Vancouver Secrets

Taxing The Life Out Of Obsolete Technology

The geniuses at the Canadian Copyright Board have increase CD taxes by 39%, rasing them to 29 cents per CD.

In 1999, (the last time I used a blank CD), they decided to tax blank CDs by 20 cents each, and give this money to the music industry to distribute to Canadian Artists. I won’t even begin to debate the percentage of Canadian vs US music gets burned to CD.

The reason from the Secretary General of the Copyright Board of Canada, Claude Majeau:

“Two main factors led the Board to raise the CD levy rate to 29¢. First, the mechanical royalties that record labels pay to record a song onto a prerecorded CD have increased. Second, because consumers now use compression technology when they record music, the average number of music tracks copied onto a CD went from 15 to more than 18.”

Someone forgot to tell him that 20 CDs go for around 20 bucks. (Don’t tell them about MP3 CD players where you can now record hundreds of songs onto a CD.)

Where the rub lies is that the CPCC has collected almost $232 million so far, and only $148.8 million had been distributed, leaving almost $85 million sitting around. Take away expenses of $25 million to collect this money, and they are sitting on $60 million. 

Not a bad business model. Imagine if your business could raise it’s prices by 39% for a product that is declining in sales and reaching it’s end.

Better get a terabyte portable drive before they catch on and find a  way to tax those… 

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Got The Blues?

photo credit: Elfike

I thought I’d share some free music with you today because I know everyone is probably stuck indoors in this deep freeze. Every week Darcey at Dust My Broom shares a Friday Night Blues and Beer set.  

Not only does he feature a great beer of the week - but I also get to download an hour long MP3 of great blues from a lot of bands I haven’t heard of before.

Darcey has grown the blog into a real powerhouse, all from Olds, Alberta.

You can check out the blues collection here, or grab the RSS feed here. There’s over 137 hours of blues to listen to, enough to fill up your iPod. 

It sure beats the radio here in Vancouver, where for some reason they are still playing April Wine.

Supreme Court Rules Against The Liberals.

Now we know the real reason behind changing the name to “Employment Insurance”. It allowed the Liberals a way to keep upping the fees on the employed… and by miliking this tax system, they were able to create a surplus.

Remove this theft of funds, and you’ll see the real picture of how poorly they governed Canada through the years of growth.

Today the courts ruled against the Federal Government on the overcharging of EI.

They ruled the Liberal Cabinet - not Parliament - illegally collected EI premiums for three years — 2002, 2003 and 2005 –  and overcharged business and taxpayers of $54.1 billion by 2007. (Not that we’ll see a cent returned).

The Bottom line is that they cheated Canadians to create a surplus. It’s just another example to add to the ever growing list of how the Liberals shafted us.

The good news is that Harper has corrected this wrong in the last federal budget by creating a new Crown corporation to run the (un)employment insurance system. They can’t use it as a slush fund anymore.

The new program restricts the use of the EI fund for EI benefits only, and limit premiums to the amount needed to cover the cost of EI, plus a $2-billion cushion.

So that probably means we’ll need to wait a few years to see the real savings.

Remember this next time you hear of how the Liberals gave us all those great years of surpluses.

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If The Webot is Correct, We Should Slide Into The Ocean Sometime Today

Hmmm…

Wed Bot prediction: Vancouver: December 10-12 for a first major earthquake and then a couple of days later, perhaps as late at the 15th for a second large quake.

h/t *  The Web Bot foresee a West Coast/Vancouver area large-scale earthquake around December 12, 2008.

Many have seen signs of this coming for quite some time. This may not be the “Big One”, but it will prove to be significant and very devastating to the area.

The Web Bot Project has made a number of very accurate and insightful predictions regarding coming events. Originally designed to track stock market trends, the Web Bot uses a system of spiders that crawl the Internet looking for patterns of behavior, trends and chatter pertaining to coming events. This tool is believed to be able to forecast the future by tapping into the collective unconscious of society.

The believers claim the Web Bot has accurately predicted many other natural and man made disasters such as the 2001 anthrax attack on Washington DC, the East Coast power outage in 2003 and the earthquake which lead to the December 26 2004 tsunami. It is even credited with predicting hurricane Katrina and the devastating events that followed. In addition, the Web Bot has foretold of a global devastating event expected to take place in late December 2012.

