Cultural Imperial posted:

gently caress all you dumb assholes who voted down the bc HST btw

cowofwar posted:

I hear that entitled Yelp girl had both a refrigerator and a cell phone!

Ikantski posted:

Yeah raising energy costs are the best way to stick it to the rich.

jm20 posted:

The poor can get hydro rate assistance actually

AegisP posted:

Why in the hell is that rebate application-based? They couldn't work it into when you file taxes, like the other provincial rebate checks I've been getting seem to be triggered off of? Or if they absolutely wanted to ensure people got these rebates now and not in 6 months, do the same thing by issuing the rebate to people who had filed taxes the previously year and qualified based on income?

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OESP charge has been set for all consumers at $0.0011 per kilowatt hour for electricity used as of January 1, 2016. We expect this program to cost the average residential customer about 93 cents each month.

Ikantski posted:

Hilarious bud. I'm a poor rural Hydro One customer. My net family income is less than 28k. I have a wife and two kids. My average 800kw monthly bill is $210. Now it's $177 with OESP. Thanks for the 15% break, Wynne. Now I only pay 2014 prices for 2016 electricity, woop.

Oh and because I'm poor, I'm not that savvy at signing up for this poo poo or so poor that it wouldn't make a difference and there's a good chance I'm one of the 93% of poor households that didn't sign up for it, http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/energy-rebate-ontario-low-income-1.3356486

jm20 posted:

I was being facetious, but living in the Ontario boonies means you get cheap houses / higher utilities.

jm20 posted:

Kawartha lakes lol, that's a cottage community. Try Parry Sound or beyond. Even then the problem is there are no jobs unless you are self employed. Another issue is people from the boobies who come to the city Come with basically no wealth. If you do the inverse you are objectively wealthy as hell.

E was going to fix auto correct but nahhh

JawKnee posted:

Ron_Jeremy posted:

Isn't everyone agreeing with CI one of the signs of the apocalypse? I'd like to hear from someone who voted against the HST just so I can stop looking for horsemen.

Ron_Jeremy posted:

Isn't everyone agreeing with CI one of the signs of the apocalypse? I'd like to hear from someone who voted against the HST just so I can stop looking for horsemen.

Whiskey Sours posted:

I voted against the HST, but only because I hated the BC Liberals. Twelve months after it was repealed I started working at an accounting firm, so I got to sort through the aftermath of the transition.

Basically what I'm saying is referendums are stupid.

Hexigrammus posted:

I had the same impulse, but Bill van der Zalm was there to point the way. It's always 180 degrees from wherever he's pointing.

Whiskey Sours posted:

I voted against the HST, but only because I hated the BC Liberals. Twelve months after it was repealed I started working at an accounting firm, so I got to sort through the aftermath of the transition.

Basically what I'm saying is referendums are stupid.

Whiskey Sours posted:

I voted against the HST, but only because I hated the BC Liberals

JawKnee posted:

2nd only to the argument

"Well the tax sounds good, but I just don't like how the Liberals brought it in!"

that'll... show them?

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Included in the wave is Nicholas Koolsbergen, Harper’s former director of issues management, who once made headlines for purportedly co-writing a memo requesting government staff to develop “enemy” lists for incoming ministers.

Koolsbergen, whose resumé includes a one-year stint as the director of communications for Calgary MP Jason Kenney, was appointed an executive director in the B.C. government’s communications wing — Government Communications and Public Engagement (GCPE) — effective Jan. 22, 2016, according to Order in Council No. 21. He will be paid between $80,000 and $113,000 a year.

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Other appointments, ranging from executive assistants to chiefs of staff, have been to key B.C. ministries, including: health; jobs, tourism and skills training; environment; and justice. Carter Mann, one-time press secretary to former MP Kerry-Lynne Findlay, was appointed the new operations co-ordinator in the Premier’s Office.

Cultural Imperial posted:

Guys, I found a full fledged retard in this thread

THC posted:

He thinks Voyager is the best star trek so, no.

don't worry he will never be Premier

http://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/manitoba-politician-calls-in-sick-after-proposing-new-law-forbiding-bosses-from-requesting-sick-notes-1.2789689 posted:

There was an empty chair in place of an MLA in the legislature Wednesday.

Dave Gaudreau, a backbencher in the NDP government, called in sick.

Only a day before, the MLA proposed a new law that would forbid bosses from requesting sick notes until a worker has missed at least seven days in a calendar year.

Gaudreau said forcing workers to get a doctor's note wastes health care resources and often requires workers to pay a fee for the note.
Some medical groups have also criticized the use of sick notes, including the Ontario Medical Association, which says a worker who gets a doctor's note can spread germs to other patients.

