Canada has created its own real estate problem in Canada's largest cities

Thanks to the lack of controls, oversight and basic information gathering of which any association has such a duty to those it serves, Canadians in the major cities are reeling from valuations that have resulted from Canada's own fault.  With no restrictions on foreign purchasers of real estate in Canada and the Federally administered  Immigrant Investor Program (although cancelled in its current form, it still survives in some provincial forms), Canada has invited and created its own real estate problem.  Although a scoping type study shedding some light on the details of such real estate purchasers  was done in Vancouver in late 2015, it was met with and twisted into anti-privacy and ethnic profiling arguments.  It is merely data collecting, and as a consumer of such products, should be available to the public at large to make informed decisions. Instead we are shovelled the same "too much demand (can't say from where) and not enough supply...so sell now!"

http://www.financialpost.com/m/wp/news/blog.html?b=business.financialpost.com/diane-francis/all-canadians-are-paying-the-price-for-conceal-estate-in-toronto-and-vancouver&pubdate=2016-02-29

Next camping trip: I will be trying this!

This is a Swissmar two tray raclette set.  This past weekend, I added four more additional candles underneath the trays et voila! Eggs for breakfast.  May also add to your home emergency kit in order to cook something if there is no power.  Everyone has candles, right?

Kevin O'Leary for a political leadership role

Love him or hate him, he knows the value of hard earned dollars, especially AFTER TAX DOLLARS.  A lot of Canadians have written him off as a "clown", but after the recent "circus" Canadians have voted in, it would be interesting to at least see Kevin as an advisor to a Finance Minister one day. Looking forward to his commentary March 22nd when Morneau releases the first Liberal Federal Budget (or a "Dudget")

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/kevin-oleary-eyes-run-for-conservative-leadership/article28937824/

Similarly CBC reporting a potential entry into the Liberal party

http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/politics/kevin-o-leary-liberal-leadership-1.3467710

Deportation for war criminals, yet reinstated Canadian Citizenship for terrorists: Why are the Liberals going this far out of spite for the "previous government"?

Very shocking how Canadian citizenship, the grand prize in the "Life Lottery", has been trivialized by our current Government

http://www.nationalpost.com/m/search/blog.html?b=news.nationalpost.com/full-comment/matt-gurney-if-deportation-is-appropriate-for-war-criminals-why-not-for-terrorists&q=Citizenship

No Canadian teams in the NHL playoffs? Buy Rogers in the low C$40s

http://www.financialpost.com/m/search/blog.html?b=business.financialpost.com/fp-tech-desk/rogers-media-facing-massive-hit-as-nhl-playoffs-may-lack-canadian-team-for-first-time-in-over-40-years&q=Rogers

See share price chart, dividend yield and trading data for RCI.b

http://mobile.tmxmoney.com/quote/?symbol=Rci.b

Toronto Dominion Bank CEO?

I own most Canadian bank shares (BNS, CM, NA, BMO, RY even PWF, SLF) but not this one....

http://www.financialpost.com/m/search/blog.html?b=business.financialpost.com/executive/leadership/toronto-dominion-bank-ceo-bharat-masrani-paid-9-38-million-in-first-year-as-top-executive&q=Td

O Canada? In Buffalo?

In Tampa, just flicked on "Hockey Day in America".  Buffalo versus Pittsburgh.  And O Canada was played in Buffalo. What the....?