Comments on: Time to stop tricking-and-taxing seniors http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/31/time-to-stop-tricking-and-taxing-seniors/ Current political events, business, real estate, financial and economic news, trends and, above all, the Future. Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:09:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Tom Torrance http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/31/time-to-stop-tricking-and-taxing-seniors/comment-page-1/#comment-43354 Tom Torrance Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:50:40 +0000 http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/31/time-to-stop-tricking-and-taxing-seniors/#comment-43354 F.J.SHAN The child rearing drop-out provision (CRDO) prevents the stay-at-home parent from being penalized for staying at home to rear young children. See http://www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/isp/ pub/factsheets/chidropout.shtml Or google '"CPP Application" CRDO' F.J.SHAN
The child rearing drop-out provision (CRDO) prevents the stay-at-home parent from being penalized for staying at home to rear young children. See http://www1.servicecanada.gc.ca/en/isp/
pub/factsheets/chidropout.shtml

Or google ‘”CPP Application” CRDO’

]]> By: Scott M. http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/31/time-to-stop-tricking-and-taxing-seniors/comment-page-1/#comment-43134 Scott M. Tue, 31 Oct 2006 21:50:39 +0000 http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/31/time-to-stop-tricking-and-taxing-seniors/#comment-43134 A little more math. At present, the conservatives have 124 seats and the NDP 29, so yes, their coalition equals 153. Assuming, as you do the extra seats go to the PQ and Liberal party while they will have 153 seats <i>their effective voting power is only <b>152</b> seats</i>. This is because the Speaker of the House, the Rt. Hon. Peter Milliken of Kingston, does not vote. So, after by-elections, the Bloc/Liberal vote would need both Independants to forward their cause... if either were to vote with the government, the government's side would "win". If one independant voted with the opposition, and the other abstained, we would have a deadlock -- 153, 153 -- whereby the speaker would vote to continue the status quo (allow the bill to live if it's before third reading, kill the bill on third reading, or allow the government to continue on votes of confidence/no confidence). Fun, fun, fun! A little more math. At present, the conservatives have 124 seats and the NDP 29, so yes, their coalition equals 153. Assuming, as you do the extra seats go to the PQ and Liberal party while they will have 153 seats their effective voting power is only 152 seats.

This is because the Speaker of the House, the Rt. Hon. Peter Milliken of Kingston, does not vote.

So, after by-elections, the Bloc/Liberal vote would need both Independants to forward their cause… if either were to vote with the government, the government’s side would “win”.

If one independant voted with the opposition, and the other abstained, we would have a deadlock — 153, 153 — whereby the speaker would vote to continue the status quo (allow the bill to live if it’s before third reading, kill the bill on third reading, or allow the government to continue on votes of confidence/no confidence).

Fun, fun, fun!

]]> By: F.J.SCHAN http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/31/time-to-stop-tricking-and-taxing-seniors/comment-page-1/#comment-43122 F.J.SCHAN Tue, 31 Oct 2006 20:35:44 +0000 http://www.garth.ca/weblog/2006/10/31/time-to-stop-tricking-and-taxing-seniors/#comment-43122 In respect to the comments of TOM TORRANCE regarding stay at home child caring parent being eligible[upon request]for credit of up to 7 years CPP payments. If this is so,were can one obtain additional info on eligibility and request prceedures? In respect to the comments of TOM TORRANCE regarding stay at home child caring parent being eligible[upon request]for credit of up to 7 years CPP
payments.
If this is so,were can one obtain additional info on eligibility and request prceedures?

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