RE:RE:RE:2024 Federal Budget: WEALTH TAX Is A FOREGONE CONCLUSIONExperienced, we in Canada are quick to criticize our American neighbours, however some of their traditions make more sense, In Canada gevernments come and go, the politicians change in Ottawa, BUT THE SENIOR MANDARINS IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ARE STAYING.
They are the ones who formulate policies, make regulations(which don't have to be voted on in Parliament). Essentially a change in goverment here seldom has a serious beneficial improvement for the population.
In the US if there is a change in the government following the general election, most senior government employees TENDER THEIR REIGNATION, WHICH MAY BE ACCEPTED OR REJECTED. In Canada the deputy ministers, assitanf deputiy ministers and directors of key
government organizations, remain. So making fundamental changes here is for all intents and purposes, next to impossible,
Years ago, when I received my first property tax assessment in Flida(4 pages) and in it there was a list of project the municipality proposed to do, they showed how much it would cost me in my taxes, and gave me a choice whether I was in favour of it, or against it. When I told the Mayor that I never saw anything like that in Torornto, where my place was located, he said that sounded like "taxation without representation" and that was the reason the Americans had the war with the British Empire in 1776.