听录音请按这里 (Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/6p8b4jmgsm
Buyers lined up before dawn and they’re been lining up all day. The apple ipad came to Canada today in a moment it looks what makes it so special. But first, Kirk William at apple store downtown. Kirk.
Tony, this is what ipad at, just look CBC’s website here. If you cann’t this way, maybe I can adjust it for you, then it should come back, maybe. No? Yes. Here we go. This is what people’s after, now it’s available in Canada, was available in United States last month, but now Canada and eight other countries have access to this. In Germany the lineups were orderly; in Tachsabi, Japan, they waited all night, begin by cheering sales people. And in Vancouver here too, they waited, passing the time waiting for an ipad by listening to ipods. Ipads are the next big thing, a bigger screen too, but no keyboard, no mouse , no phone or camera. You cann’t brows the web, send email, watch vedieo, listen to music and read ebook. What ipods did for music, people hopes ipad will do for books.
“I really looking forward to going home and reading some books. And some most people are getting to find a new way to read a book, I guess.”
And ipads a lot easier to read from, because of their size.
“It can do lots of thins I can see here while I cann’t see this(cell phone).”
One last of the round of bloss, some photos and staff got ready for the sale. Doors are slow open and store quickly filled the shoppers, and it wasn’t too long before some of them emergied with the price.
“I have it, I’m so excited.”
These are not the hard call, must be the first to own ipad folkers, those already went to the states when ipad was launch their in April, eager to shop out after 100 dollars with the top models.
“Kirk, how many did apple sale today?”
Well, they’re keeping that closely guarded secret. We made it several attempt try to talk to apple to see how many they sold. You know, this store that they sold out one with the a fewer Gega bytes, some of the cheaper models, the $900 ones are still there available. But we know in united states they sold 300,000 on the first day and so far they sold over 1 million. Tony.
2010年5月31日星期一
2010年5月28日星期五
牛气的加拿大移民局电话
今天因为想问父母持一次入境加拿大签证，能否多次去美国返回加拿大的事，给加拿大移民局打了电话。拨通电话前准备好了要等很长时间，没想到，结果会是这样的。
我先上了他们的网站，网站上的解释不是十分清楚。于是我查到了电话号码，准备找个agent问问。关于找agent，网站上是这么写的：
Call Centre agents - Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., your local time, except for statutory holidays.
You must choose one of the first five recorded options before you can speak to an agent.
我拨通了电话，按他所说的在进入自动语音系统后，选了第一个option, 接下来听到的是再让我选择下一级菜单的提示，可是菜单里根本没有“接通agent"这一项。我什么也没按，想试试这样能不能接到agent那里，可是听到电话里传来“your selection is not recorded ", 再等，等到的还是重复播放的菜单。我挂了电话，又试了几次，都是一样的结果。不过我还是不死心，这下，我就不停得听电话系统一遍一遍得念菜单，终于，最后他说，要给我接去agent那里。我好高兴啊！可是，在电话铃响了几声后，电话里说，“Due to the high volumn of the call, we can't connect you to the agent now. Please note we're very busy on Thursday and Friday. please try it later." 然后他们就无情得挂断了我的电话。
真是牛气！
我先上了他们的网站，网站上的解释不是十分清楚。于是我查到了电话号码，准备找个agent问问。关于找agent，网站上是这么写的：
Call Centre agents - Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., your local time, except for statutory holidays.
You must choose one of the first five recorded options before you can speak to an agent.
我拨通了电话，按他所说的在进入自动语音系统后，选了第一个option, 接下来听到的是再让我选择下一级菜单的提示，可是菜单里根本没有“接通agent"这一项。我什么也没按，想试试这样能不能接到agent那里，可是听到电话里传来“your selection is not recorded ", 再等，等到的还是重复播放的菜单。我挂了电话，又试了几次，都是一样的结果。不过我还是不死心，这下，我就不停得听电话系统一遍一遍得念菜单，终于，最后他说，要给我接去agent那里。我好高兴啊！可是，在电话铃响了几声后，电话里说，“Due to the high volumn of the call, we can't connect you to the agent now. Please note we're very busy on Thursday and Friday. please try it later." 然后他们就无情得挂断了我的电话。
真是牛气！
2010年5月27日星期四
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Open House Thefts
听录音请按这里 (Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/t6ifo9xphb
And we began with 2 news scams to tell you about tonight, both involving your home. First to Langley that our police warning thieves are now posing as buyers. Let’s go to our real estate reporter Kirk Williams in Langley, Kirk.
Natalie, when it comes to selling your house and open house is one way to expose your property to a large number of potential buyers. But you could also be exposure yourself to thieves. It’s the season tons of homes for sale. Sometimes real estate agents take clients through a home, others times the doors are thrown open wide and hope buyer will walk in and make an offer. But in Langley, thieves have been walking out with stolen goods.
“They coming in and taking jewelry, laptops, smaller things like iPods and we obviously have concerns about identities after.”
Out of seven incidents in May alone, five of them over $5000, almost $50,000 was in total. It’s one reason some agents refuse to do open house at all. You just don’t know who you are dealing with.
“I don’t know anything about them, when they come to the front door. Like don’t have them screen forsa, for me I don’t’ deal them.”
Whatever you show your home, police recommended you lock up your valuables and medications. If your home has multiple floors and entrances, ask your realtor to bring in helpers to watch your property. Hide your personal documents, bills, credit cards and bank statements. And remove personal photographs, so anything that might identity you. Police say a dark color Ford, Mazda has been linked to some of the thieves, Driven by tow cocation women, one of them walk a cane. A warning has gone to real estate agents across the fraiser valley to be extra vigilant and to report any suspicious buyers.
And we began with 2 news scams to tell you about tonight, both involving your home. First to Langley that our police warning thieves are now posing as buyers. Let’s go to our real estate reporter Kirk Williams in Langley, Kirk.
Natalie, when it comes to selling your house and open house is one way to expose your property to a large number of potential buyers. But you could also be exposure yourself to thieves. It’s the season tons of homes for sale. Sometimes real estate agents take clients through a home, others times the doors are thrown open wide and hope buyer will walk in and make an offer. But in Langley, thieves have been walking out with stolen goods.
“They coming in and taking jewelry, laptops, smaller things like iPods and we obviously have concerns about identities after.”
Out of seven incidents in May alone, five of them over $5000, almost $50,000 was in total. It’s one reason some agents refuse to do open house at all. You just don’t know who you are dealing with.
