MY VLOG: Bringing up canal issue by politicians is poor timing when Pakistan & India are facing off

https://youtu.be/OV6PoFsKQTA

It was a shame to see the cracks wide open between the political parties in Pakistan at a point where India and Pakistan are in confrontation. It reflected upon poor sense to prioritize issues.

Use THIS LINK to either (1) share a success…(2) share a concern, …or (3)get in touch w/ an internal trade official.

”The Canadian Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) helps to facilitate the free flow of goods, services, investment, and workers across Canada. The federal, provincial, and territorial governments, as committed partners, strive to enhance internal trade by ensuring the CFTA meets the evolving needs of businesses and workers.”

“The #carbontax has added more than 17 cents per litre to #gasoline in most #provinces, so drivers should see an immediate drop at the pump when the new rate takes effect on April 1.

“Households using #naturalgas or #heatingoil can also expect lower monthly bills. A new report by Desjardins Economics predicts the price of natural gas will fall 12.8 per cent between March and April.”
#canada #cdnpoli #cdn
Here's what will be cheaper after carbon tax cut on April 1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provinces_and_territories_of_Canada #canada #provinces #territories

Thaksin vies for top spot w PM
"what's more disturbing abt daddy-daughter admin is its complete failure to address choking #smog problem in #Bangkok & #provinces. Its #ignorance of e important role of Royal #Rainmaking & Agric'al Aviation Dept is glaring.. For FY2025 e dept asked for Bht7bil budget but was given Bht2.1b.. while Bht5.2b was granted to promote #softpower projs headed by Paetongtarn, w most of e funding spent on PR.. leaving Bangkokians to choke on #BKKSmog"
https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/2948087/thaksin-vies-for-top-spot-with-pm

#roman #empire #provinces

Känner igen många namn än idag.

Le gouvernement fédéral du Canada cesse de financer les vaccins contre la COVID-19
Les provinces sont désormais responsables de l’achat des vaccins
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/sante/2025-01-10/covid-19/les-provinces-sont-desormais-responsables-de-l-achat-des-vaccins.php
#covid #vaccin #Canada #Québec #santé #provinces #fédéral

Mr. #Trump is greatly misinformed about #Canadians wanting Canada to be the #USA's 51st state. Well, he's greatly misinformed about most things, but this is recent.

Mr. Trump, please find a good book on each of the following points, and get one of your #toadies to read it to you:

1) None of Canada's 10 #provinces and 3 #territories is named The #Sudetenland.

2) The last time a #US #president decided he'd like to take over #Canada, we marched to #Washington and burned it to the ground. You might have heard a song we wrote about it.

3) We're the reason the White House is white. It didn't start out that way.

Jingoism, bluster, lies, delusions, and dementia isn't a great combination of characteristics for a U.S. president. Why'd you Americans decide to add "convicted felon" and "sex abuser" to that list?

It's getting worse on Tuesday...

#Unsafe #dust #pollution covers #Thailand
"Levels of #ultrafinedust were rated unsafe throughout #Bangkok and in 66 of the 76 #provinces on Monday morning.. Unsafe levels, both orange and red, of #PM25 blanketed all 50 districts of Bangkok. Red levels were recorded in 34 districts"
#AQI #BadAir #BadHealth #BadGovernance #AirQuality #government #policy
#BangkokSmog #BKKSmog #ThailandSmog
#กรุงเทพฯ #ฝุ่นควันกรุงเทพฯ
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2933860/unsafe-dust-pollution-covers-thailand

Another post on my current issue with operating an #Etsy store in #Canada.

I want to explain exactly what the issue is, and see if any #Canadian #sellers know how to deal with this problem.

1. If you hit a certain sales threshold, Etsy demands you add your "taxpayer ID" to your account. This is your GST registration number, usually.

2. Once you add this to your account, Etsy stops collecting all sales taxes on purchases in Canada *except* the provincial sales tax from B.C., Manitoba, and Saskatchewan. It doesn't add GST or HST to sales. They tell you to submit it yourself from the sale proceeds.

3. Etsy provides no way to set #prices differently for different #provinces. Tax rates vary across Canada, from 5% GST in Alberta and the territories, to 15% HST in the maritime provinces.

4. So you have to pick a price that will allow you to take ~15% off each sale to remit as #taxes without losing money on each sale - but this higher price will be higher than it needs to be for provinces with lower tax rates, and even worse will have PST added on top for 3 provinces, jacking the price up even higher.

I ran into this over a year ago, and managed to convince them to take my GST ID off my account (they generally refuse to do this) so they collected the tax again, but they're now demanding I re-add it, which will trigger the above problem again.

Any other Etsy sellers in Canada know how to deal with this problem? Boosts appreciated.

#lfs #employment #canada #provinces #202409 –Employment is up +0.2% on the month (47,000) with gains concentrated in ON and QC.
The top left (1) chart shows weakness in Western Canada. There has been a nice uptick in the QC employment aggregate (p93). However, QC trend growth is slow well below the national average (t op right #4). There is a definite downturn in the BC trend. Services employment growth in ON is relatively balanced (p94).
https://www.jacobsonconsulting.com/jci_site/index.php/downloads-2/labour-force-charts-data-ending-2024-09/viewdocument/577