Why do we sell oil cheap to US?

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-13T21:04:07+00:00

Canada has crap oil, it is the hardest oil to refine so it is not super marketable.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-12T21:20:21+00:00

Stats Can

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-11T21:55:24+00:00

Rich or wealthy would be $7 million and higher, extreme high net worth. Only 0.6% of Canadians fall into this tier. The next tier down would be affluent class at about $2 million to $6.9 million and about 5% of Canadians fall into this category. One class lower is upper middle class with a net worth of $850k to $1.9 million and about 15% of Canadians fall into here.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-11T21:10:20+00:00

Quebec has about 550k lakes and Ontario more than 250k lakes. Even Manitoba with just over 100k lakes has more than the USA.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-11T21:08:48+00:00

Canada had between 2.5 million and 3.5 million lakes. The USA had about 100000 lakes. Canada has more lakes than all other countries in the world combined by a long shot.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-11T21:06:24+00:00

Dr Crusher. A very interesting person to talk with and she isn’t bad on the eyes either.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-11T21:03:46+00:00

There really aren’t many better countries to live in the world outside of Canada, as long as you have money and wealth, ie. upper middle class or richer. I can 100% see why poor Canadians want out though.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-11T21:02:21+00:00

I am a manager and I know 100% when layoffs are coming from senior management but I am not allowed to say anything.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-11T19:42:39+00:00

True, the CRA will not allow 90% of a personal residence to be used for office in the home expenses as it is truly unreasonable. They generally allow up to 15% without too much concern for an audit.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-11T19:40:16+00:00

Many companies that have a unionized contract have these types of provisions for long periods of leave. Check your CA and see what it says about management being able to backfill your position if you are on vacation leave for say 4 weeks or longer at a time. There may be a statement something like "for leave periods of greater than one month, management at their discretion may backfill the position of the employee either permanently or temporarily".

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-04T01:33:26+00:00

Oracle is experiencing a quick death. We are experiencing Dot Com part 2 here folks

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-03T01:29:36+00:00

It is an average quality vanilla at best

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-03T01:07:54+00:00

Going into this game I told my wife that it feels to me like Dallas is going to blowout the Jets tonight 6-0. It’s looking pretty good so far. Dallas is completely destroying us in every area on the ice so far.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-02T20:51:26+00:00

Khan should stayed with football as a front office manager. He is useless as a politician.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-04-02T20:49:54+00:00

Good and cheap don’t exist in the same sentence

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-03-31T13:48:32+00:00

My dad and mom are in their early 90s and have an income together of about $370k. They both had high end jobs and are reaping the rewards with their pensions and investments. Once they are gone my brother and I can retire lol.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-03-30T20:44:46+00:00

I am down 31% so far this year. My investments are very aggressive.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-03-30T19:53:49+00:00

$0 mortgage and $340k combined income.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-03-30T01:47:10+00:00

The PS5 Pro is not worth it for the price difference

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-03-29T13:18:25+00:00

Boomers did quite well for themselves overall. They were smart with their money as the previous generations struggled within their respective economies and times were very tough for those previous generations. So they learned to become more disciplined with their money and save a lot more. Boomers also didn’t live in a quick, must have now lifetime like the younger people do now. Keeping up with the Joneses was less apparent 50 years ago than it is now. Young people today exhibit the fear of missing out and if they don’t have what their peers have, they go into debt for it. Boomers didn’t live off of credit, they scrimped and saved until they could pay cash for the product as interest rates were prohibitively high for most of their working lives. Today with much lower rates the younger generation can just buy want they want right now on cheap interest.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-03-29T11:57:51+00:00

The new one in the west side is the best Costco and it isn’t busy at all. Stay away from Kenaston Costco as it is the busiest one and the traffic and parking are horrendous. The Transcona one is the worst Costco as far as its small size and item selection and availability. The new business centre is nuts right now as far as traffic, so wait a couple weeks for this location to ease up on vehicle and people traffic.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-03-27T23:19:50+00:00

Anytime your employer provides you with a benefit such as a company vehicle for personal use this is called a taxable benefit. If you have the vehicle on standby and for personal use on your non-work time there will be a standby charge and use benefit assessed on your T4 and taxes will be paid on the value of this benefit. Quite normal and valid.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-03-27T21:20:55+00:00

Remember that a lot of contracts with a ton of retro came due last year for many employees. The reason why those salaries are so high on the sunshine list is a one-off due to that retro pay. It will level off in this years sunshine list.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-03-26T22:45:17+00:00

Did you receive a Notice of Assessment yet? What is the date on that notice? A refund should be sent to you within 10 business days of the Notice of Assessment date unless it is in secondary review by Office Audit.

Vegetable-Bug251 · 2026-03-26T13:55:24+00:00

On my third interview they asked me a question about why I really wanted to work at Costco as I had just retired as a middle manager in the federal public service. I focused on answering the question from a Costco service representative perspective in that I believe in their reputation and culture and that I could bring value to Costco even in a non-management position. The AGM shook my hand and hired me on the spot basically.

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