host of other problems for the global warming crowd are emerging, such as . . . Leaked emails from global warming scientists state that the Earth is not warming, such as this one from Kevin Trenberth that states, “The fact is that we can’t account for the lack of warming at the moment and it is a travesty we can’t.” Claude Allegre, the founding father of the man-mad...