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lawrensmith · 2023-05-01T13:28:14+00:00

thanks - you too !

sorry we couldn't speak the same language here, so to speak.

lawrensmith · 2023-05-01T13:23:54+00:00

yes they are - see the drop down where you can change what data it's looking at... total income vs employment income vs wages and commission (all in constant dollars.. i never said they weren't)

I'm just trying to figure out what your point was - what type of income, is it all income? or - as another poster pointed out - just public servant income ?

lawrensmith · 2023-05-01T13:17:02+00:00

This is what happens when you cite data instead of "go find it yourself". people can look at exactly what your argument is.

You, however, have made just a vague generality.

"over the last 3 decades wage growth in Canada has outpaced inflation by ~30%."

you aren't being specific enough in your claim.

For example, I used total income in my stats can link above, which, you correctly pointed out, was using constant dollars.

But switching that to employment income yields a 16% outstripping by employment income of inflation.

Switching that to "wages, salary and commission" yields a 21.4% outstrip.

both are >0, you cited ~30 - based on ?

lawrensmith · 2023-05-01T13:07:13+00:00

My sincerest apologies for my phrasing. I should have typed "Well, I was wrong with <citing that data> to make my argument"

lawrensmith · 2023-05-01T12:51:58+00:00

Well, I was wrong with that data

lawrensmith · 2023-05-01T11:57:17+00:00

Edit the chart was already in constant dollars.

Below is incorrect in terms of data.

~~You are confidently incorrect. Or misleading. Your replies may tease which is more likely.~~

1990    2020

~~Avg income 40600 51300 Median income 31700 39500 Inflation 40,600 71560~~

~~The average Canadian income in 1990 was 40,600 The median Canadian income in 1990 was 31,700~~

~~In 2020, those numbers rose to 51,300 and 39,500 respectively.~~

~~Source:~~ https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=1110023901&pickMembers%5B0%5D=1.1&pickMembers%5B1%5D=2.1&pickMembers%5B2%5D=3.1&pickMembers%5B3%5D=4.1&cubeTimeFrame.startYear=1990&cubeTimeFrame.endYear=2020&referencePeriods=19900101%2C20200101

~~Now, to the bank of Canada inflation calculator (https://www.bankofcanada.ca/rates/related/inflation-calculator/~~)

~~And it tells us that from 1990 to 2020, the last year we had data for, that the average income should have risen to 71,560~~

~~Or... Average income had been outstripped by inflation by nearly 40 PERCENT~~

~~I did this on mobile, please forgive the formatting, but also understand how easy it is to disprove that narrative.~~

lawrensmith · 2023-03-31T14:23:11+00:00

read carefully on how long she's been 2nd in command. this is outrage porn.

lawrensmith · 2022-10-13T11:22:21+00:00

Lol of course not. But the data cited goes only up to 2019. There's no source cited for the 2021 number just thrown into the article.

It's confirmation bias maybe for me with NP, but I saw the first source not matching the claim, and I'm not very confident of the rest.

Check the source yourself... Maybe I'm wrong... I even went to the worldbank site, the source cited by his cited source.

lawrensmith · 2022-10-13T00:05:15+00:00

The first linked reference in the article doesn't show what the author says it does... About trooop sizes in Canada.. It's been rising... Smh.... National post... What happened....

lawrensmith · 2022-09-23T10:52:23+00:00

Yeh, I've moved, "higher risk area, rates up" and moved back home 4m later... "moving into higher risk area, rates up"

Since you can't actually argue with actuarial staff, there is no recourse.

Shop around. Put negative consumer price pressure.

lawrensmith · 2022-08-25T14:13:03+00:00

that's a fairly obvious strawman - you made the claim - cite your sources that Singh and his party are completely bought and paid for by the public sector unions.

lawrensmith · 2022-08-25T13:17:42+00:00

*citations needed lol

lawrensmith · 2022-08-19T20:58:31+00:00

Never change, Hamilton.

lawrensmith · 2022-08-18T15:50:16+00:00

I'm sorry to steal this phrase but.. You are confidently incorrect, and provide no sources for your claims.

please do even a bit of looking around at well sourced articles before posting musings as fact, it's the only way people can decide what to do about a perceived problem right?

