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Elevated Capital gains on investment returns within businesses is a horrible idea.

What seems to be missed by many T4 earners is that by applying elevated to taxes on capital gains returned...

Let's put in place policies that pander to and attract ultra conservative religious zealots to Canada. These time travelers from 400 AD will certainly share the liberal values to which all Canadians...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ucky-ones.html

This is essentially just a self promotional article for her book which was just released. That said, the book is worth reading. As are her...

Canada is destined to become simply be a loose affiliation of Indian bands vying for tax dollars generated from resources extracted and taxes paid by the working non-indigenous underclass. What a sad...

China (and likely our government) has the ability track all of their people using facial recognition tech and the do this. The tech is there, just not the political will to use this tech to identify...

My Stack is as follows:

Honeywell Alarm panel that integrates with apple home kit. Monitoring by outside alarm company who wired all of the door, window, motion, glass break, smoke and flood...

One thing that 99% of inspectors won't do, but which anyone buying a home should do, is get the sewer line scoped. Low spots or partial collapse of your sewer line can turn into a $20-50k nightmare....

Interview with a vet here on lethality of antifreeze in small doses to animals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJ2YS2Dl48A

The main take away is that it is very important to not leave 100 -...

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/legal/dog-attack-statistics-breed/
https://worldanimalfoundation.org/advocate/dog-bite-statistics/

From second article:

Dog Attack Stats in the US Reveals,...

I am in full support of ban on pitbulls. The only dog that has attempted to bite me at a dog park was a pit bull. Look at any collection of dog attacks stats and you will see that pitbulls are...

Your heuristic is off a bit. Copper piping suggests that you live inner city and there is a better than 50% chance that the land value of your property exceeds the value of most homes which do not...

I was recommended to use them as well. Their price was quite a bit lower for a specific CHI door we were after vs. the other local distributor. Cannot comment on quality of install as it has not gone...

Buy once cry once is my approach to appliances. Our home came with Subzero fridge and it is going strong after several years. I know several people with subzero refrigerators that are still ticking...

*Thumps desk with closed fist in approval*

I have yet to have a meal at a mexican place and walk away not underwhelmed. It is definitely one of the shittier cuisines. Right down in the basement with Filipino and Cuban.

I drove a rental RV from Canadream over the Border a few years back. Border agenst going into States did not GAF.

The impact this tax has on small business is wholly unreported. Businesses do not receive any sort of refund for the contributions they make. A small business with 30-40 trucks on the road can easily...

Recently had a flight to the states and had a long wait to drop bags, because we were with kids, we jumped the security line up and then had a long wait for customs (no nexus here). We were there 2...

Just got back from a first time trip to San Diego. 3 hour flight direct. Went for 4 days. Great weather and lots to do. Don't be dissuaded by the weather forecast. Says it is 15-17C this time of year...

I had the equipment installed and commissioned in August/ September and we’ve had a non existent winter to this point so year over year data is useless.

What I have noticed is that electricity is...

I have furnaces and use them to heat my home in winter almost exclusively. I have thermostat set to call on using heat pump for heat when outdoor temp is around 8C or higher.

All central heat...

I had heat pumps installed at my house. Went with the most efficient ones you could buy (Lennox SL25XPV), not for efficiencies sake, but because they are the quietest (super quiet BTW, would...

This is the same guy that got leg extension surgery and was willing to go public about it:

https://www.reddit.com/r/short/comments/39wshc/this_guy_was_57_and_had_leg_lengthening_surgery/

Self...

Hey just wanted to share my experience on this.

I ended up simply filing a Civil Claim at the courthouse DT. They process the civil claim doc (available as a fillable PDF online) and stamp it....

This. A great book which explores this topic in detail, the ongoing shift from US acting as world police and future implications is:...

The only solution is for all Canadians to identify as first peoples. I'm currently doing genealogical search to locate some indian in my ancestry so I can get in on the action. If you cant beat them,...

Prices in Old Palm Springs/ Las Palmas doubled over COVID. I have been watching that market and it appears that prices are coming back down. Although much of the current sales inventory in the area...

Pretty sure this home was built by Mairen Homes. So you can assume finishes are all lipstick and rouge. Mairen builds stuff that looks nice from 10' but having watched a few of their homes go up...

Isn't that what you're paid 7&3 for? You'll find several homes that have sold and others which remain unsold in the $1mm - $1.5mm range in the above referenced communities.

I still cannot wrap my...

Just looked at the houses on Aspenshire Cres SW. Honest door sayshouses are in the $900k - $1mm+ range.

I'll never understand why someone would want to live in Aspen in some builders grade...

There is a newer program in place CMHC for multi-family where Landlord can qualify for incredible financing terms (up to 50 year amortization, below market interest rates and 90-95% LTV) if you...

We installed modulating furnaces. They aren't worth it unless you go with a brand that has a communicating thermostat (Lennox SLP99V is what we went with) which provides a feedback loop to report how...

If you grasp your raw asparagus at the base and middle and bend, it will snap where it transitions from the edible (top) part to the fibrous, wood like base. You don't want to eat the fibrous, woody...

I suspect your 1978 furnace does not have the R,W,G,Y,C connections at the control board (likely does not have a control board at all, it likely just has 2 wires that go to your gas valve from your...

We applied for a passport yesterday. Total time was about 5 hours of waiting but did not get there until mid morning. Make sure you have EVERYTHING, photos, supporting docs, application form filled...

This house looks like it was spec built years ago or custom built for someone who didn't appreciate architecture and cut corners on finishing. It appears to have undergone a relatively recent...

My understanding of process is I have to send a demand letter, if there is no response, I then can file Civil claim in small claims court, but need to show that I have sent a demand letter via...

I am trying to track down an individual to serve them with a demand letter and if needed a statement of claim. In order to do this I need their current address. I have a recent but no longer current...

Chubb use to offer overland. I tried to get them to underwrite my house and they laughed. Apparently they had significant payouts in 2013 in my area.

I ended up with the Cooperators. Overland...

Sounds like plugged condensate trap. If water sounds like it is sloshing around when the inducer comes on, it is likely clogged condensate trap. Water will drain out of the condensate tubes when you...