The one thing I can't figure out is why day care costs so much. It is almost or in some cases a second mortgage. However in this crazy world of ours it is impossible for one person to support a family
The average cost for a licensed day Care facility in Ontario is 40.00 per day minimum and they can have upto five kids total. That is good money the only thing how much does the home daycare provider actually get from the establishment she represents.
Day care rates are 40.00 per day = 200.00 per week = 800.00 per month for a total of 9600 per year.
We pay more for daycare for 1 child then we do for the mortgage on our house. This doesn’t make sense we have only 1 child and find this expensive multiple that by 2 and you get 19,200. That rate is almost half of my salary (the factor of 2)
The government of Quebec subsidize day care making it affordable.
Here is the information from the Government of Quebec Website.
Province of Quebec
Child day care services at minimal cost
Early childhood centres offer places at $7 a day in day care centre-type facilities and family day care facilities, for children from 0 to 4 years of age. The for-profit day care centres that have entered into an agreement with the ministère de la Famille et des Aînés also offer these places.
Children in kindergarten and elementary school are also entitled to places at $7 a day in school day care facilities, under the reduced-contribution program of day care for children of school age. If the school does not offer day care services, early childhood centres with places available may accommodate the children at the same rate.
From the Government of Quebec site: http://www.gouv.qc.ca/portail/quebec/pgs/commun/portrait/modernesolidaire/mesuressociales/famille/?lang=en
You can obtain the contact information of all Québec childcare centres and daycare centres and see their location on a map. The locator indicates childcare services in operation and under development that the ministère de la Famille et des Aînés has authorized and that are expected to open within the next 18 months. It is updated weekly.
As for home childcare services, the use of the search by proximity function allows you to determine whether there are home childcare services within the radius that you have specified. The search will display, as the case may be, the contact informaion of the coordinating offices to which the recognized home childcare providers pinpointed report. The coordinating office will facilitate your search among the providers of such childcare services.When you use the childcare establishment locator, you can refine your search in order to obtain the contact information for childcare services that offer reduced-contribution spaces ($7) or those that accept babies under 18 months of age.
Childcare service directories by administrative region (French only) are also available. The directories indicate the contact information for childcare centres, daycare centres and the coordinating offices of home childcare providers in each region of Québec.
From the Government of Quebec website: http://www.mfa.gouv.qc.ca/fr/ministere/services-outils/localisateur/Pages/index_en.aspx
I have started a petition on facebook please join the group and make your voice heard .. change needs to happen http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/group.php?gid=128916810463545
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Politics. Show all posts
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
Crazy World of Taxes in Ontario
We pay tax after tax and where does it go does anyone really now
We pay Municipal Taxes, Provinvial Taxes, Federal Taxes, Gas Tax, Road Tax, Tire Tax; and then we have the emissions test money grab.
The following government set explains the taxes http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/tax/index.html
but what I would love to know is how can we make our elected officials accountable for the tax collected and get services that benefit people as a whole instead of the pockets of politicians.
The one thing that drives me nuts is the purpose of taxes and no clear cut agenda or breakdown where it goes a business needs to be accountable to its stake holders for every penny. The government should be the same and so should the politicians. As Oscar Leroy says in Corner Gas "I pay your salary" when taking to the cops how true this is even for politicians. We pay there salary and what do the really do for us other than pad there own pockets. We also pay the civil servants and the bureaucracy of red tape that makes it harder and harder to get what is needed.
The Civil Servant Pay breakdown - Public Disclosure 2010
http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/publications/salarydisclosure/2010/
The Politicians salary Ontario compared to Canada the only info available is from 2007 - no raise in 3 years i doubt it.
Here's a look as of April 2007 (including tax free allowances).
Ont. MPP's Salary
2006: $88,700
Jan. 2007: $111,000
April 2007: $112,990
Ont. Cabinet Minister's Salary
2006: $126,000
Jan. 2007: $158,000
April 2007: $161,000
Premier Dalton McGuinty's Salary
2006: $159,000
Jan. 2007: $199,000
April 2007: $202,600
Across Canada
British Columbia: $76,100
Alberta: $83,024
Saskatchewan: $73,191
Manitoba: $73,512
Ontario: $$112,900
Quebec: $106,682
New Brunswick: $79,507
Nova Scotia: $65,556
Prince Edward Island: $56,459
Newfoundland and Labrador: $88,064
Yukon: $65,556
Nunavut: $68,953
Northwest Territories: $97,884
(within commuting distance, $103,506 for those who have to trav
Gas Tax
Gas tax rates as of 1992 the only info on the government of Ontario site i find this hard to believe that Gas tax hasn't changed since 1992 http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/tax/gt/rates.html
The Gasoline Tax rates last changed January 1, 1992.
