although, Harper did make some high level appeasement efforts in Quebec, after the federal election.
I'm concerned with the whole concept of western alienation, and with what gives. Does it all hearken back to the NEP? Or is it just a time zone thing ( I recall living in Vancouver in the early '80's and having to watch Hockey Night in Canada at 5 PM !!!)
FYI: income splitting is when the government allows a household to spread the income that a sole provider brings in, over the two parents. In my example, I have a stay at home wife and 3 children. My tax burden at my level of income is punitive, compared to if both of us worked, and made half as much.
One could argue that two wage earners can and do have to afford day care, which effectively erases the two income advantage, but the reality in Toronto is that these are expensive propositions, and often renders the second income a meaningless paper chase. So having made the descision to sacrifice a second income, I would like to be able to state for my income tax purposes that i split it in half and take advantage of the lower tax margin.
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