Writer. Fiction and non. Housing and horror and the horror of housing.
Laurence Braun-Woodbury
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My latest for Canadian Dimension: financial interests continue to devour our national housing system, 1000 units at a time.
As an aging millennial trying to keep up with things is it fair to say Spain is sovereigntymogging the anglosphere? Or?
Thrilled to finally be publishing under my own name!
Mark Carney cut the CRA budget by 40%, reportedly advising a group of Canada's top corporate tax evaders to "let 'er rip". When questioned about his decision to defund the government's revenue collection mechanism Carney stated: "Capitalism doesn't decay into anything, what are you talking about?"
My latest for Canadian Dimension; good things can happen, they could even happen here!
But what if I don't want to be a morlock?
Begging news outlets, especially @globalnews.ca, to refuse to report Alberta government propaganda around drug death rates without context.
1. Alberta's capital Edmonton is breaking fatality records. Report that first.
2. Lethbridge is the 4th biggest city in the province. It still has...
brb getting a "social services are nation-building" tattoo
The myth of the immigrant freeloader is a wizened one. It isn't the sole purview of the Alberta Premier.
But it's a myth. Migrants give more than they get. And just as with citizens, where they do need services, it's cheaper to provide them early.
Canada loses as much as $25 billion a year to tax avoidance and profit shifting. Instead of strengthening the CRA's capacity to recover that money, the Carney government is cutting the professionals who investigate complex tax files and enforce the rules.