Search “web bot Vancouver” and you’ll see all the coverage.

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Bank Of Canada Brings Canadians Up To Speed

Bank of Canada sounds debt alarm:

A significant number of Canadians are at risk of defaulting on mortgages and other loans if the global financial crisis deteriorates and triggers a deeper recession, the Bank of Canada warns.

In a sobering assessment of the financial crisis, the central bank concludes that significant risks remain for both the global economy and Canada if credit conditions don’t begin to improve.

The Bank of Canada has spoken - wonder what tipped them off?

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Left Wing Math

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I rarely read or comment on left wing blogs - for good reason.

But this one was hard to resist:

The voice of 62% of Canadians is no longer heard. We have a functioning arrangement where representatives of 36% of the people are running the nation - with no public scrutiny.

This is a sad day for Canada.

The assumption is that a Canadian that voted Liberal was choosing between them or a far left alternative like the Green Party, Bloc, or the NDP.

It’s a fatally flawed argument, but it doesn’t stop them.. check out the comments and the attacks on me for trying to reason.

Electric Car Sales Collapse

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Great time to be forcing the Big Three into the business.

Although car sales in general were of by about 25-28%, the surprise was that electric car sales fell by over 50%.

Even Smart Car sales fell to their worst level this year.

Daily tech reports: Electric Car Sales in Freefall; Industry Risks Collapse
In what many will find a surprising turn of events, electric car sales have plummeted this year, plunging the fledgling industry into financial turmoil. Many manufacturers and dealers are cutting back operations; some have shut down entirely. Others are calling for government action to prevent the industry from wholesale collapse.

Sales declines aren’t limited to the U.S. In Britain, sales of electric cars have dropped a shocking 58 percent this year. For the first ten months of 2008, a total of only 156 vehicles were sold in the country — nearly all of those confined to London itself. The announcement came just two days after the nation’s Committee on Climate Change predicted electric car sales would increase substantially this year.

Larry Shriner, Chief Financial Officer of Zenn Motors, an electric car manufacturer based in Canada, says government “needs to get engaged to give the industry some momentum”. Shriner doesn’t necessarily favor gas price supports, but he says government needs to ensure “people stay focused” on the benefits of electric car technology.

Think the auto industry should do a little market research before they jump in?

But WAIT- it get’s better:

Brokaw Wants to Tax Gas Back to $4 a Gallonthebigfeedblog@gmail.com

So says Tom Brokaw. Here is Brokaw’s question to Obama on Meet the Press?:

Let’s talk for a moment about consumer responsibility when it comes to the auto industries. As soon as gas prices dropped, consumers moved back to the larger cars once again. The SUVs are the big gas consumers. Why not take this opportunity to put a tax on gasoline, bump it back up to $4 a gallon where people were prepared to pay for that, and use that revenue for alternative energy and as a signal to the consumers: “Those days are gone. We’re not going to have gasoline that you could just fill up your tank for 20 bucks anymore.“

These kind of thinkers will help the ‘CAUSE’ immensely.

Do you think $4/gallon gas may have helped the collapse along?

Government Stimulus For Jobs?

I get worried every time I hear that government should spend money to create jobs.

What comes to mind right away:

- Department of Motor Vehicles - DMV

- Canada Border Services Agency

- Canada Council For The Arts

- Canada Firearms Center

- Revenue Canada

- Canada Post

- Canadian Human Rights Tribunal

The list goes on…

When will we learn that the government can’t create productive jobs. Don’t believe me? Drop in or call a government agency and see how these workers treat a customer.

The last thing we need is more government jobs.

So, if we are determined to “spend” our way out of this recession - let’s say $30 Billion as the opposition has thrown out…

Let’s suspend income tax for a period of time equal to the expenditure.

This should translate to a 2-3 month income tax holiday.

And cut the GST another 1-2 points while you’re at it.

But please don’t spend money on creating jobs.

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Terrorists Redefining Our Terms

Troops clash with rebels in Zamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA CITY, Philippines – Government soldiers captured two suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front rebels after a firefight in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines, officials said Saturday.

