I premise my remarks by exclaiming that religion does not belong in the halls where governments administer legislation nor should legislation in any way be impacted by the interests of a religion. Secondly, I harbour absolutely no bias toward one religion versus another. Every individual should have their absolute freedom to express their religion so long as their expression does not impinge upon another’s ability to do so or for the activities of a group to function. Symbols of a religion should not be permitted in the premises of a secular legislative assembly. Law enforcement must dutifully execute hate laws to the letter of the criminal code and in fact if hate legislation needs to be strengthened in the context of a modernizing world, then so be it. In fact, if it wasn’t for indifference by administrative officials in our education system, adolescent lives could have been saved from bullying.
In lieu of my premise, the more I see these headlines of special interest groups attempting to garner comfort from my government, the more I see red. What is becoming of my governments? Have they become counselling chambers for the dispossessed? Have they become social engineering committees for those ill equipped to compete in a capitalist market? Have they become meeting places for lobbyists to sojourn? Have they become trading pits for swapping wealth? Could there be a swath of Canada growing impatient with government overreach emerging similar to the U.S. rust belt which thrust Donald Trump into power? Here is a message for Justin Trudeau and Rachel Notley from this tax accountant who has now witnessed a 47 per cent top marginal Alberta tax rate pinned upon the most successful. Our forefathers did not serve dutifully in war for their descendants to become extorted from financially by you! (extortion – oppressive or illegal exaction, as of excessive price or interest). Start delivering an agenda that serves folks who fuel the salaries of those sitting on the public purse! Get our $160 million dollar per day debt paid down by doing the responsible thing. Rein in spending and get our country’s financial health in order so that Canadians can become unencumbered by an irrational tax rate!
The buffet on Saturday night at Calgary’s Cinnamon Cuisine is a tantalizing display of Sri Lankan ethnic specialties. This new hot spot with convenient access and parking up on International Avenue aims to please. The atmosphere is friendly and the value is exceptional! I might recommend an early arrival ’cause word is getting around and their space is quaint but a bit tight.
While your CRA is charging you arrears interest, instalment interest and an egregious personal income tax rate at the same time that you may be managing debt associated with growing your small private business undertaken by earnest capitalist passion, your government is charging zero interest to Bombardier for a $372.5 million dollar loan repayable over 15 years of which no payment is due during the first two years. This is capitalism in Canada folks. Lobbying corporate directors of Bombardier with operations in a politically sensitive part of Canada (Quebec) are so proud of their product that they can’t seem to find investment capital outside of their government and hence you as the taxpayer now will bear the risk with an apparent zero rate of return on the prospect a success. There’s something not right here. Does our government not believe in capital markets in a capitalist system? Does it not believe that investment wealth follows good news stories from companies’ aspirant to match their innovative products with financiers? Does our government think that our first world country lacks pools of available capital? Or, perhaps, it’s about politics and our government believes you are naive or too self involved to take issue.
Prior to his injury, Federer had dropped his number one ranking but today he has won the Australian Open. Tennis pundits in recent years have bestowed the best one handed backhand drive in the game to Stan Wawrinka and Richard Gasquet. Wawrinka most likely today generates the most power from the back hand wing and Gasquet utilizes more torque from a smaller physique. However; Roger Federer today demonstrated the importance of a compact back swing and set up to deal with the immense power generated by today’s tour players. While enjoying the highlights this morning, I noticed that Roger was always delivering the drive on the backhand side during service return when in years past he would often deliver the more defensive blocking style of return. It’s evident that in the run up to his tour return that his team put a focus on absolute conviction of the backhand drive from every backhand position on the court. This would have lead to more repetition in practice and mastery of set up. Today he delivered fluid cross court backhand winners at will with acute angles while managing points with sustained depth from the base line all in the context of that human back board on the other side, Rafael Nadal. Not only now a legend of the game, in Roger Federer tennis has never had a better ambassador of the sport.
This man meandered his way into the consciousness of Canadians through his activities in entrepreneurial game shows and CBC spots as political and business pundit. Apparently, he has achieved a business win through the sale of a company and it’s evident that he possesses oratory and leadership like skills. Additionally, he seems sincere in reaching out to deliver positive change. However; I’m struck by his boorishness. He seems to lack the empathy for listening to the flip side of an argument which in my estimation is a key ingredient for holding power in public office. Canadians are looking for a leader who possesses the conviction to deliver with strength in order to convert an ideal into policy and for this it seems like this man may be ideally suited should he begin to show signs of personal humility. He is thankfully a capitalist at a time when the socialist sentiment is beginning to erode the power of our great nation. In contrast to the projected opinion of the journalistic elite, I believe there to be no particular political liability in a unilingual Canadian seeking the highest office in the land given that he is endowed with a motivation to learn our other official language. When one reviews the educational and ancestral roots of our country one concludes that unilingual English Canadians should be as deserving of their quest for high office as is any other Canadian who had bilingual access as a norm to their native Canadian homeland. Mr. O’leary’s entrance into the Conservative Party’s leadership contest should add spice to our political debate.
