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4 minutes ago, 02sled said:

Give your head a shake Fail. $50K a year as a starting salary straight out of school is more than reasonable. Especially when you look at all the time off and the few hours they actually work compared to a job in the private world.  Then each year over the next 9 they progress to $95K and that was about 5 years ago. There are a bunch of elementary school teachers now on the Sunshine List.

Don't forget those 2% raises are to the pay grid aligned to how long they sit in the chair. So they get the automatic increase associated with being in the job for another year PLUS whatever % the province applies to all the levels along that grid. If the province says they get 2% that means the grid values went up 2% but sitting in the chair for a year gets them the 2% and more.

Thanks for the info

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2 hours ago, 1trailmaker said:

That is the problem workers are not seeing any of that and won't be any time soon "in this economy" is still alive and well

There are ways you can reap the rewards yourself.  

#1 Invest, buy shares in it, if you believe in the company.

#2 Talk to them, tell them why you deserve more, instead of having someone else do it for you.

#3 If you are still not satisfied, take your experience to someone who will appreciate it.

 

#1 applies to large corps, #2 applies for small to mid sized corps, #3 applies to all.

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Can Seabiscuit not discuss anything w/o the multitude of hand gestures? It adds nothing to the press conference. It's like watching a spastic person who unfortunately can't control their muscle movement.

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1 hour ago, revrnd said:

Can Seabiscuit not discuss anything w/o the multitude of hand gestures? It adds nothing to the press conference. It's like watching a spastic person who unfortunately can't control their muscle movement.

what's your problem.... you must be a homophobe :D

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http://www.torontosun.com/2017/04/03/cap-and-trade-just-a-carbon-tax

It's not a tax but a 'regulatory fee':

http://toronto.ctvnews.ca/ontario-s-first-cap-and-trade-auction-sells-out-current-allowances-1.3352625

How does the ex-mayor of Winterpeg think he can save the planet? I noticed only 1 steel mill bought credits (no sign of Vale or Xstrata) and none of the automakers did either:

https://files.ontario.ca/summary_results_report_english_2017-03-31.pdf

I imagine Apotex makes a huge amount of GHG is the production of generic prescription drugs :fool:

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On ‎2017‎-‎04‎-‎03 at 0:42 PM, 02sled said:

Sorry Fail but my pension isn't a government pension and nowhere near as generous... just like other private company pensions. Government are already overpaid in comparison to the comparable job in private business. Freezing government pay would just bring them a bit closer to parity if those in private business were getting raises which many have not been.

Teachers are already extremely well paid for the amount of work they actually do. They have nothing to complain about.

As for Wynnebag... she maintains she was given a job to do and will see it through. She will be in the next election according to her.

Sears is going broke, part of the reason is pension liability. Your greed is bankrupting a company yet you would deny others a pension. Fuck off cliffy you hypocrite.

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Seeing as real estate is a hot topic these days, I've seen ads for 2 agents in southern Ontario than appear to be tight w/ her:

http://www.radioandtelevisionexperts.com/BarbaraCorcoran/

2 questions:

I wonder how much it costs the agent?

How many people actually impressed by this?

Reminds me of that lawyer being 'interviewed by a senile Larry King.

Then you have this nonsense:

http://news.nationalpost.com/toronto/toronto-police-seek-publics-help-selecting-new-cruisers-after-complaints-about-previous-dark-grey-ones

They're effing police cars, not the Good Humor guy!

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3 minutes ago, revrnd said:

Seeing as real estate is a hot topic these days, I've seen ads for 2 agents in southern Ontario than appear to be tight w/ her:

http://www.radioandtelevisionexperts.com/BarbaraCorcoran/

2 questions:

I wonder how much it costs the agent?

How many people actually impressed by this?

Reminds me of that lawyer being 'interviewed by a senile Larry King.

Then you have this nonsense:

http://news.nationalpost.com/toronto/toronto-police-seek-publics-help-selecting-new-cruisers-after-complaints-about-previous-dark-grey-ones

They're effing police cars, not the Good Humor guy!

Cops should be diving for focus or similar fuel efficient cars.

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So Wynne and Sousa are going to fuck with the market.  I wonder how quickly all the foreign buyers will establish a local "residence" to skate the 15%.  Will be a house with a couple desks and phones in it. 

Why must they fuck with everything.......

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Just now, revrnd said:

This:

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instead of this:

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For the most part those small cars would be suffice. there is no reason they need a full size sedan or those SUVs for 90% of the fleet. Sure the odd suv is needed for k9 and equipment, but the average patrol car would be fine as a compact.

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35 minutes ago, Boered said:

For the most part those small cars would be suffice. there is no reason they need a full size sedan or those SUVs for 90% of the fleet. Sure the odd suv is needed for k9 and equipment, but the average patrol car would be fine as a compact.