Officials said at least three rebels arrived by boat at a Muslim enclave called Mariqui, but local residents tipped off the military about their presence and troops clashed with the gunmen.

The fighting lasted more than ten minutes until soldiers, led by Army Col. Santiago Baluyot, commander of the anti-terror task force, surrounded and captured two rebels.

He alleged that the two rebels are members of the MILF’s Special Operations Group, blamed for the series of kidnappings and bombings in the southern Philippines.

Its leader Abdul Basit Usman is wanted by both the Philippines and the United States for his role on the spate of bombings in Mindanao.

The MILF has disowned Usman long ago, but the military insists that the terror leader is a member of the rebel group under the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Force’s 105th Base Command.

Washington offered up to $50,000 for information leading to Usman’s apprehension under the Government Rewards Program.

“Abdul Basit Usman is a known terrorist with links to Jemaah Islamiyah and believed responsible for bombings in Mindanao in October 2006 that killed eight innocent civilians and left 30 others wounded. He is also implicated in a recent series of bomb attacks in Mindanao that killed seven and wounded 37 others,” US authorities said.

The MILF is the country’s largest Muslim rebel group fighting for a separate homeland in Mindanao.

- Al Jacinto, GMANews.TV

Is nothing sacred to these people?

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Liberals MPs Are Starting To Defect.

As Liberal MPs slowly realize they have been drawn into political suicide by the Three Stooges, we’ll be seeing a lot more of this in the coming days… they realize that an election is a distinct possibility in the near future and that supporting the “coalition” will cost them their seat.

From the Guelph Mercury news:

Frank Valeriote does not favour a coalition government and instead hopes Prime Minister Stephen Harper can work toward rescuing the Canadian economy.

“I believe in working toward a solution, not working toward a coalition,” Guelph’s Liberal MP said Wednesday.

Valeriote added he does not believe a Liberal-NDP coalition, with support from the Bloc Quebecois, will unseat the Tories.

“I have given no thought to that,” Valeriote said when asked whether he saw himself in a cabinet role under such an arrangement. “I am not, frankly, anticipating moving into government.”

I wonder if this has anything to do with the change of heart?

Your calls to your MPs do work and these people are sensitive to when their livelihoods are concerned.

Keep calling, emailing, faxing and posting.

More on the story by someone a lot smarter than me.

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Enter Now And Enter Often

The Great Canadian Sweepstakes!

Enter now, before the contest closes..

If Your Chosen As A Winner, You’ll Get:

• To sit in the senate for the rest of your life, along with a great annual income - all for doing nothing. Elizabeth May is our earlybird winner. To enter - just stay quiet, or give us your support by trolling blogs and the right wing media, and we’ll enter you into the draw. One lucky Marxist gets a seat each week until all are filled.

•A shot at a piece of the $30 billion we’ll be spending to “spur on” the economy. To enter, please submit a 1 or 2 page business plan showing how fast you can spend the money. Union related entries will also be entered into a bonus pool where we’ll also throw in matching EI funds.

• BONUS: Submit an essay on how separatism has benefited Canada and you’ll also have a chance at getting a piece of the $1 billion we’ll be sending to Quebec shortly. Only open to French speaking residents of Quebec that voted Bloc.

Contest may end at any time, or once the Governor General determines that this contest and/or our coalition is illegal. Winners will be awarded in secret.

The Truth Starts To Leak Out

It’s only a matter of time until all the “plots” are exposed.

Here’s a start…

1) Pauline Marois, the leader of the provincial Parti Quebecois — the sister party to the separatist Bloc Quebecois — announced that a part of Gilles Duceppe’s price for supporting the coalition is an immediate $1 billion transfer to Quebec.

2) The Bloc gets to stop a number of Tory initiatives, including plans to redistribute seats in the Commons, reducing Quebec’s relative weight.

3) They stop the introduction of a single national securities regulator, a move needed in the face of the market meltdown -  and one Quebec doesn’t want to go along with.

4) Separatist get appointments to the Senate. There are 18 vacancies, including four in Quebec. Not only does the Bloc get patronage pay-offs, but so does Elizabeth May, the Green Party leader, was also offered a Senate seat (for no good reason). This should chill even an NDP’er.

