Our Canadian Revenue Agency wears flare pants

Seriously

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Why am I being asked to fax documents to the CRA? Did I enter a government time warp and emerge in 2001? A fax machine? Let me go to the dump (or my doctor’s office) and see if I can get one before it gets sent to some poor country to be recycled by an eight-year-old who should be in school.

I know there are online fax services. But still. This is one of the worst-rated tax services in the world. When those union faithful put down their copy of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle, they acted like working from home was like going from seven 12-hour days a week to a fiver. But don’t worry, CRA warriors, when the government saw that your productivity was down 30%, they hired 30% more employees. It’s just taxpayer money. It’s anyone under 15’s future cash plus interest.

You know how hard it was not to swear in this?

(I have no shame - tip jar. Right now, I’m making .33 a day. Canadian. Ouch.)

If you believe in the importance of free speech, subscribe to support uncensored, fearless writing—the more people who pay, the more time I can devote to this. Free speech matters. I am a university professor suspended because of a free speech issue, so I am not speaking from the bleachers. The button below takes you to that story if you like.

Please subscribe and get at least three pieces /essays per week with open comments. It’s $5 per month and less than $USD 4. I know everyone says hey, it’s just a cup of coffee (with me, not per day but just one per month), but if you’re like me, you go, “Hey, I only want so many cups of coffee!” I get it. I don’t subscribe to many here because I can’t afford it.

But I only ask that when you choose your coffee, please choose mine. Cheers.

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