Maybe Odot should chime in on which of the cars he'd rather drive.

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11 hours ago, Puzzleboy said:

So Wynne and Sousa are going to fuck with the market.  I wonder how quickly all the foreign buyers will establish a local "residence" to skate the 15%.  Will be a house with a couple desks and phones in it. 

Why must they fuck with everything.......

You just need to buy it under a corporation now to avoid the 15%.  A few extra hundred to set it up and have some lawyer put himself down as the owner.  Similar to the offshore banking setups.

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Wynnebag is likely to simply make things worse rather than better. They are meddling with a free and open market. It took her years to finally admit... we screwed up on hydro rates and it's my fault. They promised a 15% reduction in car insurance rates which something else they keep meddling in. There has been about a 7% decrease in insurance but that has been offset by general inflation on the insurance premiums so you don't really see it. How did they achieve the miniscule reduction? By reducing the protection you get. They've done this multiple times.

Now she wants to manipulate real estate prices or at least try to. How long until we hear... we screwed up on the real estate market and made prices even higher and it's my fault.

A 15-per-cent non-resident speculation tax to be imposed on buyers in the Greater Golden Horseshoe area who are not citizens, permanent residents or Canadian corporations. Hmmm.... according to the experts in the real estate industry that is only 5% or less of the total market. They feel it won't do anything other than put a bunch of money into the governments pocket for them to continue to waste.

Expanded rent control that will apply to all private rental units in Ontario, including those built after 1991, which are currently excluded. According to what I have seen and heard lately the rental challenge is a lack of supply and that lack of supply is primarily based upon the owners of apartment buildings not seeing an incentive to build rental units. The government controls hamper their ability to maintain / improve their property and actually make a reasonable profit. So they will put an even bigger choke hold on them.

A program to leverage the value of surplus provincial land assets across the province to develop a mix of market-price housing and affordable housing.

Legislation that would allow Toronto and possibly other municipalities to introduce a vacant homes property tax in an effort to encourage property owners to sell unoccupied units or rent them out. Or will it simply mean that those who have those properties as an investment simply expect to recoup that additional tax (more money in government pockets) when they sell the property resulting in an even further inflated price.

A plan to ensure property tax for new apartment buildings is charged at a similar rate as other residential properties.

A five-year, $125-million program aimed at encouraging the construction of new rental apartment buildings by rebating a portion of development charges. So in a nut shell the pile of money they charge you in order to be allowed to build in the first place... they will give you some of that back.

More flexibility for municipalities when it comes to using property tax tools to encourage development. Likely one of the better ideas,

The creation of a new Housing Supply Team with dedicated provincial employees to identify barriers to specific housing development projects and work with developers and municipalities to find solutions. More bureaucrat overpaid government employees added to the already bloated government.

An effort to understand and tackle practices that may be contributing to tax avoidance and excessive speculation in the housing market. More work for the bureaucrats

A review of the rules real estate agents are required to follow to ensure that consumers are fairly represented in real estate transactions.

The launch of a housing advisory group which will meet quarterly to provide the government with ongoing advice about the state of the housing market and discuss the impact of the measures and any additional steps that are needed.

Education for consumers on their rights, particularly on the issue of one real estate professional representing more than one party in a real estate transaction.

A partnership with the Canada Revenue Agency to explore more comprehensive reporting requirements so that correct federal and provincial taxes, including income and sales taxes, are paid on purchases and sales of real estate in Ontario. Got to be sure to collect all the tax money they can squeeze out of everyone. Not sure how this will lower the real estate prices rather than just give Wynnebag more money to waste.

Set timelines for elevator repairs to be established in consultation with the sector and the Technical Standards & Safety Authority. Irrelevant to the price of real estate

Provisions that would require municipalities to consider the appropriate range of unit sizes in higher density residential buildings to accommodate a diverse range of household sizes and incomes, among other things. Maybe I'm reading this wrong but it sounds like when building a new condo or apartment unit they want a mix of low end tiny units such as bachelor units mixed with very large luxury suites. Not sure how this will help anything and not sure that they will mix well.

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2 hours ago, rjd75 said:

You just need to buy it under a corporation now to avoid the 15%.  A few extra hundred to set it up and have some lawyer put himself down as the owner.  Similar to the offshore banking setups.

Not really sure how much foreign investment is buying up homes, yet there is a lot of foreigners with money who consider Canada a relatively safe place.  The governments solution is to punish them without even getting the fact straight.  

For every action the government does there is a reaction and people are paid rather handsomely to finding new ways to keep their money.

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1 hour ago, 02sled said:

Wynnebag is likely to simply make things worse rather than better. They are meddling with a free and open market. It took her years to finally admit... we screwed up on hydro rates and it's my fault. They promised a 15% reduction in car insurance rates which something else they keep meddling in. There has been about a 7% decrease in insurance but that has been offset by general inflation on the insurance premiums so you don't really see it. How did they achieve the miniscule reduction? By reducing the protection you get. They've done this multiple times.