5) Dion gets to pretend he’s Prime Minister - even if it destroys his party. Just days ago, the Liberals were frantically trying to find a replacement. This should give us a lot of faith in his leadership.

I’m sure there will be a lot more that leaks from this group of bandits. We already know that they will spend us into an abyss and raise taxes.

Here’s the list of all MPs

Send them a nice note or give them a call to let them know what is at stake if they go along with this coup. It makes great campaign source material for the next election cycle.

Make no mistake - we are about to get taken over by the separatists using the two left wing parties as accessories.

The future of Canada is at stake.

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Oops: 3rd Quarter GDP up 1.3%

Today’s National Post:

The Canadian economy grew by 1.3% in the third quarter as economic activity recovered in September from a decline in August, Statistics Canada said on Monday.

Corporate profits kept up their “robust” pace from the second quarter, increasing 5.7% for the largest back-to-back growth in quarterly earnings since 2004, StatsCan. Manufacturing output even managed to edge up.

“The instability of world financial markets did not appear to have a significant impact on funds borrowed” by Canadian businesses in the quarter, although household borrowing slowed.

Maybe that $1 trillion plus the Americans are throwing at the crisis is making its way north?

I’d call it a stimulus.

Although the opposition parties are trying their best to make it stop.

Another sign: Canada already awash in stimulus

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Wait Till Spring

More signs that a meltdown will hit BC real estate this spring:

- In the comments section people are discussing making lowball offers on multiple properties - to payback the sellers for the multi-offer days.

- From a comment on pre-construction sales:

Many of them will be left holding the bag so to speak when they can’t assign their contracts,. They will have to complete at a loss. For some that may be easier said than done.

Due to financial constraints I cannot complete this purchase

http://vancouver.en.craigslist/81511.html

I have to give me deposit away for free because i can’t complete.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist…..65992.html

I’ve placed a deposit but cannot complete. Need someone to take this assignment from me.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist…..53522.html

Owner cannot complete on this property.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist…..14206.html

I won’t be able to close.

http://vancouver.en.craigslist…..66059.html

Our life-style has changed in the last 2 years and we will not be able to close http://vancouver.en.craigslist…..93833.html

the completion is in 2 weeks and my bank did not approve my financing. Therefore I can’t complete on this sale. http://vancouver.en.craigslist/40776.html

For those that like the stats:

Latest REBGV projections:

Listings: 3067 (-13% yoy)

Sales: 923 (-69% yoy)

Sell/List: 30% (-54 pts yoy)

MOI: 21.1 (462% yoy)

Actives: 19507 (76% yoy)

Avg Price SFH $753,967 (-7% yoy) (-9% mom) (-18% from peak)

Pre-construction investors killed real estate in Florida - now I’m witnessing the exact same scenario playing out here in Vancouver. I’m very happy I chose to rent - good times ahead for buyers.

The realtors will respond…

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My Vote Is For The Axis of Feeble

Kate has a great contest going on at SDA to name the new party that Layton, Dion and that French traitor are trying to form.

Some of the good ones:

- The BLT - Bloc of Liberal Torontois

- The Regressive Socialist Sepera-federalists

- The CBCP = Canadian Broadcasting Company Party

- The Clown Coalition

- CCCP: Cooperative Caring Canadian Party

The Globe and Mail’s take on the story:

“Mr. Harper failed to recognize the building blood lust in the opposition parties: the cockiness of the NDP and the Bloc and the almost desperate desire of the Liberals to demonstrate that they possess testosterone after their dismal showing in last month’s federal election and the voters’ rejection of Mr. Dion”.

Also, Finance critic Scott Brison answers questions on his party’s desire to bring down the government and what it would for the economy:

Adam Radwanski: There’s been all sorts of speculation about who would lead your party into this situation - whether it would be Stephane Dion, Michael Ignatieff, or perhaps an interim leader. Can you definitively say who it would be?

Scott Brison: The leader of the Liberal Party of Canada is Stephane Dion.

Adam Radwanski: And that’s not going to change this weekend?

Scott Brison:: Not that I’ve heard. If it did, that would be news to me.

