Canada eh

The true north, not strong and for sure not free. Or so the rest of the world thinks.

We pay taxes on EVERYTHING! Well almost everything, only afew items are not taxed. Not sure about other provinces but here in Ontario our tax rate is 14% HST. Not GST or PST but HST. Which is both PST and GST in 1.
PST = Provincial Sales Tax
GST = Government Sales Tax (Federal)
HST = Harmonized Sales Tax (PST and GST in one tax)
And what do they do for it? NOTHING! Our healthcare is still shit, our roads are still shit, our crime rate is still high and unemployment is still high.

Healthcare
Our premier says that wait times in ER's are at a all time low, people are waiting less to see a doctor.
That is a bullshit lie. I wait an hour to see my family doctor and just recently i had to go to the hospital's ER because i couldn't stop twitching. I waited 2 hours just for a doctor to see me and say i have psychogenic tremors. Then waited another 30 minutes just for 1 pill to take to help calm down the twitches until i could talk to my family doctor who at the time was on holiday's so i had to wait 2 weeks to see her. That is just a example of our healthcare wait time. Other parts of it i will say is great. Got afew doctors out of McMaster that seem to not know what they are doing and others wont prescript helpful medication. For example, i use to get amoxicillin for my ears since i was 3 when the tubes in my ears collapsed and had fake ones put in to reopen my own tubes. But since then i keep getting infections. Amoxicillin helped alot with that. Now my new family doctor wont give it to me so now i have to suffer.

But enough of that. Now for roads.
All they do to fix the roads is either patch them or replace them with fresh ash vault. Like seriously? Heavy transport trucks ruins those almost instantly. All we need is a good heat wave and bam, freshly paved road ruined again. The only road here in Hamilton that hasn't need repairs is Parkdale Ave. since that is all cement which i think is a great idea and all roads should be cemented.

Our crime rate here needs help too. In just 1 week this year this city has had 2 murders. Thats pretty sad since today is only Jan 07 2014. And all last year there was lots of murders, robberies, drunk drivers, people not wearing seat belts, morons using their cellphone while driving and people dealing drugs. Police i think are doing a great job doing their best to fight crime but i think their should be more officers on the streets.
Also another improvement is we need tougher penalties and possibly bring back the death sentence. Maybe then these criminals will think twice before doing a crime.

Unemployment is still high with more and more companies closing because taxes and cost of operations are higher here then China. Those who are here have right high rates. Take cell phone providers for example. We Canadians pay through the noise for service. Even though im very happy with service and price with Fido, other Canadians are not with their provider. Cable and Fiber optics internet and TV service is the same way. High prices for shit service. Hell i think that goes for everything here.

Our government needs a good stiff kick in the common sense head. They lie to win a election then they lie to us after. The healthcare thing is a great example of that. Some of us Canadians like myself feel that we just vote in a mascot and the country is actually controlled by the banks. The saying "Voted by the people for the people" for the past few decades has been a load of bullshit.

So theres today's Canada in a nutshell. If anyone got any more questions about Canada please feel free to ask me on g+ or on the Great Canadian Grid, avatar name is Christina Vortex or watch the Rick Mercer Report on YouTube and on CBC. He tells all about today's Canada in the most funniest way possible :)