TFSA et el are still controlled by the Canadian government. They tell me how much money I can invest and how much taxes I can avoid. The Canadian government has no control over how much money a Canadian company can filter through an off shore account like Bermuda.
To the extent a government can't "control" money flows and allocations, the futility of trying to do so is illustrated. (Also, it distorts spending and investment decisions, usually to adverse effect. RRSPs and TFSAs also distort those decisions, but to a desirable effect. The simpler the tax regime, the more decisions are governed by markets - what people want/need and will pay for.) I'd choose to not fight that battle and instead focus efforts on collecting revenue where we can, in modest amounts, to support modest spending. Some parties want immodest spending, and try to protect themselves from angry voters by pretending they can collect only modest amounts from the vast majority of voters. The resulting imbalance is obvious.
I think your wondering the same thing as the rest of us...Trump believes Canadians would 'benefit greatly' from becoming 51st state, White House rep reiterates
I wonder how CBC managed this? They sent a reporter to the White House Press Briefing, where they got called for a question. They asked about tariffs and US/ Canada relations. Levitt answered with the standard 51st state answer. Up until that moment, Trump and tariffs weren't being talked about. The lib numbers were falling.
The purpose of the whole exercise? Was it to put Trump back into the election narrative? Polls show it boosts Carney's points when Trump comes into the conversation.
Caveat - I watch US news daily, including press conferences, never have I ever, seen CBC at a White House brief let alone get a question. I can't find CBC on any list of members of the White House Press Corps. Which would put them there as a quest.
It would be interesting to find out how they got in the room and how they managed to get called on by Leavitt and why that particular question?
Trump believes Canadians would 'benefit greatly' from becoming 51st state, White House rep reiterates
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, answering questions from CBC reporter Katie Simpson about auto tariffs and Canada-U.S. relations, said Tuesday: 'I would reject the president's position on Canada has shifted,' reiterating that President Donald Trump maintains the U.S. has been...ca.news.yahoo.com
Any links to Red numbers falling? The aggregate of loadsa polls here shows different, although I stand to be corrected ....
Well, would it be a sudden POTUS47 leaning toward more woke media outlet? Letting their media control slip? Maybe, maybe not.
The old "it's not illegal" loophole, nice.
Why haven't they arrested the Chinese and Indian agents yet?
So a future government wraps a new law in the NWC, and it is not renewed on its anniversary (first, second, whatever). The courts get further clogged with applications for judicial review.
So the CBC conspired with the White House to enlist a reporter to lob a softball at Leavitt so she could raise the '51st state thing' purposely to juice Liberal numbers?Trump believes Canadians would 'benefit greatly' from becoming 51st state, White House rep reiterates
I wonder how CBC managed this? They sent a reporter to the White House Press Briefing, where they got called for a question. They asked about tariffs and US/ Canada relations. Levitt answered with the standard 51st state answer. Up until that moment, Trump and tariffs weren't being talked about. The lib numbers were falling.
The purpose of the whole exercise? Was it to put Trump back into the election narrative? Polls show it boosts Carney's points when Trump comes into the conversation.
Caveat - I watch US news daily, including press conferences, never have I ever, seen CBC at a White House brief let alone get a question. I can't find CBC on any list of members of the White House Press Corps. Which would put them there as a quest.
It would be interesting to find out how they got in the room and how they managed to get called on by Leavitt and why that particular question?
Trump believes Canadians would 'benefit greatly' from becoming 51st state, White House rep reiterates
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt, answering questions from CBC reporter Katie Simpson about auto tariffs and Canada-U.S. relations, said Tuesday: 'I would reject the president's position on Canada has shifted,' reiterating that President Donald Trump maintains the U.S. has been...
Any links to Red numbers falling? The aggregate of loadsa polls here shows different, although I stand to be corrected ....
Somehow, I don't think CBC would be able to "game" any media access system in Washington D.C. these days. EDITED TO ADD: Unless the new U.S. administration is way leakier, ideologically, than some would say, or the CBC is way more influential in D.C. than some seem to think
Then again, POTUS47 played it respectfully on the socials after the same meeting, too. Still ....
C'mon, never ever ever?
In all seriousness, I'm kinda curious, too, about how the Cosmic Butterfly Corp slipped in a question @ the White House - but I'm not suspecting all that much skullduggery, ESPECIALLY given how tight the White House keeps the media reins. Coulda just been a case of "I'll pick her so I don't have to pick x or y."
338 isn't the only reputable poll out there. As far as polls go. I still don’t use them or trust them
Last bit. Yeah, maybe, maybe not.
Exactly. It’s not a poll.
Then again, POTUS47 played it respectfully on the socials after the same meeting, too. Still ....
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C'mon, never ever ever?
In all seriousness, I'm kinda curious, too, about how the Cosmic Butterfly Corp slipped in a question @ the White House - but I'm not suspecting all that much skullduggery, ESPECIALLY given how tight the White House keeps the media reins. Coulda just been a case of "I'll pick her so I don't have to pick x or y."
Same reason CSIS's request for a warrant involving Ontario Liberal politician Michael Chan sat on a desk in Bill Blairs office for weeks instead of the normal 2-3 days.
A poll of polls. 
