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[Spartacus]

Yeah, the federal and provincial taxmen have a weird thing going on here.

Allegedly, it's a "harmonized" sales tax but it does, indeed, feel like a tax on top of a tax...

Here's how it works:

Say your cup of joe is $2. They add the 5% GST to that amount. Sub-total: $2.10. Then, on that sub-total, the provincial government charges 9.5% PST. Result: a $2 cup of joe costs you $2.30 (plus a quarter for tips).

My last translation bill for a client was about $4,880, of which roughly $670 was tax.

It's just insane.

Whats so insane about it?
Who is supposed to pay for your cheap university fees, your cheap day care, etc etc, and all the other social programs not to mention things like the language police ???

Hint;
The tooth fairy is a fairy tale character!!!

[cc la tarte]

"Who is supposed to pay for your cheap university fees, your cheap day care, etc etc, and all the other social programs not to mention things like the language police ???"

Alberta? ........ oops, forgot something ...... the vehemently dunned Alberta?

[Spartacus]

"Who is supposed to pay for your cheap university fees, your cheap day care, etc etc, and all the other social programs not to mention things like the language police ???"

Alberta? ........ oops, forgot something ...... the vehemently dunned Alberta?

You betcha!!, during the protests, a number of protestors did say AB should pay them more when they were asked in an interview!!

[ConanDoyle]

well i know about three million albertans, and i've never met one, not even one who thought they were inferior to ANYONE from kaybec.......lololololol@theverythought

Very well worded post, EU.

As a French-Canadian living half the year in BC and the other half in Alberta, and of the three million Westerners I've met in the last 25 years, I've never met one, not even one who thought they were superior to ANYONE in Quebec... Nobody has ever asked me to get lost and all treated me as a Canadian... regardless of which province I was born in, my mother tongue or my French accent.

Must be just a few insecure Anglo-Canadian dolts posting on obscure forums... the only place they can voice their derisive opinions without being snubbed for their ignorance.

polite arent we..now you know..we break it to you here and now, deal with it

[GranpaP]

Very well worded post, EU.

As a French-Canadian living half the year in BC and the other half in Alberta, and of the three million Westerners I've met in the last 25 years, I've never met one, not even one who thought they were superior to ANYONE in Quebec... Nobody has ever asked me to get lost and all treated me as a Canadian... regardless of which province I was born in, my mother tongue or my French accent.

Must be just a few insecure Anglo-Canadian dolts posting on obscure forums... the only place they can voice their derisive opinions without being snubbed for their ignorance.

polite arent we..now you know..we break it to you here and now, deal with it

You can can go and pluk your buddha phlat pluk of a wife. I varmint on her. She is a wine pluker.

[Blurt]

Bro! Your language! Everybody deserves to be treated as nicely as..// Ah, phuket!

[cc la tarte]

wtf did I stumble into here? Sacré Bleu

[Romero]

this hate you speak of where do you get that notion
brain-on-a-pin

What hate? You hate Quebec and Quebecers. You friggin' dance around with glee when they get fired from their jobs.

The same hatred you have for lots of Canadians, you Quebec separatist.

[EU]

That useless waste of skin has no shortage of hate.

[ConanDoyle]

this hate you speak of where do you get that notion
brain-on-a-pin

What hate? You hate Quebec and Quebecers. You friggin' dance around with glee when they get fired from their jobs.

The same hatred you have for lots of Canadians, you Quebec separatist.

only a brain-on-a-pin could stretch this into hate

[Shen Li]

I like Quebec, but I wish they would get their financial house in order...same goes for McGuinty`s Ontario.

[ConanDoyle]

I like Quebec also but its costing us too much money for a second language and special privileges

[Romero]

Canada Is 'Fed Up' With Quebec-Just Go!

I like Quebec

[ConanDoyle]

I like Quebec in the main but dislike its whiny me me me'isms at the expense of the rest of Canada. The belief that they are separate and distinct from us all. That they demand especial treatment so they wont leave the Union. And above all, the monstrous expenses on the French language when its not necessary.