“I don’t know anything about them, when they come to the front door. Like don’t have them screen forsa, for me I don’t’ deal them.”
Whatever you show your home, police recommended you lock up your valuables and medications. If your home has multiple floors and entrances, ask your realtor to bring in helpers to watch your property. Hide your personal documents, bills, credit cards and bank statements. And remove personal photographs, so anything that might identity you. Police say a dark color Ford, Mazda has been linked to some of the thieves, Driven by tow cocation women, one of them walk a cane. A warning has gone to real estate agents across the fraiser valley to be extra vigilant and to report any suspicious buyers.
2010年5月26日星期三
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWs-BC gunfight kills1, wounds 2
听录音请按这里 (Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/jd0341iajb
Right now we’re waiting for an update from police in BC, about triple shooting in Nanaimo. We know so far, one man is died, two others were sent to the hospital. Out Justine Ma spoken with someone who said he was there when the bullets start flying.
“I saw the gun man actually shooting, he was crippling, hiding behind the car. Tech cap behind the car and shooting.”
Witness is watched in hole as the man was shoot dead in this parking lot, what they say was the gun fight. Chris Wilson says 20 to 30 shots were exchanged.
“The guy that I saw shooting got in the leg and the other guy is dead still lying there.”
He’s spoken to the victim just hours before his death. The man believed to be in his 40s said “The life wasn’t danger.”
“It’s nothing to do with anybody else’s doing between them and it’s, you were shock because he out money, he didn’t want to pay it.”
Nearby business were blocked down as bullets flew. Two other men were also shot.
“Two others were injured, they were taken to Nanaimo regional hospital with receiving treatments for their wounds.”
“We suspect their activities, on the building Jason Tours.”
The head coach of boxing club next door says he suspect one of his neighbor was in trouble with the law.
“It’s really hard for coach to assure parents that they sending the kids to a save place when something like this happens.”
But police say this was a target shooting and not something that public should worry about.
“There’s no risk to the public, that’s get some primary stages.”
So far there’s no wounds on the conditions of two men were rushed to hospital. Police are expected to release more details later today.
Right now we’re waiting for an update from police in BC, about triple shooting in Nanaimo. We know so far, one man is died, two others were sent to the hospital. Out Justine Ma spoken with someone who said he was there when the bullets start flying.
“I saw the gun man actually shooting, he was crippling, hiding behind the car. Tech cap behind the car and shooting.”
Witness is watched in hole as the man was shoot dead in this parking lot, what they say was the gun fight. Chris Wilson says 20 to 30 shots were exchanged.
“The guy that I saw shooting got in the leg and the other guy is dead still lying there.”
He’s spoken to the victim just hours before his death. The man believed to be in his 40s said “The life wasn’t danger.”
“It’s nothing to do with anybody else’s doing between them and it’s, you were shock because he out money, he didn’t want to pay it.”
Nearby business were blocked down as bullets flew. Two other men were also shot.
“Two others were injured, they were taken to Nanaimo regional hospital with receiving treatments for their wounds.”
“We suspect their activities, on the building Jason Tours.”
The head coach of boxing club next door says he suspect one of his neighbor was in trouble with the law.
“It’s really hard for coach to assure parents that they sending the kids to a save place when something like this happens.”
But police say this was a target shooting and not something that public should worry about.
“There’s no risk to the public, that’s get some primary stages.”
So far there’s no wounds on the conditions of two men were rushed to hospital. Police are expected to release more details later today.
2010年5月25日星期二
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWs-Pac-Man turns 30
听录音请按这里 (Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/qnh68o8uu0
红字: 没有听出来, 如果你听出来了,可以在文章下面的“评论”Comment里告诉我噢!
Well, the story that dated us 30 years ago today, the three of us were bummed a quarter from mom and dad and try to play Pac-Man, that’s right. It was the first Video game that appeal to girls as well as boys, which help make so popular. As Theresa Lalonde reports tonight. Today’s online birthday celebration’s prove it is as addictive as ever.
One quarter, hours of fun. Chasing ghosts, munching dots, the game was so big, it had a song and its own cereal. It was the first arcade game to wildly appeal to teen boys and girls.
“Pac-Man came out when I was about 13. And we were just all hit down to arcade and have these massive games of Pac-Man. There was actually a lineup.”
Today, Brenda Bailey make video games, she knows what works.
“Easy to play, easy to pick up, really difficult to master. And to have that sense of replay ablility. These are very, very important design concept so the video games today, Pac-Man nailed it 30 years ago.”
“It was a fun silly little game, nobody got blown up.”
John Robertson repairs and resales arcade games. He’s been called to work on Pac-Man on 1980 right after it came out. The problem, it was too popular.
“The cashbox on it was a little small, for the amount of coins that went into them.”
So now when I was a kid, my big brother was a big gamer and he raped the score on this thing and that was so high that went back to zero. I spent years trying to do the same thing. Twitter’s field was full of arsdutral like that today. Pac-Man was the top conversation on twitter. Many people were struggle by today’s Google graphic, a playable version of Pac-Man. The twitters talked about how distracting it was, no work getting done in the office. Sentimentality still sells this old game.
“Pac-Man is still very popular for home.”
Of course you can get the computer version, but really this is way more physical, more fun, even when you loose.
红字: 没有听出来, 如果你听出来了,可以在文章下面的“评论”Comment里告诉我噢!
Well, the story that dated us 30 years ago today, the three of us were bummed a quarter from mom and dad and try to play Pac-Man, that’s right. It was the first Video game that appeal to girls as well as boys, which help make so popular. As Theresa Lalonde reports tonight. Today’s online birthday celebration’s prove it is as addictive as ever.
One quarter, hours of fun. Chasing ghosts, munching dots, the game was so big, it had a song and its own cereal. It was the first arcade game to wildly appeal to teen boys and girls.
“Pac-Man came out when I was about 13. And we were just all hit down to arcade and have these massive games of Pac-Man. There was actually a lineup.”
Today, Brenda Bailey make video games, she knows what works.
“Easy to play, easy to pick up, really difficult to master. And to have that sense of replay ablility. These are very, very important design concept so the video games today, Pac-Man nailed it 30 years ago.”
“It was a fun silly little game, nobody got blown up.”
John Robertson repairs and resales arcade games. He’s been called to work on Pac-Man on 1980 right after it came out. The problem, it was too popular.
“The cashbox on it was a little small, for the amount of coins that went into them.”
