43°

It's going to be 43° here tomorrow. 43°. And what did we decide to do? Go to Canada's Wonderland* of course. We are going to melt. Suggestions for things to bring that are not going to be a nuisance every time we get on the rollercoasters, since that's the primary goal for the trip?


* "Paramount Canada's Wonderland" is the actual name of the park, though Paramount sold it so it will be somebody else's Canada's Wonderland soon. Basically I wanted to specify that the "Canada's" portion is not just me condescending to my American friends. I do that, just not right now.

Update: An opportunity to condescend** presents itself quickly. That's 43° Celsius.

** ...and I mean condescend in the nicest way of course.

GST Shenanigans

So the cut in the GST of 1% costs about $5B per year. The government had to raise taxes elsewhere to pay for it, and therefore income taxes went up slightly. This was considered not a huge deal because they had only just been lowered in essentially a campaign ploy. But anyway.

My paycheque today is $4.46 lower than my last paycheque, reflecting the income tax increase. That means, each month, I have to buy $892.00 worth of GST-taxable goods and services to make up for it. Who's up for some shopping?

Not me.