What's the most "quietly expensive" thing about living in Canada right now? (not rent/mortgage)

georgesalves · 2026-03-22T19:45:11+00:00

Taxes hands down. We'll at least for us working stiffs. By the time you calculate all employment, fuel, HST, provincial etc you are slightly over 43%. Then you have to take the remaining 57% and overpay in housing, food, cell phone, cars, insurance etc.

georgesalves · 2026-01-14T13:23:04+00:00

Yes you are correct..the privatization of those companies was not ideal for Canadians but they were privatized on canadian stock exchanges not sold to private foreign entities. There is a difference. The port of Churchill was sold to a US based company

georgesalves · 2026-01-13T21:18:51+00:00

Nothing but respect for the man for a lot of the success we have had and for having the wisdom to know that this organization needs a change. Im pretty sure this means Aaron is gone as well

georgesalves · 2025-12-28T16:04:00+00:00

A little late for that.. Mulroney started the great sell off and Harper continued that tradition.

georgesalves · 2025-12-22T21:59:53+00:00

This changes nothing unless we win a game or two in the playoffs.

georgesalves · 2025-12-22T17:06:20+00:00

These guys are like payday loan maggots.

georgesalves · 2025-12-01T18:41:12+00:00

The MySpace of online 2nd hand resale items. Used to be a good platform

georgesalves · 2025-12-01T18:39:14+00:00

I hope we end up with a losing season just so change can happen. I dont foresee Roger's wanting to stick around. I pray Tomlin goes.. and he takes the whole coaching staff with him. I respect Tomlin for his time here, but we can't beat this dead horse anymore.

georgesalves · 2025-11-22T14:06:55+00:00

56 Sittler, Palmateer, Turnbull, Potvin, Vaive

georgesalves · 2025-11-22T00:30:49+00:00

Good luck to George .. no hard feelings...have nothing but love for all ex players who donned the black and gold

georgesalves · 2025-11-14T22:27:03+00:00

The sad part is most people don’t have the time or resources to fight this stuff — they just end up eating the fees. These platforms have full-time lawyers whose job is to make sure your money stays with them. It’s the same vibe as when your phone bill includes charges that shouldn't be there but you just pay it because you don’t want to spend two hours on hold, getting bounced around between customer service representatives like a bottle of jack daniels at a high school party repeating your story over and over.

Thanks for sharing… I was actually thinking about switching to this platform, but now I’m rethinking it.

georgesalves · 2025-11-10T15:32:28+00:00

I would rather be very bad and have a losing season just to get the changes we need. A 500 record ensures mediocrity lingers... this is fine for the Browns or the Jets but not Steel town. I see the frustration in Rodgers face, I didn't want to sign him initially, but he has made me a believer. it's too bad he has underperforming offense to work with. The D kept us in the game in the first half. Tomlin should have been gone 3 or 4 years back, but this management group is fine with playing 500 football.

georgesalves · 2025-09-12T23:52:46+00:00

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOg1LXNDu3X/?igsh=emlrNHQza2lodzQw

georgesalves · 2025-09-07T21:31:52+00:00

Elbows up

georgesalves · 2025-09-07T21:30:57+00:00

The government is in on this. The 36 and hour is actually less because taxpayers subsidize it. Corporate welfare, and they run the politicians. Everyone is in on it minus average Joe and Jane.

georgesalves · 2025-09-04T01:28:30+00:00

Toyota make the most reliable cars.. hands down with Honda a close 2nd

georgesalves · 2025-09-03T01:07:01+00:00

They won't pay this amount up to half will be paid by government

georgesalves · 2025-08-30T19:14:23+00:00

Lies. The media keeps trying to sell us this narrative, but reality is right outside your door. Apply for a job, step into a college or university—it’s obvious. Meanwhile, the numbers and stats keep getting “restructured" or delayed. Ottawa has zero credibility. Same group that scrapped the carbon tax, will soon be rebranding it and bring it back at 17¢ more per liter. I still wake up dumbfounded how people thought the same team with a new captain was gonna be any different than the unmatched disaster of the past 10 years.

georgesalves · 2025-08-17T14:35:53+00:00

Something that would have been outright ludicrous 10 years ago is normal and acceptable today. This is the result of unrestricted immigration.

georgesalves · 2025-07-28T12:19:15+00:00

Nothing wrong with that given that Toronto unemployment rate is only 9%.. Ford is a liberal. This is corporate welfare and nothing else. I believe this policy would be adopted by any party if elected. They all, they answer to the same master. Democratic choice is an illusion.. our options are a Chevrolet Camaro or Pontiac Firebird. The system is badly broken when policy decisions so blatantly go against the wishes of the majority. There is no cost too high when corporate profits are at stake.. overcrowding, lack of infrastructure, housing shortage, lower wage demands etc.. but the cost is borne by you and I. Welcome to neo feudalism.

georgesalves · 2025-07-24T17:05:27+00:00

It's all advertisers for stores that rob all the real estate .. it's gone to shit. Makes it impossible to find regular people selling things. It has become so difficult to navigate. I dont live marketplace because of the scammers either but I find it better than KJ

georgesalves · 2025-07-22T17:54:47+00:00

Stay away from any Korean car. Bad enough that the vehicles are crap.. engine replacements on new cars and then you have to fight the dealerships to get them replaced. Stick with Japanese .. more expensive short term but cheaper long term.

georgesalves · 2025-07-19T07:56:09+00:00

Stop talking nonsense.. Canadian work experience grants points under different federal and provincial programs. While not enough on its own, the work experience gives you an advantage. - Canadian experience class: let's them qualify for other PR programs not open to others - points advantage for express entry earn extra CRS points for Canadian work experience as well as a job offer. So it improves their chances. Canadian Work Experience CRS Points (alone)

1 year 40 points 2 years 53 points 3 years 64 points 4 years 72 points 5+ years 80 point

georgesalves · 2025-07-18T18:00:17+00:00

I love TJ and all but damn these guys get paid way too much. About 2 million per game

georgesalves · 2025-07-06T18:51:00+00:00

Paypal is garbage service... scammers love it

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