I have to admit that when I first heard the phrase “Tax Shift”, I was not quite sure what it meant. I wondered if it meant shifting the tax from one group of earners such as from the poor to the rich, or from one type of import to another. I was, like many others, worried that this was another tax grab. But when I read this carefully I realised how simple this concept is, and how brilliant, at the same time. That is why I decided to share my thoughts with readers who do not have the time to read about it.

How many friends do you know who cannot find a family physician (FP)? If you are like most Canadians, then you must know one or more. That is not surprising because between 4 and 5 million Canadians do not have a family physician.

How did this situation arise, and why was it allowed to occur? There are several reasons.

Come stay with me little cockroach
Do not run away as I approach
I mean no harm or any reproach
On your little space I won’t encroach

You leave the crack in that damp wall
Of my little cell which I would call
Guantanamo’s darkest hell hole
Every evening for your short stroll

I have been following the discussion about Afghanistan, on the blogs of our Green colleagues. The story of Afghanistan is very complex, but because I have been following it for some time, I will share the facts and possibly opinions I have accumulated. We need to go back many years, 30 years in this case, as we do whenever we discuss WWI, WWII, the Palestine problem, and the Rwanda genocide, etc.