Rose's Cantina

Dear Justin Trudeau: We know that you are a little light in the loafers when it comes to policy, and given I am one of the editors of the original Red Book (true story!), I have a policy idea for you. It will save Canadians money once a year, and it will make everyone's life a lot simpler. This weekend, many Canadians will be gathering up their tax files and installing Turbo Tax, then e-filing their taxes. Wait. Let's rewind. This time of year, everyone will be scrambling to get themselves to a big box store and get the cheapest version there is of Turbo Tax (80-140 bucks). Alternatively, they will be getting themselves to a tax preparer (accountant, Money Mart, H&R Block) and handing over boxes of receipts. Then somebody will e-file it for them, and give them a juicy refund right on the spot. Or in Nick's case, they will cheerfully announce that the government is taking their refund for pay off back debt. That will be fifty bucks! Sigh. I believe that t...

All I can say is thank goodness for pay-tv and American television. It's pretty hard to stomach Canadian channels these days as they are being polluted by the Harper Government and it's so-called Economic Action Plan, which might be creating business for SnapOn tools, but is otherwise doing squat for most of us. Especially career women. As Dorothy said to the wizard: "I don't think there's anything in that bag for me." It just steams me that so many of our tax dollars are being spent on these damned ads. You can't watch one single half hour of television without seeing some feel good bullshit that Harper is selling. And it's getting even worse with the Justin Trudeau ads. I have no opinion about Justin Trudeau. I suppose that Harper's death star ads are therefore aimed at me, to remind me that Trudeau the younger is inexperienced and, at various times in his life, has mispoken himself. I have news for the focus testers. The...