Canadians should be outraged - it’s time for the west to seriously consider getting out of this country if the separatists take power… they’ll have no reason to block our move.

Like Peter Lougheed once said “Let the eastern bastards freeze in the dark”.

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Money For Nothing

Stephen Harper has prepared Canada for the recession. Let’s hope the three parties of fools don’t decide to take Canada hostage and destroy our chances of getting through it relatively unscathed.

The cut to the GST last year actually stimulated the economy by the equivalent to 2% of GDP. It’s done a great job of this without having to borrow and spend. This year should end without a deficit.

While the NDP and Liberals wail that we aren’t throwing money at something, anything (and, especially at them)… the Conservatives have prepared Canada in a number of ways other countries are following - Britain being the latest to cut taxes.

The one thing that’s overlooked in the shrill hysteria of Jack Layton and his band of jackals, is that we must cut spending in order to be in shape to tackle the unexpected. Canada is seriously over governed, and now is the time to significantly cut down the size and spending of the government.

Ontario needs to wake up and create an environment for business- not continue to drive it away through taxation. It’s the fault of their current leadership that they are becoming a have-not province.

I never thought I’d be able to point to Saskatchewan as a good example of government.

Now is the perfect time to stimulate the economy by cutting taxes - the deficit isn’t a factor yet, and if it does appear, it should be because of declining revenues, not because of increased spending.

Unemployment Insurance (whoever changed the name to employment insurance?) has had a huge surplus over the past 8-10 years… no need to increase premiums or panic if unemployment rises a bit.

If we truly want the economy to grow, drop income taxes by 5-10% points (or more) for anyone making over $50K/year. These are the people that will get the country going - giving money to the ones looking for a free ride will do nothing.

Even BC is starting to take action by lowering taxes… to all of our amazement.

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Holding Canadians Hostage

From the National Post:

“The Liberal Party will bring forward a vote of no-confidence in the Conservative government on Monday that sources say has the “national” support of Jack Layton’s NDP and Gilles Duceppe’s Bloc Québécois…

The move would be designed to deprive Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his newly elected government from arguing that the opposition parties want to defeat them only to retain millions of dollars in political party finances the government proposes to abolish.”

When they say it’s not about the money, you know it is.

These welfare bums know that it would be impossible to form a coalition government with Dion as the leader. Imagine having a separatist party form the government. It’s a move that will never be forgiven.

Saying it’s about an economic plan is a lie at best - it’s about getting their handouts for their political parties.

They’ve even brought in the big guns - Ed Broadbent and Jean Chretian - to guide them through this hostage attempt.

You’d need to be out of your mind to believe Canadians would react favorably to such a move. And apparently they are.

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Google Censoring Right Wing Blogs

The abuse of power by the friends of Obama…

Google’s CEO, Eric Schmidt, is a staunch Obama supporter and is in line for a cabinet post… and is now using Google as a tool against right wing thought.

A good example: In the past few weeks, Atlas Shrugs was usually in the top five of the search results for “Obama birth certificate“, “Obama odinga“, “honor killings”, “Obama campaign finance fraud“.

Now they’ve been wiped off Google search pages.

Google also shut down a number of anti-Obama sites on their Blogger network, during the election.

Here’s a small sampling:

Blue Lyon @ http://bluelyon.blogspot.com (back up after the election)

Come A Long Way @ http://comealongway.blogspot.com

Hillary or Bust @ http://hillaryorbust.blogspot.com

McCain Democrats @ http://mccaindemocrats.blogspot.com

NObama Blog @ http://nobamablog.blogspot.com

Politicallizard.blogspot.com @ http://thelizardannex.blogspot.com

Reflections in Tyme @ http://reflections-in-tyme.blogspot.com

More on the story here.

Nice Change from the Obamanauts…

Be careful what you say. The fairness doctrine has begun.

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Doth Do Protest Too Much

The Tories proposal to slash funding to political parties has touched off a small firestorm.

Presently, a political party gets $1.95 in public funds for every vote it receives in the federal election. More »

If We Had A Wal-Mart In Vancouver…

Wal-Mart has decided to go 24/7 from now until Christmas.

Wal-Mart claims that 40% of their Canadian shoppers said that having extended store hours determined where they shop.

