In the Doghouse?
![There is a huge demand in Vancouver for tiny rental apartments, some as small as100-square-feet, [10x10] renting for $400 - $600 per month.](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/1502201419032014.jpg)
There is a huge demand in Vancouver for tiny rental units, some as small as 100-square-feet, [10’x10′] renting for $400 – $600 per month.
Canada’s Middle Class in bad shape
An internal Conservative Government report shows the income of middle-class Canadians has only risen 1.7% over the last 15 years. At the same time, obesity rates have risen 30%!
Lost in Space
Industry Minister James Moore announces the Conservative Government plans to make the Canadian Space Industry a “global leader” despite no new funding and large cuts to the Agency’s budget over the past 2 years.
Got those Budget-Shoe Blues
![As per tradition, Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty buys new shoes for delivering the Budget: steel toed to make it easier to give charities the boot! [The Conservative Govt. has threatened to pull charitable status from some environmental groups.]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/1002201409022014.jpg)
As per tradition, Canada’s Finance Minister Jim Flaherty buys new shoes for delivering the Budget: steel toed to make it easier to give charities the boot! [The Conservative Govt. has threatened to pull charitable status from some environmental groups.]
Apple Falls
Apple stocks fall $45.45 or 8% even as the company celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Mac
“Are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses?”
When asked about record-high child-poverty rates in B.C. and what his government could do about it, Canadian Industry Minister James Moore,[Scrooge], replied: “Is it my job to feed my neighbour’s child? Is that always the government’s job to be there to serve people their breakfast?”
The Evolution of the Canadian Stamp
![From the "Penny Black" to the "Dollar Dreadful". [Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra announces the price of stamps will rise from 85¢ to 1$]](https://hungdrawnandcultured.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/19122013.jpg)
From the “Penny Black” to the “Dollar Dreadful”. [Canada Post CEO Deepak Chopra announces the price of stamps will rise from 85¢ to 1$]
Going Postal?
Now that Canada Post is stopping home mail delivery, Seniors and the disabled will have to walk to “super-mailboxes” to collect their mail. Canada Post CEO commented that seniors have told him that they want more exercise!
Flaherty will get you nowhere!
The Provinces are united in condemning Federal Finance Minister Jim Flaherty and the Harper Conservative Government for refusing to implement plans to strengthen the Canada Pension Plan
Tim Hortons: Extracting the jelly from the doughnuts
A Tim Hortons franchise in Fernie B.C. has been accused of demanding cash repayment of overtime wages from its temporary foreign employees.
