Tory 'Tax On Everything'.. USA Up, Canada Down.. 'Culture Of Intimidation And Coercion'

April 19, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Retailers: Tories' Hidden 'Tax' Means 4 Per Cent Price Hike OTTAWA — Opposition parties are accusing the Conservative government of hypocrisy after it hid a massive price increase on thousands of everyday consumer goods in its federal budget last month. Continue reading... America? Looking Up. Canada? Not So Much Canada Headed For Debt Crisis? 'Culture Of Intimidation And Coercion' At Keystone Builder TransCanada Retailers: Tories' Hidden 'Tax' Means 4 Per Cent Price Hike 300,000 'Illegally' Working For No Pay In Canada: Student Group Retailers: Tories' Hidden 'Tax' Means 4 Per Cent Price Hike 300,000 'Illegally' Working For No Pay In Canada: Student Group Funniest Commercial Ever? MICHAEL PRUE Waiters Shouldn't Be Paying For Their Bosses' Mercedes In 2010, we learned of an egregious practice of many restaurant owners, both chains and sole-proprietorships, where employees are forced to hand their tips over to management, prompting me to introduce a Private Members' Bill to address the problem. We are determined to see that workers are protected. Continue reading... LES LEOPOLD Is the Entire Deficit Debate Based on a Big Mistake? Fear of debt is woven deeply into our culture. We associate debt with profligate spending, waste, gambling and overall sinfulness. As we learned during the housing bubble, it's easy to get in over our heads. So naturally we assume that the same must be true for our country -- government debt must be bad. But is it? Continue reading... RALPH NADER Time for a Sales Tax on Wall Street Financial Transactions Despite all the lasting harm caused by the casino capitalists, the big banks are now bigger, richer and more powerful than they were when they were bailed out in late 2008. The only ones who were punished were the U.S. taxpayers. Continue reading... CATHERINE HART Instead of Listening, Big Telecom Hung Up on Us This week, Industry Minister Christian Paradis finally began to respond to the recommendations in our report that would help facilitate new independents entering the telecom market, currently dominated by the Big Three. But instead of listening to the stories we helpfully pulled together for them, Big Telecom lobbyists have responded by essentially plugging their ears and callously refusing to take ownership over these experiences. Continue reading... JAMES ALTUCHER Why Do People Hate Their Jobs? I limped out of the meeting and said, "excuse me", and took the elevator down 67 stories, went to Grand Central, limped home, and never went back to work at that job. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.