So now when I was a kid, my big brother was a big gamer and he raped the score on this thing and that was so high that went back to zero. I spent years trying to do the same thing. Twitter’s field was full of arsdutral like that today. Pac-Man was the top conversation on twitter. Many people were struggle by today’s Google graphic, a playable version of Pac-Man. The twitters talked about how distracting it was, no work getting done in the office. Sentimentality still sells this old game.
“Pac-Man is still very popular for home.”
Of course you can get the computer version, but really this is way more physical, more fun, even when you loose.
2010年5月21日星期五
一本好书-South of 49 (The Canadian Guide to Buying Residential Real Estate in The United States)
这是我最近读的一本书，是关于加拿大人如何在美国买房。
蛮喜欢这本书的，作者用故事的形势普及加拿大人再美国买方时，在选定、购买、交易过程中的知识。而且此书的语言比较浅显，不用老是查字典。
在图书馆里就能借到，所以在这里推荐一下。
蛮喜欢这本书的，作者用故事的形势普及加拿大人再美国买方时，在选定、购买、交易过程中的知识。而且此书的语言比较浅显，不用老是查字典。
在图书馆里就能借到，所以在这里推荐一下。
2010年5月20日星期四
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Airline Bomb Threat
听录音请按这里(Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/j890upu30u
(Please note this is May 15th news)
Two Canadian fighter jets grumble to escort passenger plane to a landing today at the Vancouver International Airport. The action was taken as a precaution because of the potential security threat on board. The Cathy Pacific flight was on its way to Vancouver from Hong Kong. With more on the incident we reached CBC’s Belle Puri by telephone at the airport.
Well, Diana, just before 11 o’clock, BC RCMP received a call saying that there was a bomb on aboard flight 839 Cathy Pacific airbus 830 was coming in from Hong Kong. So the two CR80 fighter jets were to employ to escorted airplane into Vancouver Airport and landed without incidence. Passengers just debark immediately but were held Custom for over two hours. When they were allowed to leave, they had to leave without their baggage. And RCMP says they determined there was no threat on Board, but their investigation continues.
(Please note this is May 15th news)
Two Canadian fighter jets grumble to escort passenger plane to a landing today at the Vancouver International Airport. The action was taken as a precaution because of the potential security threat on board. The Cathy Pacific flight was on its way to Vancouver from Hong Kong. With more on the incident we reached CBC’s Belle Puri by telephone at the airport.
Well, Diana, just before 11 o’clock, BC RCMP received a call saying that there was a bomb on aboard flight 839 Cathy Pacific airbus 830 was coming in from Hong Kong. So the two CR80 fighter jets were to employ to escorted airplane into Vancouver Airport and landed without incidence. Passengers just debark immediately but were held Custom for over two hours. When they were allowed to leave, they had to leave without their baggage. And RCMP says they determined there was no threat on Board, but their investigation continues.
2010年5月19日星期三
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Website Sells Unavailable Flights
听录音请按这里(Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/cfzzgdaqmf
A big travel distraction is the subject of our Go Public story tonight. A Canadian couple found themselves stranded in Europe and not because of volcanic ash. They bought their tickets online, but the travel company never made the booking. Kathy Tomlinson has this cautionary tale for travelers.
Online, the fares look great. So Roger Cottrill and Betty Calam booked flights to Portaugal through Flight Network. The email confirmation came right way.
“As far as we’ve concerned, we’re good to go.”
All good, until they got to London for their connecting flight. Portugal’s tab air said their booking didn’t exist.
“We were told that we were not on their screen.”
Calam ‘s son was waiting for them in Lisbon. Air Canada tab their partner got them new tickets and they race to make the flight.
“And I don’t think, I’ve ever run harder and fast in my entire life.”
Getting home was worse, again they weren’t booked, they had no choice but to buy first class tickets for $2300.
“It was outrageous.”
“And probably, If we had phone business class rather than looking for a deal, it would been cheaper.”
Turns out Flight Network sold them cheap seat that weren’t actually for sell. Airline record show the day after it booked them, Flight Network was told the discount fare has been cancelled.
“We were not informed.”
The ruler in Ontario where the Flight Network is say that shouldn’t happen.
“So anything that verse or changed of that nature should be advised to the consumer.”
Flight Network refused our request to an interview, but 4 month after this mix up, now it’s showing a refund. The consumers association of Canada got 500 complains about online travel sites last year. Their advice, double check reservations and prices, consider directly booking with the airline and or use a credited travel agent. Thant’s what they suggested. Peter.
A big travel distraction is the subject of our Go Public story tonight. A Canadian couple found themselves stranded in Europe and not because of volcanic ash. They bought their tickets online, but the travel company never made the booking. Kathy Tomlinson has this cautionary tale for travelers.
Online, the fares look great. So Roger Cottrill and Betty Calam booked flights to Portaugal through Flight Network. The email confirmation came right way.
“As far as we’ve concerned, we’re good to go.”
All good, until they got to London for their connecting flight. Portugal’s tab air said their booking didn’t exist.
“We were told that we were not on their screen.”
Calam ‘s son was waiting for them in Lisbon. Air Canada tab their partner got them new tickets and they race to make the flight.
“And I don’t think, I’ve ever run harder and fast in my entire life.”
Getting home was worse, again they weren’t booked, they had no choice but to buy first class tickets for $2300.
“It was outrageous.”
“And probably, If we had phone business class rather than looking for a deal, it would been cheaper.”
Turns out Flight Network sold them cheap seat that weren’t actually for sell. Airline record show the day after it booked them, Flight Network was told the discount fare has been cancelled.
“We were not informed.”
The ruler in Ontario where the Flight Network is say that shouldn’t happen.
“So anything that verse or changed of that nature should be advised to the consumer.”
Flight Network refused our request to an interview, but 4 month after this mix up, now it’s showing a refund. The consumers association of Canada got 500 complains about online travel sites last year. Their advice, double check reservations and prices, consider directly booking with the airline and or use a credited travel agent. Thant’s what they suggested. Peter.
2010年5月18日星期二
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS- Grammar on Twitter
听录音请按这里 (Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/canzy83mga
Twitter seems an unlikely location for English language instruction, but turns out you can learn about grammar on Twitter and have you spelling corrected. Here is Theresa Lalonde.
If you think you don’t have to mind your “P”s and “Q”s when you’re on Twitter, you’re wrong. Grammar hardliners are on line too.
“You see a lot of crazy stuff.”
