Author: Blazingcatfur

When the pitcher, batter, catcher, umpires and video-replay officials all have no idea what the call should be, that means it’s time to fix the rule book.

The Auditor General’s report on Canada Revenue Agency call centres shows that taxpayers don’t understand what’s going on and neither do the tax collectors because the rules are impossibly complex. The government needs to change the rule book by simplifying the tax code.

When Russian bombs and missiles started raining down on Kyiv, all Oleh Chernenko and his wife could think of was getting their four children to somewhere safe. Now, three years later, their kids are still their priority.

After making an escape out of Ukraine to the Czech Republic in a minivan with a big sign reading “CHILDREN” on the windshield, the family eventually flew to Toronto in November 2022 under Ottawa’s emergency travel program for Ukrainians fleeing the war.

What was supposed to be a temporary stay has turned into indefinite displacement in Canada, with no end in sight to the conflict and little prospects of acquiring permanent residence here.

Over 100K of Ukraine fighting age males have fled since Zelensky eased border restrictions a couple of months ago.

Statistics Canada has disciplined 72 employees over the past year — including 15 who were fired — in what the agency calls an effort to improve accountability and transparency across the public service.

Blacklock’s Reporter says the figures were revealed in the agency’s first-ever Report On Misconduct And Wrongdoing, which also detailed 21 harassment complaints and 31 cases of lost or stolen government property, mainly cellphones and laptops.

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