Jeff

Engineer, husband, dad. Tired of being taxed to death as we all drown in debt, we ALL need to care. CFL fan...GO RIDERS!! Massive fan of the band Rush!

[Jeff @JWSaxinger]

Driving from Saskatoon to Calgary yesterday, drove through some Asperatis Undulatus clouds around Oyen. I wished we would have taken a video so you could see them rolling and undulating. My wife took photos while I white-knuckled through the headwind.

[Dan Mazier @DanMazierMP]

BREAKING NEWS

Canada Health Infoway has been formally warned that their refusal to hand over PrescribeIT documents could result in the taxpayer-funded organization being found in CONTEMPT of Parliament.

What are they hiding?

End the cover-up.

Investigate PrescribeIT.

[Noel HC @biathlon1]

@MikeJamiesonYYC @cognitivecurio Mike we need a forensic audit by an independent third party to find out where the millions of dollars in water infrastructure and maintenance fees Calgarians paid on Enmax water bills has gone. Fire all responsible for the diversion from real services into god knows what.

[Landon Johnston @Landonforward14]

@AlbertaLeonidas @JeromyYYC Very little. We did however use your savings account to artificially offset the tax increase. Not sure why we are parading around with that as a win. The provincial portion of the tax increase was for education.

[Darrell Stonehouse @DarrellSto67629]

He pulled money out of reserve to artificially lower this year’s tax increase.
The education share that goes to the province is the result of the deal struck with teachers.
And 23% of our treated water continues to be lost, zoning remains a mess, and transit remains a war zone.

[KybrdWrrr @KybrdWrrr]

City of Calgary chart shows Calgary is now 4th highest for combined average property taxes + utility bills.

$8,191/year.

Only Toronto, Leduc and Edmonton are higher.

That doesn’t line up with the “affordability” or “low taxes.”

#yyccc can’t claim low taxes in race to the top.

[KybrdWrrr @KybrdWrrr]

Calgary Housing, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The City of Calgary, is hiring a Team Lead, Customer Experience and Insights.

$115-$144K per annum + benefits

Calgary Housing says it needs more affordable housing. City Admin’s answer? Hire another permanent exempt manager.

[Matt Strauss @strauss_matt]

Canadians have fought to protect their privacy before and they're doing it again.

In 2003, public pressure stopped a proposal that would have allowed law enforcement to read Canadians' mail without a warrant.

Now, as Parliament studies Bill C-22, one question stands out:

Why would the Public Safety Committee try to stop the Privacy Commissioner from testifying?

Privacy rights aren't Liberal or Conservative. They're Canadian.

Canadians deserve to hear the evidence and make up their own minds!

[Martyupnorth®- Unacceptable Fact Checker @Martyupnorth]

To Canada's leaders who keep calling for "national unity" (i.e. Pierre Poilievre)

Unity isn't something you demand. It's something you earn.

If you're serious about keeping Canada together, put your money where your mouth is. Address the concerns that millions of Albertans have been raising for decades:

• End equalization wealth redistribution
• Give Alberta fair representation in the House of Commons
• Reform the Senate and make it elected
• Respect provincial jurisdiction over health care, resources, and taxation
• Give provinces greater control over immigration

A stronger Canada is built on fairness, respect, and autonomy... not on expecting one region to simply accept the status quo.

[Dean Skoreyko @bcbluecon]

'This is where the poors shop, dear.'

[Tristin Hopper @TristinHopper]

Although the BC NDP's best chance to avoid calamity would be to ditch David Eby, I'd remind you this is the BC NDP. If he resigns, it's entirely possible a non-binary harbour seal in a keffiyeh takes his place.

[KybrdWrrr @KybrdWrrr]

“A UBI would provide all Canadians with additional income above what they currently make.”

The PBO model works differently.

Under the GBI model, an individual can receive up to $21,903, but the benefit is reduced by 50¢ for every $1 of net income and reaches $0 at $43,806.

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[DR POOL @DRPOOLQ17]

🚨SENATOR JOHN KENNEDY: "It strikes me as breathtakingly ironic that that the people who are screaming so loudly about President Trump's decision to audit federal spending, are the very same people who wanted to hire 80,000 new IRS agents with guns to audit the American people."

[Martin Pelletier @MPelletierCIO]

This really pisses me off. Majority of Canadians think everything is great. The level of selfishness and lack of compassion is beyond belief. Wake up, and shame on you.

[Ryan Gerritsen🇨🇦🇳🇱 @ryangerritsen]

Adam van Koeverden - “we have to stick to the facts here Mister Speaker, Canada’s economy is growing”

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.”
George Orwell, 1984

[Jeff @JWSaxinger]

@britboy77 Favorite band since I was 10 years old Bernie. Anika Nilles does sound very good, she does sound like she’ll do justice and honor Neil Peart’s legacy.

[Andy Lee @RealAndyLeeShow]

“It seems Carney has violated the Conflict of Interest Act by participating in budget Bill C-15 decisions (which has a tax credit in it that specifically benefits a Brookfield-owned company), and by giving preferential treatment by meeting personally with Brookfield’s COO…”

https://t.co/FHFtHwNIs1

[L. Wayne Mathison @WayneMathison]

Of course.

Canada is drowning in affordability problems, productivity is flatlining, business investment is weak, housing is broken, food banks are overwhelmed, and ordinary people are getting crushed by taxes, debt, and regulation.

So naturally, Carney is off to Europe to “deepen ties.”

Canadians do not need more photo ops in Ireland and France. They need a federal government that can deepen ties with reality.

Fix the economy. Build homes. Cut waste. Approve projects. Get our energy to market. Stop treating international networking as a substitute for governing.

This is the Liberal playbook in one headline: when the domestic record is a mess, go abroad and look important.

[DC_Draino @DC_Draino]

Don’t worry guys.

It’s totally normal for the no-name candidate deep in 3rd place to give a tear-filled concession speech on election night and then miraculously receive almost every Democrat vote in the 2 weeks after the election to defeat the most charismatic Republican candidate in decades.

Just another “safe and secure” election in LA.

[Cynical Publius @CynicalPublius]

Any civilized country in which half the population believes voting is a sham would do everything in its power to restore public trust in elections.