[Romero]

The majority of Quebecers aren't like that.

You don't even like the Canadian flag.

[Spartacus]

The majority of Quebecers aren't like that.

You don't even like the Canadian flag.

I don't think they fly the Canadian flag in Quebec .

[GranpaP]

I like Quebec in the main but dislike its whiny me me me'isms at the expense of the rest of Canada. The belief that they are separate and distinct from us all. That they demand especial treatment so they wont leave the Union. And above all, the monstrous expenses on the French language when its not necessary.

It's not a belief Dumbo.

Ever wonder why the rules of the Monopoly game you play at McDonald's don't apply in Quebec?

Once North America has conformed to the same Rule of Law that exists in Quebec, then Canada and the US will have joined the rest of the world... mostly.

It looks like Canadian Common Law is a dinosaur surviving only in ex-British colonies. Civil Law, as in Quebec, is globally accepted as "THE Rule of Law".

[Romero]

I don't think they fly the Canadian flag in Quebec .

Then you don't know anything about Quebec. Thousands just celebrated Canada Day.

[Spartacus]

I don't think they fly the Canadian flag in Quebec .

Then you don't know anything about Quebec. Thousands just celebrated Canada Day.

No, not many celebrated at all.
Actually it was Moving day in Quebec on Jul 1 so most spent the day moving. (there is some bylaw about their moving issues).

[GranpaP]

I don't think they fly the Canadian flag in Quebec .

Then you don't know anything about Quebec. Thousands just celebrated Canada Day.

Not as fervently as the rest of Canada, but there are many (French-Canadian) federalists (as opposed to separatists) who raise the red maple leaf on July 1st.

There may be more federalists celebrating if it were not for Moving day in Quebec.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moving_Day_(Quebec)

[ConanDoyle]

The majority of Quebecers aren't like that.

You don't even like the Canadian flag.

cant they speak for themselves

[GranpaP]

I like Quebec in the main but dislike its whiny me me me'isms at the expense of the rest of Canada. The belief that they are separate and distinct from us all. That they demand especial treatment so they wont leave the Union. And above all, the monstrous expenses on the French language when its not necessary.

It's not a belief Dumbo.

Ever wonder why the rules of the Monopoly game you play at McDonald's don't apply in Quebec?

Once North America has conformed to the same Rule of Law that exists in Quebec, then Canada and the US will have joined the rest of the world... mostly.

It looks like Canadian Common Law is a dinosaur surviving only in ex-British colonies. Civil Law, as in Quebec, is globally accepted as "THE Rule of Law".

[Romero]

cant they speak for themselves

They just did.

[Spartacus]

Oh, goody, one Federalist!!!

To bad no one has the decency to clap their hands for his efforts!!

Oh, we'll, wtf needs them anyways!!

[Romero]

There were thousands of Quebecers waving thousands of Canadian flags.

You don't think they're decent because they're not clapping their hands at that moment of time for some roller skater? Yeesh.

[Spartacus]

There were thousands of Quebecers waving thousands of Canadian flags.

You don't think they're decent because they're not clapping their hands at that moment of time for some roller skater? Yeesh.

Yeah, thousands eh???
Clapping is one indication, their sad faces is another!!! Who needs them anyways???

[Romero]

We do!

[Sonny]

We do!

No we don't...they need us but we don't need or want them..

[Blurt]

cant they speak for themselves

Here, they speak for themselves.

(You might try visiting the province at least once in your life, boy... it might help you get an idea of what it means to be Canadian because, clearly, you have no clue... boy.)

Oh, and just FYI (and to help push your IQ a smidgen above Gordy's), Montreal is a city in the province of Quebec.

http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/montrealers-celebrate-canada-s-145th-bash-1.861800

[cc la tarte]

Who needs them anyways???

We do!

No, you do. Let's get something straight here.

You are a "you" ... you may even be a "wee"

but, you absolutely are NOT a "we"