Alexandra Samuel loves words, as the director of the society media for Emily Car University. Samuel likes writing and reading online. But nothing gets her going like an extra comma.
“Why does it need to be comma there? And I mean, don’t think of me started on a lack of period. But this was that, I saw that, I just thought and I also just thought it’s just kind of funny.”
The message was still there, the message is still. It’s still asking us not to use paper towel unless it’s absolutely necessary.
“I have to admit, I really was not able to sort out the message, cuz I was so distracted by the bad grammar.”
Samuel took a picture of the sign she saw them at the bathroom of a local hotel and posted it to Twitter.
“I’m not gonna trust advice about saving the planet from the people who can’t even save the English language.”
Samuel also takes pictures of menus with bad grammar.
“People not seems realized food doesn’t taste good, if it hasn’t been punctuated properly.”
She highlights mistakes, but doesn’t score individuals. They’re a lot of online police doing that already. Grammar Cops who so reason to be on Twitter is to police others. And there’s Caps Cop where search engine find Twitters in all capital letters and sends them the message asking “Why are you shouting?”
If you join Twitter, you should know that everything you type is out there for anyone to see, so you’re up for public scrutiny.
Twitter seems an unlikely location for English language instruction, but turns out you can learn about grammar on Twitter and have you spelling corrected. Here is Theresa Lalonde.
If you think you don’t have to mind your “P”s and “Q”s when you’re on Twitter, you’re wrong. Grammar hardliners are on line too.
“You see a lot of crazy stuff.”
Alexandra Samuel loves words, as the director of the society media for Emily Car University. Samuel likes writing and reading online. But nothing gets her going like an extra comma.
“Why does it need to be comma there? And I mean, don’t think of me started on a lack of period. But this was that, I saw that, I just thought and I also just thought it’s just kind of funny.”
The message was still there, the message is still. It’s still asking us not to use paper towel unless it’s absolutely necessary.
“I have to admit, I really was not able to sort out the message, cuz I was so distracted by the bad grammar.”
Samuel took a picture of the sign she saw them at the bathroom of a local hotel and posted it to Twitter.
“I’m not gonna trust advice about saving the planet from the people who can’t even save the English language.”
Samuel also takes pictures of menus with bad grammar.
“People not seems realized food doesn’t taste good, if it hasn’t been punctuated properly.”
She highlights mistakes, but doesn’t score individuals. They’re a lot of online police doing that already. Grammar Cops who so reason to be on Twitter is to police others. And there’s Caps Cop where search engine find Twitters in all capital letters and sends them the message asking “Why are you shouting?”
If you join Twitter, you should know that everything you type is out there for anyone to see, so you’re up for public scrutiny.
2010年5月17日星期一
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-BC HST LIST
听录音请按这里 (Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/v017fnlpn6
When the provincial government wants to release something without attracting too much attention, it often does it on a Friday afternoon. And today it released a list of items that will have a higher tax rate under the HST. Heather Robinson is at the legislature right now, Victoria. Heather.
Well, that’s right Gloria, I mean, many of us here are at the legislature from the press gallery to the opposition have been trying to get our hands on that list. Since last summer, when we heard the HST was coming to British Columbia, we want to know what items that are currently exempt from provincial sales tax will be hit the full 12% HST, when it comes to effect. Finally today we have that list. Now some things that we can expect paying more for included your basic cable, phone, home renovations, landscaping, real estate fee, now many of these we’ve been talking about before, many of these are in the public light. But here are few that are new to some of us, if you buy a smoke detector, if you buy a fist aid kit, for the first time, those items will now be tax both the provincial and the federal tax. You know, anything from buying a book, to going to the movies, to hopping into a cab, it’s going to jump from that 5% GST, up to a full 12 percent HST.
Heather, why did the government release this list?
Well, there’s been off a lot of pressure coming from the public, from the media, and from the all of those who oppose the HST to give finally a detailed, comprehensive list. Ontario has already done it. Bill Radisson, he is initiative co-election that release, that’s working on the petition. They release what they called a hit list, it’s a little while ago, and things they claim are going to be hit the HST. Well, the Finance Minister Colin Hansen said it was a full of mistakes, trying to correct that and here we go, six weeks before HST, comes into effect, we finally have that comprehensive list. We now know exactly where is going to hit us the most.
When the provincial government wants to release something without attracting too much attention, it often does it on a Friday afternoon. And today it released a list of items that will have a higher tax rate under the HST. Heather Robinson is at the legislature right now, Victoria. Heather.
Well, that’s right Gloria, I mean, many of us here are at the legislature from the press gallery to the opposition have been trying to get our hands on that list. Since last summer, when we heard the HST was coming to British Columbia, we want to know what items that are currently exempt from provincial sales tax will be hit the full 12% HST, when it comes to effect. Finally today we have that list. Now some things that we can expect paying more for included your basic cable, phone, home renovations, landscaping, real estate fee, now many of these we’ve been talking about before, many of these are in the public light. But here are few that are new to some of us, if you buy a smoke detector, if you buy a fist aid kit, for the first time, those items will now be tax both the provincial and the federal tax. You know, anything from buying a book, to going to the movies, to hopping into a cab, it’s going to jump from that 5% GST, up to a full 12 percent HST.
Heather, why did the government release this list?
Well, there’s been off a lot of pressure coming from the public, from the media, and from the all of those who oppose the HST to give finally a detailed, comprehensive list. Ontario has already done it. Bill Radisson, he is initiative co-election that release, that’s working on the petition. They release what they called a hit list, it’s a little while ago, and things they claim are going to be hit the HST. Well, the Finance Minister Colin Hansen said it was a full of mistakes, trying to correct that and here we go, six weeks before HST, comes into effect, we finally have that comprehensive list. We now know exactly where is going to hit us the most.
2010年5月13日星期四
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-BC Sales Tax Refund
听录音请按这里(Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/v2nq1jf41y
So as you hear Home Depot is promising refunds to those you can approve they were over charged. But what’s the provincial government doing all about extra tax money in its coffer, Eric Rankin has that story.
Well, you might be wondering is Victoria going to penalize Home Depot for this big mistake or maybe did put it into provincial conferences to make sure millions are ended up with a quickly returned. The answer seems to be No. on both counts. It’ll be up to you to get your own refund.
Home Depot customers are doing yourself types, most don’t want their refunds to be DIY.
“Yes, that’s sucks.”
“That’s just awful. I think they made enough money especially off me.”
