Re: Technician Wages

[tourman <robercampbell@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 17, 8:31 am, "ABLE_1" <royboynos...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > we have a organisim called CCQ (www.ccq.org) that is in charg of
> > everything
>
> Now that is just too. too funny!!!!  :-)
>
> Les

RHC: One thing it may be hard for you guys south of the border to
understand is that Canada is quite a different country in many ways
than the States. Everything up here is regulated, overregulated and
regulated some more, by government agencies and bureaucrats who
supposedly are acting in the citizens best interests. Many times it
works out well; just as many other instances it does not. The basic
difference between the two countries boils down to this !! Americans
believe in "freedom" at most any price. Canadians are far more
interested in "order and good government". This ingrained philosophy
of life is part of everything we do and how we think (not me for damn
sure, but most other Canadians) and explains away many of the things
that we have to do that you undoubtably think are stupid.

No one up here truly "goes it alone". After you've done with the
normal bureaucracy regulating business of all sorts, you then have to
contend with Revenue Canada who wants a far too large a percentage of
your profits. At a certain point in business, it simply doesn't pay to
make too much because you end up working for the government. There is
one day in June of each month ( I've forgotten the exact date) which
marks the day you stop paying the government and actually start
working for yourself.

It's a bitch......