But some business groups have argued that sick notes are needed to manage absenteeism and ensure workers are getting treated for their illness.
“There are definitely impacts to this. There might be benefits to the health care system, but it sure sounds like the employer will have to wear the brunt of it,” said Brad Lutz, president of Acuity HR Solutions on Wednesday.
Lutz, a 20-year human resources specialist, said the proposal has good intentions, but ultimately contains flaws for combating the realities of the workplace.

“It is a real issue in many workplaces, especially with summers being so short in Winnipeg. People definitely want as much time off as they can,” said Lutz. “If there’s a situation where they want time off; they’re going to call in sick.”

In Manitoba, there is currently no legislation on sick notes.

Lutz said many employers will require a sick note after many consecutive absences, or at the third consecutive absence. For problematic situations, an employer could also request medical confirmation more often; either way, it’s an issue that requires judgement based on the situation.

“The ‘Friday Flu’ is exactly the problem that many employers will have. You get into the middle of summertime and an employee decides to take Friday’s off and has the flu every Friday during the beautiful summer days,” he said.

“Unfortunately, with this sort of proposal, it would make it difficult for the employer to truly understand what’s going on.”

As for what a solution could be, Lutz points to suggestions he’s heard that employers pay for the doctor’s notes. He said, many already do.

“I wouldn’t suggest that’s necessarily the route that needs to go, but it would help employers perhaps exercise some good judgement when they do want that doctor’s note,” he said.

Lutz also noted the possible conflict this proposed legislation could have with the NDP’s current laws allowing three days of family leave.
Family leave can be unpaid, and employers have the right to ask workers for verification – whether a medical or family note – to explain the absence.

“That’s a three day provision…and now you can go seven days without needing a doctor’s note? That seems to be a little contradictory,” said Lutz.
Additionally, Lutz said the ripple effect of such legislation could impact workplace morale as coworkers pick up the slack and even take on more hours. This could further create overtime issues for employers.

Gaudreau hopes to have his proposed law debated in the legislature in the coming weeks, but admits there are no guarantees it will be discussed before the Apr. 19 provincial election.

Ikantski posted:

Hilarious bud. I'm a poor rural Hydro One customer. My net family income is less than 28k. I have a wife and two kids. My average 800kw monthly bill is $210. Now it's $177 with OESP. Thanks for the 15% break, Wynne. Now I only pay 2014 prices for 2016 electricity, woop.

Oh and because I'm poor, I'm not that savvy at signing up for this poo poo or so poor that it wouldn't make a difference and there's a good chance I'm one of the 93% of poor households that didn't sign up for it, http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/energy-rebate-ontario-low-income-1.3356486

Slightly Toasted posted:

Does that mean we can shoot him into the delta quadrant

e: lol oh no guys


Thanks CTV!

Slightly Toasted posted:

Does that mean we can shoot him into the delta quadrant

e: lol oh no guys


Thanks CTV!

El Scotch posted:

Uh huh.

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/john-mccallum-citizenship-act-repeal-bill-1.3463471?cmp=rss

John McCallum moves to repeal Conservatives' citizenship revocations

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http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/former-harper-aide-pushing-for-proportional-representation/

Former Harper aide pushing for proportional representation

Guy Giorno says he is promoting electoral reform because it would be fairer and more representative

OTTAWA – The Conservatives’ former national campaign director is helping to spearhead a push to bring proportional representation to Canada — despite his own party’s apparent aversion to changing the current electoral system.

Guy Giorno says it doesn’t matter what parties and politicians think about electoral reform.

He says he is promoting PR because it would be fairer and more representative, producing a House of Commons where each party’s share of the seats reflects their share of the popular vote.

Giorno, who also served as former prime minister Stephen Harper’s chief of staff, is a member of a new, multi-partisan group that is launching Thursday to push for PR.

The Every Voter Counts Alliance includes former Privy Council clerk Alex Himelfarb and wide range of groups from YWCA Canada to labour unions, the Canadian Federation of Students and Fair Vote Canada.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has promised that last fall’s federal election would be the last fought under first-past-the-post rules, which routinely result in a party winning a majority of Commons seats with less than 40 per cent of the vote.

El Scotch posted:

I pity Ontario for being stuck between Brown and Wynne. It seems you're buggered either way.

The Gunslinger posted:

Brown actually seems reasonable in terms of listening to feedback, its the people behind the man that worry me. I figure the only way the PCs could do worse than Wynne is if Mike Harris tried to run again. We cannot get rid of this idiot soon enough, just a total disaster.

Slightly Toasted posted:

Does that mean we can shoot him into the delta quadrant

e: lol oh no guys


Thanks CTV!

DariusLikewise posted:

WON'T SOMEONE THINK OF THE EMPLOYERS!