In Vancouver, our retail hours are regulated - meaning we have a lot less spending going on. And less employment than we should have.

The genius of Wal-Mart is that while other retailers are complaining about sales, closing stores, etc., they are going at business with a “winner take all” attitude.

You want to buy - we’re open.

Let’s hope that others follow suit.

UPDATE: Wal-Mart Employee Trampled To Death

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Our Telcos Days Are Numbered

First Rogers screwed us with the iPhone, now the Telcos have stopped Twitter…

May not seem like much to most folks, but if you’ve been following the India story, Twitter reports are not only ahead of the news, but also they demonstrate how people in the action can frame what really is going on…

From Twitter:

Unexpected changes in our billing have forced us into a difficult situation with our Canadian SMS service. We can’t afford to support this service given our current arrangement with our providers (where costs have been doubling for the past several months.) As a result, effective today we are no longer delivering outbound SMS over our Canadian shortcode (21212)….

So, in typical fashion, the Telcos continue to gouge us in Canada for things that are free anywhere else… things like caller id, voicemail, etc.

Now that competition is on the horizon, you’d think someone in marketing would decide it may be in their favor to endear themselves to their customers.

Their overcharging will cause Canadians to leave, just to hurt them, once an alternative comes into the market.

Landlines are already dead. I know my American Vonage works great here for $29/month - all services included. PLUS my voicemail comes to my email.

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Leveraged Buyouts Are Dead

Another sign of how the world financial crisis is impacting Canada…

The privatization of BCE Inc. probably won’t happen because the telecommunications giant cannot meet the requirements of a solvency test necessary for the $52-billion deal to close.

The Montreal-based company stunned investors yesterday when it revealed that it had been informed by KPMG that it would not receive a “favourable” solvency opinion by Dec. 11, a condition that BCE had to meet as part of its obligations.

Plus, everyone involved is having a “few” problems of their own.

As a result, the company said “the transaction is unlikely to proceed.”

With buyers sitting on the sidelines, a likely scenario is that BCE will reinstate its dividend and buy back a large chunk of stock from its weary shareholders.

It may have an upside - the stock is a steal, and with a dividend it could once again be the best stock for Canadians.

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What Will They Think Of Next - Sick Holiday Gifts

Merry Christmas… here’s a little something for those that have everything:

“People are making really tough decisions about putting gas in their car and food on their table, so we know that many women especially put healthcare at the bottom of their list to do,” said Chrystal Struben-Hall, Vice President of Planned Parenthood of Indiana…

“They can be seen for sexually transmitted disease screenings, HIV tests and general prostate exams and those kinds of things,” said Struben-Hall.

Asked if the gift certificates could be used towards abortions. The answer is yes. But, Planned Parenthood said that’s not the purpose of the gift certificates…

Indiana Family Institute President Curt Smith said he is appalled by the certificates.

“I think the way to help family planning is to give the money where there’s no agenda. So if somebody wants to help a woman at a time of crisis, they can support the life centers throughout Indiana,” said Smith.

Get yours today - sorry, they can only be used in Indiana

The Homeless World Cup

The Homeless World Cup is being held in Melbourne Dec. 1 to 7. It’s an annual, international street soccer tournament organized to give teams of homeless people the opportunity to represent their countries.

We’ll be represented by two of our Vancouver members - Guillermo Gonzalez and Robert Milton, both hailing from somewhere near East Hastings.

Gonzalez said that, after living in a shelter, he moved to a hostel where he came into contact with organizers of the Vancouver Dream Catchers soccer team, which was training for the tournament.

Once Gonzalez joined the team, organizers helped him find subsidized housing, furniture and community support. (Does this disqualify him for next year?)

The Dream Catchers competed in September at the national homeless soccer tournament in Calgary and won six out of eight games to top the tournament.

“When I went to Calgary I never dreamed we would win,” said Gonzalez, who plays goal. “Now my new dream is to win the world championship in Australia.”

During the qualifier, Street Soccer Canada selected two players each from Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary and Toronto to make up Canada’s team for the Homeless World Cup.

Most of the money raised to send Milton and Gonzalez to Australia came from Street Soccer Canada.

Wouldn’t a Homeless Hockey Tournament be a good idea?

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