Brian Stewart has a good op-ed piece on what Harper has said what he has done for Canada’s military, and what has really been done. Three words: Stretched. Too. Thin. When you appropriate $10 billion more for defence spending than what you actually intend to spend, that’s not “prudence”. That’s
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Blast Furnace Canada Blog: What does Harper want from our military?
Brian Stewart has a good op-ed piece on what Harper has said what he has done for Canada’s military, and what has really been done. Three words: Stretched. Too. Thin. When you appropriate $10 billion more for defence spending than what you actually intend to spend, that’s not “prudence”. That’s
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: What does Harper want from our military?
Brian Stewart has a good op-ed piece on what Harper has said what he has done for Canada’s military, and what has really been done. Three words: Stretched. Too. Thin.
When you appropriate $10 billion more for defence spending than what you actually intend to spend, that’s not "prudence". That’s telling our fine men and women in uniform they don’t count for much.
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Don’t match donations during an election!
Maybe it’s me, but it seemed like awful timing when the Cons announced last week they were going to match donations to this year’s Terry Fox Run, up to a ceiling of $35 million. Today, they retracted the pledge – for now. Awful timing, of course, because we’re smack in
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Don’t match donations during an election!
Maybe it’s me, but it seemed like awful timing when the Cons announced last week they were going to match donations to this year’s Terry Fox Run, up to a ceiling of $35 million. Today, they retracted the pledge – for now. Awful timing, of course, because we’re smack in
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Don’t match donations during an election!
Maybe it’s me, but it seemed like awful timing when the Cons announced last week they were going to match donations to this year’s Terry Fox Run, up to a ceiling of $35 million. Today, they retracted the pledge – for now. Awful timing, of course, becau…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Old stock???
For so many years, we in Canada have been trying to get away from the whole "we versus they" mentality. That one group of Canadians are better than another – that we are all in it together. The other night, Stephen Harper made a comment about so-called "old stock" Canadians.
What does he mean by that? To me, it suggests that true Canadians can only be those who can claim on both sides of their
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Old stock???
For so many years, we in Canada have been trying to get away from the whole “we versus they” mentality. That one group of Canadians are better than another – that we are all in it together. The other night, Stephen Harper made a comment about so-called “old stock” Canadians.
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Old stock???
For so many years, we in Canada have been trying to get away from the whole “we versus they” mentality. That one group of Canadians are better than another – that we are all in it together. The other night, Stephen Harper made a comment about so-called “old stock” Canadians.
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Don’t let the refugees down
Yeah, it’s been a while. But I had to take to my keyboard today because of the refugee crisis that is swamping Europe – since many of them may be headed Canada’s way. And I never thought, a month into the election, that it would become a debating point…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Don’t let the refugees down
Yeah, it’s been a while. But I had to take to my keyboard today because of the refugee crisis that is swamping Europe – since many of them may be headed Canada’s way. And I never thought, a month into the election, that it would become a debating point, but
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Don’t let the refugees down
Yeah, it’s been a while. But I had to take to my keyboard today because of the refugee crisis that is swamping Europe – since many of them may be headed Canada’s way. And I never thought, a month into the election, that it would become a debating point, but
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: No notwithstanding clause on assisted suicide
In the three months since the Supreme Court of Canada handed down its decision on assisted suicide in Carter v. Attorney General of Canada, there has been a lot of thumb twisting about what to do. The Court gave Parliament a year to come up with someth…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: No notwithstanding clause on assisted suicide
In the three months since the Supreme Court of Canada handed down its decision on assisted suicide in Carter v. Attorney General of Canada, there has been a lot of thumb twisting about what to do. The Court gave Parliament a year to come up with something new before the
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: No notwithstanding clause on assisted suicide
In the three months since the Supreme Court of Canada handed down its decision on assisted suicide in Carter v. Attorney General of Canada, there has been a lot of thumb twisting about what to do. The Court gave Parliament a year to come up with something new before the
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: You don’t have to take income splitting. At least one guy hasn’t …
The income splitting option is not mandatory for those who qualify for it. Like any other tax credit, it’s optional. Tax software will flag credits to make sure you get every loophole you’re entitled to – problematic if you still do it manually. One guy in the 15%, a labour
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: You don’t have to take income splitting. At least one guy hasn’t …
The income splitting option is not mandatory for those who qualify for it. Like any other tax credit, it’s optional. Tax software will flag credits to make sure you get every loophole you’re entitled to – problematic if you still do it manually. One gu…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: You don’t have to take income splitting. At least one guy hasn’t …
The income splitting option is not mandatory for those who qualify for it. Like any other tax credit, it’s optional. Tax software will flag credits to make sure you get every loophole you’re entitled to – problematic if you still do it manually. One guy in the 15%, a labour
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: The Senate and transgenders
To my knowledge, I have never met a transgendered person in my life. That does not mean I don’t have respect or compassion for those who live the sex opposite of the one they are by birth, or for those who decide to take it to its logical conclusion and
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: The Senate and transgenders
To my knowledge, I have never met a transgendered person in my life. That does not mean I don’t have respect or compassion for those who live the sex opposite of the one they are by birth, or for those who decide to take it to its logical conclusion and
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