Now she wants to manipulate real estate prices or at least try to. How long until we hear... we screwed up on the real estate market and made prices even higher and it's my fault.

A 15-per-cent non-resident speculation tax to be imposed on buyers in the Greater Golden Horseshoe area who are not citizens, permanent residents or Canadian corporations. Hmmm.... according to the experts in the real estate industry that is only 5% or less of the total market. They feel it won't do anything other than put a bunch of money into the governments pocket for them to continue to waste.

Expanded rent control that will apply to all private rental units in Ontario, including those built after 1991, which are currently excluded. According to what I have seen and heard lately the rental challenge is a lack of supply and that lack of supply is primarily based upon the owners of apartment buildings not seeing an incentive to build rental units. The government controls hamper their ability to maintain / improve their property and actually make a reasonable profit. So they will put an even bigger choke hold on them.

A program to leverage the value of surplus provincial land assets across the province to develop a mix of market-price housing and affordable housing.

Legislation that would allow Toronto and possibly other municipalities to introduce a vacant homes property tax in an effort to encourage property owners to sell unoccupied units or rent them out. Or will it simply mean that those who have those properties as an investment simply expect to recoup that additional tax (more money in government pockets) when they sell the property resulting in an even further inflated price.

A plan to ensure property tax for new apartment buildings is charged at a similar rate as other residential properties.

A five-year, $125-million program aimed at encouraging the construction of new rental apartment buildings by rebating a portion of development charges. So in a nut shell the pile of money they charge you in order to be allowed to build in the first place... they will give you some of that back.

More flexibility for municipalities when it comes to using property tax tools to encourage development. Likely one of the better ideas,

The creation of a new Housing Supply Team with dedicated provincial employees to identify barriers to specific housing development projects and work with developers and municipalities to find solutions. More bureaucrat overpaid government employees added to the already bloated government.

An effort to understand and tackle practices that may be contributing to tax avoidance and excessive speculation in the housing market. More work for the bureaucrats

A review of the rules real estate agents are required to follow to ensure that consumers are fairly represented in real estate transactions.

The launch of a housing advisory group which will meet quarterly to provide the government with ongoing advice about the state of the housing market and discuss the impact of the measures and any additional steps that are needed.

Education for consumers on their rights, particularly on the issue of one real estate professional representing more than one party in a real estate transaction.

A partnership with the Canada Revenue Agency to explore more comprehensive reporting requirements so that correct federal and provincial taxes, including income and sales taxes, are paid on purchases and sales of real estate in Ontario. Got to be sure to collect all the tax money they can squeeze out of everyone. Not sure how this will lower the real estate prices rather than just give Wynnebag more money to waste.

Set timelines for elevator repairs to be established in consultation with the sector and the Technical Standards & Safety Authority. Irrelevant to the price of real estate

Provisions that would require municipalities to consider the appropriate range of unit sizes in higher density residential buildings to accommodate a diverse range of household sizes and incomes, among other things. Maybe I'm reading this wrong but it sounds like when building a new condo or apartment unit they want a mix of low end tiny units such as bachelor units mixed with very large luxury suites. Not sure how this will help anything and not sure that they will mix well.

Its the only thing Tards can do, more taxes solves all problems.  Lol.

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So Wynne tells USA no trade restrictions.  No extra fees or taxes is best.  Invest in Ontario.

 

Now she says anyone not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who buys in GTA faces a15% tax.  So American skilled worker or businees owner coming to Ontario to invest.

 

Isnt that a contradiction?  

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50 minutes ago, Sksman said:

So Wynne tells USA no trade restrictions.  No extra fees or taxes is best.  Invest in Ontario.

 

Now she says anyone not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who buys in GTA faces a15% tax.  So American skilled worker or businees owner coming to Ontario to invest.

 

Isnt that a contradiction?  

A point raised during an interview I heard today was around attracting highly skilled people to Ontario. So now we want to entice these highly skilled people but tell them they will need to pay a 15% premium to buy a home on top of the already high prices in Toronto.

I would say you're right... a contradiction for sure. But then again that's nothing new for Wynnebag.

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50 minutes ago, Sksman said:

So Wynne tells USA no trade restrictions.  No extra fees or taxes is best.  Invest in Ontario.

 

Now she says anyone not a Canadian citizen or landed immigrant who buys in GTA faces a15% tax.  So American skilled worker or businees owner coming to Ontario to invest.

 

Isnt that a contradiction?  

Maybe they should do the same?  Although most Canadians have zero clue about the tax obligations when owning USA stocks/real-estate when your net worth is considerable.  That small USA investment has large outreach implications. 

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