I dare to say the quiet part out loud I’ve been wasting time all week, leaving phone messages and sending emails for government employees, private sector suppliers, and advocates for persons with disabilities who would like to have on-demand Accessible
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Choosing less doesn’t protect us; it quietly denies who we could become by Paul Kearley I was sitting with a group of eight young adults at a small business college, talking about what it would take for them to get
Read MoreRead Part 1: CRA pits bureaucrats against businesses Read Intro: Applying Taxi common sense to tax credit program In my last post, I described a systemic problem with the administration of the Scientific Research and Econonic Development (SR&ED). program. TEBA
Read More“It’s like offering someone $20 to give you back your $5 bill” “Basically, anything they deny or reassess for a client is considered ‘income’ for themselves. For example, let’s say you have a $1,000 tax refund owing to you. If
Read MoreProgram to support innovation is killing it instead There’s widespread agreement that Canada’s Scientific Reseach and Economic Development program (SR&ED) has become too adversarial and difficult to manage without a consultant. The new Budget even acknowledges that the program is
Read MoreUber has a sexual assault problem; Halifax must insist on filed background checks Shame on Mayor Andy Fillmore of Halifax. He has been persuaded by an American corporation that some citizens of Halifax deserve less protection than others. Fillmore supports
Read MoreRose Valland preserved memory and catalogued truth Author unknown: source Meta For 4 years, she sat at a desk while Nazis looted 20,000 artworks around her—and they never knew she understood every word they said. Paris, October 1940. The Nazis
Read MoreA message from Reza Pahlavi To all of our friends around the world, Under the yoke of the Islamic Republic, Iran is identified in your minds with terrorism, extremism, and poverty. The real Iran is a different Iran. A beautiful,
Read MoreIt’s deja-vu all over again. For the third time in my lifetime, Iranian citizens are fighting for freedom from a tyrannical government, and again I am praying for their success. First in 2009, then in 2018, and now in 2026,
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