People right to the top to the man who ended up with the tax windfall.
“Certainly we do receive complains they are all followed up on and we have our investigators, auditors that, that will looking into the issues that will brought to our attention.”
Another word, you have to complain, but what about issuing refund?
“Well I can’t comment on any particular investigation or complain.”
We were able to get this from the financial minister. Customers are entitle to a 7% PST refund, if you have your receipt as Cathy mentioned. You can go directly to Home Depot to get your money back, but the minister says it might be easier to go to its webpage and collect from government. The only problem you can’t get refund there for a claim of less than $10, the good news you can get your money back within four years from the date tax is improperly collected. So, good enough for overcharged Home Depot customers?
“Under $10, but how many times you come here, it really accumulates.”
“You don’t feel can try it about anything, so I take it as a loss.”
“As customers are getting holes again.”
We asked Home Depot just how much money they though they have over collected from BC tax payers. They said determining that wasn’t the priority right now. Meanwhile the provincial government says it would not penalize Home Depot for the tax mistake, adding they’ll been contact and have them revise their taxation process.
So as you hear Home Depot is promising refunds to those you can approve they were over charged. But what’s the provincial government doing all about extra tax money in its coffer, Eric Rankin has that story.
Well, you might be wondering is Victoria going to penalize Home Depot for this big mistake or maybe did put it into provincial conferences to make sure millions are ended up with a quickly returned. The answer seems to be No. on both counts. It’ll be up to you to get your own refund.
Home Depot customers are doing yourself types, most don’t want their refunds to be DIY.
“Yes, that’s sucks.”
“That’s just awful. I think they made enough money especially off me.”
People right to the top to the man who ended up with the tax windfall.
“Certainly we do receive complains they are all followed up on and we have our investigators, auditors that, that will looking into the issues that will brought to our attention.”
Another word, you have to complain, but what about issuing refund?
“Well I can’t comment on any particular investigation or complain.”
We were able to get this from the financial minister. Customers are entitle to a 7% PST refund, if you have your receipt as Cathy mentioned. You can go directly to Home Depot to get your money back, but the minister says it might be easier to go to its webpage and collect from government. The only problem you can’t get refund there for a claim of less than $10, the good news you can get your money back within four years from the date tax is improperly collected. So, good enough for overcharged Home Depot customers?
“Under $10, but how many times you come here, it really accumulates.”
“You don’t feel can try it about anything, so I take it as a loss.”
“As customers are getting holes again.”
We asked Home Depot just how much money they though they have over collected from BC tax payers. They said determining that wasn’t the priority right now. Meanwhile the provincial government says it would not penalize Home Depot for the tax mistake, adding they’ll been contact and have them revise their taxation process.
2010年5月12日星期三
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Baby Gender Fee
听录音请按这里 (Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/j774hsajv8
Well this gives new meaning to the phrase cash and carry, pregnant women will soon have to pay hospitals in British Columbia to review the gender of their unborn child. So, could the practice catch on in the rest of the Canada, Chris Brown reports.
Cassandra and Chris Frederickson are waiting forty weeks for the big review. They want to get to know their baby now on a 3D ultrasound.
“It’s the No. 1 question you always get from everybody. You know, do you know what the sex it, do you know if it’s a boy or girl.”
“We decided to just go with everything neutral but there’s part of us that wants to buy pink or blue so.”
The ultrasound technician can usually tell the gender of the detail 20 weeks’ scan. But it not always included in the official reporter to the doctor. Now the BC government wants to make parents pay $50 to put it in.
“It’s not automatically necessary procedure and what the medical services plan pays for and our health care plan pays for are those things of automatically necessary. So it is an option and people wish to pay for that and then they can have that additional option.”
“What they’re doing is on a women’s personal health information, they’re saying we have the information, we wouldn’t share to you unless you gives us 50 bucks. It’s a shake now.”
We check with Canada’s abstatute society in several provincial medical associations and no one knew of any other place they charge the parents for gender determination. Outside the maternity store, pregnant Mom though it a cash grab.
“If I really want to know, I would pay the money and I think most of people would.”
Indeed $50 is still a bargain compare to the several hundreds dollars some parents pay it private ultrasound clinics to have that early introduction to their baby. The Fredericksons now know it’s a girl and already decided on her name. And that is one secret they’re going to keep to themselves.
Well this gives new meaning to the phrase cash and carry, pregnant women will soon have to pay hospitals in British Columbia to review the gender of their unborn child. So, could the practice catch on in the rest of the Canada, Chris Brown reports.
Cassandra and Chris Frederickson are waiting forty weeks for the big review. They want to get to know their baby now on a 3D ultrasound.
“It’s the No. 1 question you always get from everybody. You know, do you know what the sex it, do you know if it’s a boy or girl.”
“We decided to just go with everything neutral but there’s part of us that wants to buy pink or blue so.”
The ultrasound technician can usually tell the gender of the detail 20 weeks’ scan. But it not always included in the official reporter to the doctor. Now the BC government wants to make parents pay $50 to put it in.
“It’s not automatically necessary procedure and what the medical services plan pays for and our health care plan pays for are those things of automatically necessary. So it is an option and people wish to pay for that and then they can have that additional option.”
“What they’re doing is on a women’s personal health information, they’re saying we have the information, we wouldn’t share to you unless you gives us 50 bucks. It’s a shake now.”
We check with Canada’s abstatute society in several provincial medical associations and no one knew of any other place they charge the parents for gender determination. Outside the maternity store, pregnant Mom though it a cash grab.
“If I really want to know, I would pay the money and I think most of people would.”
Indeed $50 is still a bargain compare to the several hundreds dollars some parents pay it private ultrasound clinics to have that early introduction to their baby. The Fredericksons now know it’s a girl and already decided on her name. And that is one secret they’re going to keep to themselves.
