Carbon Tax - I Did My Part!

The controversial carbon tax DIVIDEND cheque finally arrived. Yep our Premier sent us all $100.00 to spend because he felt the price of gas wasn't high enough to convince us to get out of our cars and on to those non-existent buses South of the Fraser. This morning I heard one of his ministers trying to explain how this all would work. I was fascinated. According to the government here is how it is going to work:

• The government gives us $100.00
• The government adds a 2% gas tax on July 1st (gas is currently $1.48 a litre)
• The government lowers our personal income tax 4%
• In a few months the government will raise the tax to 4%
• A few months after that the government will raise the tax to 7%
  

Now according to the minister we should be really happy because with the lowering of the personal income tax and if we use this money to buy more gas we could end up making money or breaking even!

Now that was an incentive I couldn't refuse and my government said it would make a real difference to the climate and everything... so I took my cheque and went to the US where I got $20.00 more gas for my cheque than I would have in Canada!

This Was Just Too Good To Pass Up!

The following is thanks to rainlillie at Great Minds Think Like Me . I can't remember when a video cracked me up like this one!

A Screech In!

I went to this event on Saturday night.I had a great time. I laughed a lot. I have known Diane for about thirty years and she always puts a smile on my face. For her 65th birthday she had a screech in. Getting Screeched is an old Newfie (Newfoundland) tradition.

No! I Tis not Screeched!

Monday with Maxine

What a way to start the week!

A Little Bit of Sunshine -YEAH!

Today the sun finally shone and it was warm.... yes warm! Now it is almost July so it should be warm every day, but this year it has been down right cold. Cold, cloudy and miserable. However this afternoon it all turned around and to celebrate Miss Lucy and I went to Elgin Park for a long walk this evening and ended up walking to a place called Stewart Farm which is a hertitage site.
It is a very lovely place as it sits right on the edge of the water and has these beautiful lawns rolling down to the waters edge and surrounded by rose bushes.


The trees are loaded with birds all of whom like to sing the night in. It was very lovely.
I tried to capture it with my lens. I hope you enjoy the experience almost as much as I did.