4.3¢ per litre
The new Beer and Wine Tax -
from the government of Ontario website http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/tax/bwt/index.html
Ontario is making changes that will affect Ontario's beer and wine industries.
Effective July 1, 2010, certain manufacturers' fees currently paid to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) by breweries, microbreweries and wineries will be replaced with beer and wine taxes. These taxes will be administered by the Ministry of Revenue.
Ontario beer, wine and wine cooler manufacturers will collect beer and wine taxes and remit them to the Ministry of Revenue. In addition, existing ministry practices will be applied as appropriate.
Purchasers of beer, wine and wine coolers from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) and consumers that make their own beer, wine and wine coolers will not be subject to the taxes.
I highly doubt that we the purchasers won't see any change do to this. The suppliers will find a way to pass this on to us causing for increases at the hands of our greedy politicians.
We need to stop this lets make the politicians accountable as well as the beauracracy that is supposed to help us
I hope this little break down helps as i am sure like me you are just as frustrated this lack of fiscal responsibility is also at the Municipal level
We pay Municipal Taxes, Provinvial Taxes, Federal Taxes, Gas Tax, Road Tax, Tire Tax; and then we have the emissions test money grab.
The following government set explains the taxes http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/tax/index.html
but what I would love to know is how can we make our elected officials accountable for the tax collected and get services that benefit people as a whole instead of the pockets of politicians.
The one thing that drives me nuts is the purpose of taxes and no clear cut agenda or breakdown where it goes a business needs to be accountable to its stake holders for every penny. The government should be the same and so should the politicians. As Oscar Leroy says in Corner Gas "I pay your salary" when taking to the cops how true this is even for politicians. We pay there salary and what do the really do for us other than pad there own pockets. We also pay the civil servants and the bureaucracy of red tape that makes it harder and harder to get what is needed.
The Civil Servant Pay breakdown - Public Disclosure 2010
http://www.fin.gov.on.ca/en/publications/salarydisclosure/2010/
The Politicians salary Ontario compared to Canada the only info available is from 2007 - no raise in 3 years i doubt it.
Here's a look as of April 2007 (including tax free allowances).
Ont. MPP's Salary
2006: $88,700
Jan. 2007: $111,000
April 2007: $112,990
Ont. Cabinet Minister's Salary
2006: $126,000
Jan. 2007: $158,000
April 2007: $161,000
Premier Dalton McGuinty's Salary
2006: $159,000
Jan. 2007: $199,000
April 2007: $202,600
Across Canada
British Columbia: $76,100
Alberta: $83,024
Saskatchewan: $73,191
Manitoba: $73,512
Ontario: $$112,900
Quebec: $106,682
New Brunswick: $79,507
Nova Scotia: $65,556
Prince Edward Island: $56,459
Newfoundland and Labrador: $88,064
Yukon: $65,556
Nunavut: $68,953
Northwest Territories: $97,884
(within commuting distance, $103,506 for those who have to trav
Gas Tax
Gas tax rates as of 1992 the only info on the government of Ontario site i find this hard to believe that Gas tax hasn't changed since 1992 http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/tax/gt/rates.html
The Gasoline Tax rates last changed January 1, 1992.
- Unleaded gasoline - 14.7¢ per litre
- Leaded gasoline - 17.7¢ per litre
4.3¢ per litre
The new Beer and Wine Tax -
from the government of Ontario website http://www.rev.gov.on.ca/en/tax/bwt/index.html
Ontario is making changes that will affect Ontario's beer and wine industries.
Effective July 1, 2010, certain manufacturers' fees currently paid to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) by breweries, microbreweries and wineries will be replaced with beer and wine taxes. These taxes will be administered by the Ministry of Revenue.
Ontario beer, wine and wine cooler manufacturers will collect beer and wine taxes and remit them to the Ministry of Revenue. In addition, existing ministry practices will be applied as appropriate.
Purchasers of beer, wine and wine coolers from the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) and consumers that make their own beer, wine and wine coolers will not be subject to the taxes.
I highly doubt that we the purchasers won't see any change do to this. The suppliers will find a way to pass this on to us causing for increases at the hands of our greedy politicians.
We need to stop this lets make the politicians accountable as well as the beauracracy that is supposed to help us
I hope this little break down helps as i am sure like me you are just as frustrated this lack of fiscal responsibility is also at the Municipal level
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