2010年5月11日星期二
Move for Health Day-Kayaking
5月10日是Move for Health Day, 我去Kayaking了, 在海里划独木舟。我们是傍晚5点半开始的，有Instructor先做简单培训，他给我们穿上了专门的救生和防护服装，教我们怎样用脚控制船的方向，怎样划动船桨。然后，Instructor又反复在那里说怎样坐进船舱和出船舱才不会翻倒，如果船翻了我们应该怎么做。听了以后我有那么一点点担心，“Is like everyone will fall off in the water first time?" "No, 1 person per year, probably." 这下，我觉得好多了。事实上，Kayaking比我想象得还要容易些，船设计得很容易控制，前进的速度也比较快，而且还很平稳。昨天的天气很好，风和日丽，时而大鸟从头顶掠过，时而海浪轻微得把你托起又放下，如果累了，你可以就坐在那里任海浪把你带去那里。非常惬意、休闲。只是在划船的时候，难免会有水进入船舱，虽然船舱尽量封闭了，衣服会有点湿。我们划了1个小时，不累，很Enjoyable! 这就是我！
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Crowded Classrooms
听录音请按这里 (Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/7i950q1ar9
The education minister says she knows that Surrey school district has a problem with a lack of classroom space. The question is what Margaret Macdiarmid will do about it. Belle Puri reports.
See took a classroom visit for education minister to learn a lesson other than Surrey of known for sometimes.
“The sense this is a very wrapped growing district. We haven’t been keeping up.”
With more children than any other BC communities, Surrey’s the fast growing school district in the province. Already one in ten students doesn’t have a spot in a regular classroom. Surrey has over 7000 students in portables, enough to fill 14 elementary schools.
Teachers want more classrooms and more money to deal with the district’s 14M dollars budget shortfall.
“The reality is the dollars that are coming in the classroom is not enough to provide the same level of the service that we provided in a year and past.”
The minister only announced today was about size make upgrading project, but one of the new space she says is coming. Not new buildings, but new advance portables that will feel more like buildings.
“In some cases it will be a module classrooms, but I haven’t been in any yet. But I’m told we’ve been building those kind of structural actually for Alberta for sometime and they very much feel like an NX.”
“I feel quite confident that she is aware of our situation here.”
That’s the big change from a few weeks ago. You were upset, outrage, change is that all it takes, the minister comes to the town?
“No. You have to show me the results.”
The next time the minister visit, the students hope they will really have something to think about.
The education minister says she knows that Surrey school district has a problem with a lack of classroom space. The question is what Margaret Macdiarmid will do about it. Belle Puri reports.
See took a classroom visit for education minister to learn a lesson other than Surrey of known for sometimes.
“The sense this is a very wrapped growing district. We haven’t been keeping up.”
With more children than any other BC communities, Surrey’s the fast growing school district in the province. Already one in ten students doesn’t have a spot in a regular classroom. Surrey has over 7000 students in portables, enough to fill 14 elementary schools.
Teachers want more classrooms and more money to deal with the district’s 14M dollars budget shortfall.
“The reality is the dollars that are coming in the classroom is not enough to provide the same level of the service that we provided in a year and past.”
The minister only announced today was about size make upgrading project, but one of the new space she says is coming. Not new buildings, but new advance portables that will feel more like buildings.
“In some cases it will be a module classrooms, but I haven’t been in any yet. But I’m told we’ve been building those kind of structural actually for Alberta for sometime and they very much feel like an NX.”
“I feel quite confident that she is aware of our situation here.”
That’s the big change from a few weeks ago. You were upset, outrage, change is that all it takes, the minister comes to the town?
“No. You have to show me the results.”
The next time the minister visit, the students hope they will really have something to think about.
2010年5月10日星期一
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-Hawks VS Canucks Preview
听录音请按这里 (Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/pk0ooe3ul7
Vancouver has lost last two games to travail series 2 to 1. The CBC’s Shane Foxman is live Vancouver with the preview of tonight’s game. OK, Shane, the Canucks had a great record during the regular season, why were they caught off guard the other night at their home ice?
You know what I don’t know if it’s caught off guard or you know you hear sometimes players try to do too much and you try to get out of your comforts zone and that might be the issue. They had great first period in game three, Antiny’s the gold tender. Of course for Chicago still on his head. He was absolutely fantastic, while Canucks would’ve had lead. But from the first period on, the Canucks seems to get away from the game. They kind of get drag in the Chicago’s game which is much more physical game. A lot of pushing and shooting in front of the net. After the whistle you saw a Daniel Sedin’s loosing his temper, that’s something Fox around here have never seen. One of the Sedins are getting caught up to shut his mouth in a penalty box. So I think Canucks got a little away from their game. Kind of got drank. I see if they’re get back to their style to play. Have to remember as you said Canucks had a great season, you have to remember the things you did all year that got you to this point, the things you have to get back to right now. We’ll see if they able to do that as you mentioned important game time. You don’t what to be down three one and getting back to Chicago.
Very quickly, what will prove that they’re back to their game tonight? What would you been looking for too see?
I’ll be looking to see that specially early in the game, after the whistle, you know when a lot of time you see the players with the gloves on the faces, if you see the Canucks skating away from that, not get caught up and I think that would be a good sign and look there’s nothing better than that the scores, the first score in the game the time that sets the tone and change the way both teams play.
Vancouver has lost last two games to travail series 2 to 1. The CBC’s Shane Foxman is live Vancouver with the preview of tonight’s game. OK, Shane, the Canucks had a great record during the regular season, why were they caught off guard the other night at their home ice?
You know what I don’t know if it’s caught off guard or you know you hear sometimes players try to do too much and you try to get out of your comforts zone and that might be the issue. They had great first period in game three, Antiny’s the gold tender. Of course for Chicago still on his head. He was absolutely fantastic, while Canucks would’ve had lead. But from the first period on, the Canucks seems to get away from the game. They kind of get drag in the Chicago’s game which is much more physical game. A lot of pushing and shooting in front of the net. After the whistle you saw a Daniel Sedin’s loosing his temper, that’s something Fox around here have never seen. One of the Sedins are getting caught up to shut his mouth in a penalty box. So I think Canucks got a little away from their game. Kind of got drank. I see if they’re get back to their style to play. Have to remember as you said Canucks had a great season, you have to remember the things you did all year that got you to this point, the things you have to get back to right now. We’ll see if they able to do that as you mentioned important game time. You don’t what to be down three one and getting back to Chicago.
Very quickly, what will prove that they’re back to their game tonight? What would you been looking for too see?
I’ll be looking to see that specially early in the game, after the whistle, you know when a lot of time you see the players with the gloves on the faces, if you see the Canucks skating away from that, not get caught up and I think that would be a good sign and look there’s nothing better than that the scores, the first score in the game the time that sets the tone and change the way both teams play.
2010年5月5日星期三
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC News-Visa Denied
听录音请按这里(Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/gknftmnqra
Questions denied about Canada’s Visa system. Why was a woman from China denied entry to attend her mother’s funeral in Surrey. Kathy Tomlinson has the story.
