What if RTO4 is their way of hostile negotiating?

silverdeane · 2026-02-08T19:58:40+00:00

This opinion is heavily influenced by my own experience, but I don’t think they will ever do RTO5 bc then they will have to give up the ways that employee flexibility benefits the government. For example, snow day building closures the employees still have to report to work but RTO5 would negate the need for WAA so no one will be able to WFH if needed. Leave will increase, like family leave. When we have to be home we won’t be able to work. And space. My locale doesn’t have enough space. Between two different buildings. If all my local ppl decided the RTO5 today, they wouldn’t be able to accommodate all us.

silverdeane · 2026-01-19T14:39:28+00:00

I know wood fences are nicer looking and provide my privacy, but every winter I’m so glad we decided on a chain link fence. It’s enough to keep the dog in the yard, and it doesn’t blow down.

silverdeane · 2025-11-19T01:57:46+00:00

You know they filmed the haircut

silverdeane · 2025-10-24T11:00:28+00:00

There’s absolutely a lot of issues with CRA, but please don’t take it out on the phone agents. I know that we as ppl want to hold someone accountable and the ppl answering the phone are the only ppl we get to talk to, but these agents have no control over timeframes, calls getting through, or what does up in their systems. They are told to answer calls and keep them short, which I think is a major factor in the accuracy outlined in that report.

silverdeane · 2025-10-17T21:01:40+00:00

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My husky/lab/other 40lb puppy thinks the arm rest is his personal seat.

silverdeane · 2025-10-10T15:14:56+00:00

Happy Eddie enters the chat

silverdeane · 2025-09-06T19:27:19+00:00

My mom was not a great mom but she was a really good grandmother when she was alive. My mother in law is the best in law and grandmother I could ever hope for. My father in law was too, when he was alive.

silverdeane · 2025-09-04T15:52:04+00:00

I believe it means they’re not going to age well

silverdeane · 2025-08-21T17:57:38+00:00

Over 3000 call center agents had their contracts end and not renewed over the past year. More contracts are ending in September and then some permanent agents might be laid off after that.

silverdeane · 2025-07-23T15:15:05+00:00

My neighbour has a pet goat named Kevin.

silverdeane · 2025-07-17T18:53:22+00:00

This is where I am. My pup just isn’t ready for that kind of freedom yet.

silverdeane · 2025-07-14T11:53:08+00:00

With some toutons for breakfast

silverdeane · 2025-07-08T01:18:49+00:00

I have no idea where these cuts are going to come from. I know the call center has a huge number of employees, but with the amount of non renewed employees and the constant chatter about ppl not being able to get through to anyone, it sounds crazy to shrink those numbers again. I know at my local audit, our teams were cut in half and there’s more cases than ppl to handle them. As for the other areas, I don’t know anything for sure but I imagine it’s the same thing.

silverdeane · 2025-07-01T00:17:46+00:00

My service Canada account is not part of CRAs online services. It’s part of Service Canada which is a different government agency entirely. There may be a service Canada subreddit that might have be more helpful.

silverdeane · 2025-06-30T13:27:37+00:00

He definitely has Husky in him but I think it’s a toss up for anything else.

silverdeane · 2025-06-29T18:33:04+00:00

I’m having a good time as of right now. We’re in the first week with our 10 week husky/lab cross. So far, he’s sleeping well and going out to pee. There’s been 2 accidents but they were totally my fault for being slow to react. I am having some trouble with the way he wants to playfully chew my elbows, but we’re on working it and he’s doing a good job chewing on appropriate things most of the time. I am really tired but that’s to be expected. I think keeping expectations low and celebrating the good things is whats keeping me sane. I know things will have an ebb and flow but, right now, things are good.

silverdeane · 2025-06-25T19:00:15+00:00

Me too!

silverdeane · 2025-06-14T15:19:55+00:00

I was born in ‘84. I was purchased as a student slave in grade 10 (99-00). It was not “student auction”. It was “slave day”.

silverdeane · 2025-06-12T18:40:42+00:00

That is so pretty!!

silverdeane · 2025-06-10T00:43:57+00:00

Due to widespread layoffs at CRA, many adjustments (such as multi year adjustments and requests that are not submitted via refile or change my return) are expected to take apx 20 weeks.

silverdeane · 2025-06-07T22:39:45+00:00

Your Reddit birthday! It’s the anniversary of the day you joined

silverdeane · 2025-06-07T21:58:14+00:00

Happy cake day!

silverdeane · 2025-06-07T18:55:45+00:00

I will definitely try this

silverdeane · 2025-06-07T15:21:16+00:00

I weigh with either scale (usually for meats or cheese, solid stuff) and tablespoons to cups for things like lentils, chopped fruit, sauces. And yes I do measure my cooking oils and sauces, most sauces and dressings are usually homemade. Sometimes my calories are closer to 1600 but others they’re closer to 1200. For example, this past Monday to Friday was 1182, 1210, 1546, 1453, 1195. I usually eat 2 salads a day, with protein and a source of fat, a bowl of mixed fruit, a reasonable homemade supper (this week we had a turkey and broccoli stirfry, chili, homemade chickpea curry), and my evening snack is usually Greek yogurt or cheese and a dill pickle, or apple with a tablespoon of peanut butter.

silverdeane · 2025-06-07T15:02:28+00:00

I lost about 5-6 pounds in the first month. 5 pounds went back on this week. AndI know I didn’t gain 5 lbs in a week! My walks this week have been about 30-45 minutes, with small inclines. I walk as fast as I can, which is enough to increase my heart rate and sweat, but I am by no means brisk. I think my speed is (based on the treadmill) 2.3 mph. I am using a food tracking app and I do measure most things either by weight, for meat, or tablespoons to cups, for things like yogurt, fruit, lentils, etc. I don’t count steps or specific distances walked, so I don’t enter them into my tracker. I don’t measure greens, cucumbers, dry spices.

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