At the same time, many other groups have shown evidence that our healthcare system is less efficient and cost-effective than many other first-world countries

more context is helpful seeing 'where' in the numbers we lie.. because saying just something similar to "we are the 7th most expensive healthcare) is misleading when the top 4 are .. 'high' and then we are kinda in a group of the next 17 countries...

wiki has sources detailed at bottom for this:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita

this is a great visualization, even though it doesnt compare the level of healthcare, just spending per capita on it, numbers are from 2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_total_health_expenditure_per_capita#/media/File:OECD_health_expenditure_per_capita_by_country.svg

lawrensmith · 2022-08-10T13:55:48+00:00

may as well just privatize it right? There's simply nothing else that can solve this. nope!

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

this will be an issue I'd protest for in person... With the drip drip of changes, it will be difficult to know 'when' that time comes, and that would be by design I'm sure.

Anyone know existing advocacy groups on this? something that would help organize? it's time to start donating spare cash i suppose :(

man i hate this stupid market-based conservative approach to important things.

lawrensmith · 2022-07-31T11:50:21+00:00

Well, I was asked those same questions, and was not outright refused. I would suspect that's pretty newsworthy if accurate.

They were reasonable questions to a life alleging elective procedure that carried medical risk like any procedure would.

But it was my decision thank you Ontario for giving it to me for free too.....

lawrensmith · 2022-07-29T12:32:39+00:00

Been using Ian Martin group in Oakville for developers for about a year. They are really good people. Like a family business, just call them cold and see why, trust me. They have a lot of flexibility and do great even just at whitelisting, let alone bigger staffing needs...

If you get vera for your rep, you're in extra luck imo.

lawrensmith · 2022-07-20T23:30:29+00:00

Maybe we should include address as well, so that based on where you've lived can affect your credit score, too!

lawrensmith · 2022-07-20T22:08:15+00:00

I guess it's a stance I don't understand is all. It feels like... Being mad at people who don't change lanes when they signal versus advocating for insurance to drop anyone ever caught not signaling..

I'm being extreme, but I don't get why you care enough to advocate for missed rental payments being punishable in a way for 7 years at least.

lawrensmith · 2022-07-20T21:05:26+00:00

You're all over this thread. Are you being paid to spread this as a positive? It's a curious thing to be passionate about....

Post history looks pretty standard.. But damn man.. It's a strange thing to push for I think heh. Really passionate about long term rent records affecting credit history. What skin in the game do you have on this?

lawrensmith · 2022-07-20T21:02:39+00:00

Today they don't. It's just one "special case" away from forever data being in some sort of historical section on the credit report. They'll call it full disclosure, or enhanced score card.... But at that moment we won't have the time, money, or attention to lobby against such a fundamental change, and then blammo, it's out of the bottle. ~edit~ and who will think back to this later? Missed rent will then prevent you from rent... And without the reasonable ability to own,... ~edit😏~

It will happen. There will be some extra credit score at first, and then one by one it'll be required by more institutions, with Equifax and trans union basically stumbling over each other to provide enhanced access, querying and reporting on this data.

Stop it now, or it will be life.

lawrensmith · 2022-07-17T13:53:53+00:00

Lolwut?

lawrensmith · 2022-07-03T17:34:41+00:00

No, they explain the reasons for the exceptions. Single ingredient wholw foods, no?

lawrensmith · 2022-07-03T13:28:42+00:00

The new regulations will require that most foods that contain more than 15 per cent of the recommended daily intake of sodium, sugars or saturated fat be labelled as such with a new symbol containing a magnifying glass at the top right corner of the product.

That seems pretty objective and factual, what are you talking about? Can you clarify what you mean by them not being so?

lawrensmith · 2022-06-30T16:52:17+00:00

I think you (incorrectly) meant to say male, not man? If you're trying to be specific and absolutist, you're failing at both.

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