Jason Wu says his family can’t rest until his grandmother’s grave is attended to by her daughter.
“This is almost like a specter judgment upon her not being able to see her at life’s final departure.”
The Canadian Government won’t allow Su Lan Huang to come from China to say goodbye.
“How is that they are not able to feel a daughter’s pain or family members’ pain?”
Her mother was struck and killed at this crossing. Canada’s Visa Office overseas wouldn’t let Huang in for the funeral. It want significant approve that she has the ties in China and would go back.
“She’s not criminal, you know she’s not terrorist.”
Document submitted shows she has a husband, a grandson, a house and money in the bank.”
“She’ll be a fugitive in Canada. She’s of a nature, she can’t work, she doesn’t speak the language.”
Still two more applications were also denied. Immigration administer Jason Kenny wouldn’t talk to us about this, but his spokes person told us the concern is still that Huang will never go home. He also talk us her application said mothering about wanting to visitor mother’s grave. These copies though clearly state that over and over as the reason for her trip.
“They probably didn’t read the documentation.”
This lawyer isn’t surprised. Canada’s visa application system in China has been contracted out to a company from Monbai. He believes the visa officer now just rubber stamp its recommendations.
“How much input he’s going to have and how much files he actually looked at. It’s everybody, you know is anybody’s cares.”
“I’m so ethnical of everything now.”
The office of Wu’s MP Tory Alice Wong is now looking into why the officer in this case apparently didn’t see the please of a graving family.
Questions denied about Canada’s Visa system. Why was a woman from China denied entry to attend her mother’s funeral in Surrey. Kathy Tomlinson has the story.
Jason Wu says his family can’t rest until his grandmother’s grave is attended to by her daughter.
“This is almost like a specter judgment upon her not being able to see her at life’s final departure.”
The Canadian Government won’t allow Su Lan Huang to come from China to say goodbye.
“How is that they are not able to feel a daughter’s pain or family members’ pain?”
Her mother was struck and killed at this crossing. Canada’s Visa Office overseas wouldn’t let Huang in for the funeral. It want significant approve that she has the ties in China and would go back.
“She’s not criminal, you know she’s not terrorist.”
Document submitted shows she has a husband, a grandson, a house and money in the bank.”
“She’ll be a fugitive in Canada. She’s of a nature, she can’t work, she doesn’t speak the language.”
Still two more applications were also denied. Immigration administer Jason Kenny wouldn’t talk to us about this, but his spokes person told us the concern is still that Huang will never go home. He also talk us her application said mothering about wanting to visitor mother’s grave. These copies though clearly state that over and over as the reason for her trip.
“They probably didn’t read the documentation.”
This lawyer isn’t surprised. Canada’s visa application system in China has been contracted out to a company from Monbai. He believes the visa officer now just rubber stamp its recommendations.
“How much input he’s going to have and how much files he actually looked at. It’s everybody, you know is anybody’s cares.”
“I’m so ethnical of everything now.”
The office of Wu’s MP Tory Alice Wong is now looking into why the officer in this case apparently didn’t see the please of a graving family.
2010年5月4日星期二
If you don’t know how to defend yourself, you’ll get fired.
听对话录音: http://www.box.net/shared/ni43ijir97
现在在播的TRUMP的真人秀The Celebrity Apprentice里最好看得部分是他们在Boardroom里辩论谁应该被Fire，而这个星期的Summer被Fire的过程真实让我大开眼界。
Boardroom里，最后只剩下Summer（她是Project Manager）和Curtis因为他在Project里没什么作为。Trump一开始就对Curtis没有对其他人对他的指责做出辩解表示失望。Curtis作了一番解释。然后Trump问Summer，你认为我应该Fire谁？这个时候，Summer是处于很有利的位置，只是接下来。
Summer: I honestly can’t answer that question.
Trump: I think you gotta have to. Otherwise, you’re the project manager, you’ll get fired.
(不用考虑公不公平，要考虑保护自己，而进攻是最好的防守。所以Summer答错了这一题！)
Summer: If you won’t fire me, then the only person you need to fire is Curtis.
Trump: What do you mean by if I won’t fire you?
(老板不是法官，他是来挑选最强者，谦虚说明你不自信。Summer又答错了这一题)
Summer: (只是在说她的Team是怎么工作的。)
Trump: Tell me who I should fire, you or Curtis?
(要帮老板作决定，认为老板应该能分清谁优谁劣，就是一种放弃。Summer又错了。)
。。。。。。
Trump: Curtis, why should I fire summer over you?
Curtis: Summer, cuz she is the project manager.
。。。。。。
Trump: Summer, who I should fire and why?
Summer: I’m saying Curtis, cause I want be in this show, compete for my charity.
(这个就不是理由，只有证明自己更强才能留下，又错！)
Trump’s assistant: That’s not telling the reason though, you haven’t be in this boardroom, Curtis have been here quite a few times.
(让别人帮你说理由，只能证明自己很弱)
Summer: That’s a good point. Can I brought it up now?
Trump: I think it’s a little late for that. You haven’t given a very strong argument for you to stay.
(说出来，才能赢！)
Trump: Summer, you are fired!
Trump’s assistant: She wasn’t able to defend herself.
所以，Summer被Fire不是因为她做的不好，而是因为她说的不好。
在北美生活，常常不削于老外都是能说，不能做。可是要能说才能defend自己，才能胜出，这就是生存之道！
现在在播的TRUMP的真人秀The Celebrity Apprentice里最好看得部分是他们在Boardroom里辩论谁应该被Fire，而这个星期的Summer被Fire的过程真实让我大开眼界。
Boardroom里，最后只剩下Summer（她是Project Manager）和Curtis因为他在Project里没什么作为。Trump一开始就对Curtis没有对其他人对他的指责做出辩解表示失望。Curtis作了一番解释。然后Trump问Summer，你认为我应该Fire谁？这个时候，Summer是处于很有利的位置，只是接下来。
Summer: I honestly can’t answer that question.
Trump: I think you gotta have to. Otherwise, you’re the project manager, you’ll get fired.
(不用考虑公不公平，要考虑保护自己，而进攻是最好的防守。所以Summer答错了这一题！)
Summer: If you won’t fire me, then the only person you need to fire is Curtis.
Trump: What do you mean by if I won’t fire you?
(老板不是法官，他是来挑选最强者，谦虚说明你不自信。Summer又答错了这一题)
Summer: (只是在说她的Team是怎么工作的。)
Trump: Tell me who I should fire, you or Curtis?
(要帮老板作决定，认为老板应该能分清谁优谁劣，就是一种放弃。Summer又错了。)
。。。。。。
Trump: Curtis, why should I fire summer over you?
Curtis: Summer, cuz she is the project manager.
。。。。。。
Trump: Summer, who I should fire and why?
Summer: I’m saying Curtis, cause I want be in this show, compete for my charity.
(这个就不是理由，只有证明自己更强才能留下，又错！)
Trump’s assistant: That’s not telling the reason though, you haven’t be in this boardroom, Curtis have been here quite a few times.
(让别人帮你说理由，只能证明自己很弱)
Summer: That’s a good point. Can I brought it up now?
Trump: I think it’s a little late for that. You haven’t given a very strong argument for you to stay.
(说出来，才能赢！)
Trump: Summer, you are fired!
Trump’s assistant: She wasn’t able to defend herself.
所以，Summer被Fire不是因为她做的不好，而是因为她说的不好。
在北美生活，常常不削于老外都是能说，不能做。可是要能说才能defend自己，才能胜出，这就是生存之道！
2010年5月3日星期一
一起听新闻、学英语-CBC NEWS-HST REVOLT
听录音请按这里(Audio): http://www.box.net/shared/jozycpuk58
Thinking of join a gym or getting a theater subscription, starting tomorrow, it may cost you 8% more in Ontario and 7% more in British Columbia. It’s the harmonize sales tax, by July 1st when the tax is completely faced in. It’ll apply to everything, from hair cuts to gasoline. And as Chris Brown explains in BC at least there’re signs of hold.
In BC, a lot of people will like to berry the new harmonize sales tax. The province’ funeral director’s among them. It’s a tax on death they say. I don’t want have to sit in front of the family that’s just lost their father and tell them they have to pay additional 7% over above what they already have to pay. The funeral directors have donated $10,000 to a growing grasses campaign to try to get the HST repealed.
So far more than 145,000 people have signed partitions against the tax.
“This is just getting random and throw.”
“And I think it’s really gonna hurt like small businesses and lower income families.”
The legislation itself passed last night after the BC liberal use their majority to shut down debate, but no one expect the fight will end there.
“We have a quiet revolution happening in this province.”
With his trade mark event, Bill Vanderzalm has come out of politic retirement to roily the anti tax forces against premier Golden Hamper’s government.
“They lied in election. During the election only a week before, they announced, they said no HST, we don’t want HST. And then suddenly after the election, we have HST. So they handle it so badly.”
People in Ontario will start paying HST on July 1ST too, and there was small protest there today. But nothing like the serious counter attack there’s been in BC. Big business is all for the HST, but its voice been hard to hear.
“It’s been showing elsewhere in the world that leads to one investment harm tax activity and that’s what we need in BC.”
Well, tax opponents here have been spurred on by legislation it’s said that if they get 10% of the voters and every writing in the province to sign that potion, then there’s a chance they can get the HST bill repealed. It is a long shot, but it has keep people fighting.
“Chris, we just hear from business they’re saying, it’s good for business. What’re we talking about? Why is good for business?”
Well, they say it’s good for investment essentially, if a company say buys a car or computer for their business, right now, they can claim back the GST, on that portion of the sales tax, but can’t claim back the provincial portion of the sales tax. So now the HST, they’ll be able to get the whole portion back, the idea is those saving will trickle down on through the system and ultimately go to the consumer. And effect several study of looked atlantics Canada which has the HST, they concluded that effect that’s what’s been happening.
“Troubles on consumers are that some services they’re now paying a tax where they didn’t before, right?”
Yes, that’s exactly it. You’ll see it on haircuts, restaurant for example. Those prices are going to go up right way. There is going to be definitely some sticker shock. And the concern is what the people will hold back that may off set some of the gains, that the business communities hoping to see.
Thinking of join a gym or getting a theater subscription, starting tomorrow, it may cost you 8% more in Ontario and 7% more in British Columbia. It’s the harmonize sales tax, by July 1st when the tax is completely faced in. It’ll apply to everything, from hair cuts to gasoline. And as Chris Brown explains in BC at least there’re signs of hold.
In BC, a lot of people will like to berry the new harmonize sales tax. The province’ funeral director’s among them. It’s a tax on death they say. I don’t want have to sit in front of the family that’s just lost their father and tell them they have to pay additional 7% over above what they already have to pay. The funeral directors have donated $10,000 to a growing grasses campaign to try to get the HST repealed.
So far more than 145,000 people have signed partitions against the tax.
“This is just getting random and throw.”
“And I think it’s really gonna hurt like small businesses and lower income families.”
The legislation itself passed last night after the BC liberal use their majority to shut down debate, but no one expect the fight will end there.
“We have a quiet revolution happening in this province.”
With his trade mark event, Bill Vanderzalm has come out of politic retirement to roily the anti tax forces against premier Golden Hamper’s government.
“They lied in election. During the election only a week before, they announced, they said no HST, we don’t want HST. And then suddenly after the election, we have HST. So they handle it so badly.”
People in Ontario will start paying HST on July 1ST too, and there was small protest there today. But nothing like the serious counter attack there’s been in BC. Big business is all for the HST, but its voice been hard to hear.
“It’s been showing elsewhere in the world that leads to one investment harm tax activity and that’s what we need in BC.”
Well, tax opponents here have been spurred on by legislation it’s said that if they get 10% of the voters and every writing in the province to sign that potion, then there’s a chance they can get the HST bill repealed. It is a long shot, but it has keep people fighting.
“Chris, we just hear from business they’re saying, it’s good for business. What’re we talking about? Why is good for business?”
Well, they say it’s good for investment essentially, if a company say buys a car or computer for their business, right now, they can claim back the GST, on that portion of the sales tax, but can’t claim back the provincial portion of the sales tax. So now the HST, they’ll be able to get the whole portion back, the idea is those saving will trickle down on through the system and ultimately go to the consumer. And effect several study of looked atlantics Canada which has the HST, they concluded that effect that’s what’s been happening.
“Troubles on consumers are that some services they’re now paying a tax where they didn’t before, right?”
Yes, that’s exactly it. You’ll see it on haircuts, restaurant for example. Those prices are going to go up right way. There is going to be definitely some sticker shock. And the concern is what the people will hold back that may off set some of the gains, that the business communities hoping to see.
订阅：
博文 (Atom)