Comments on: Canada Bribes People To Make More People http://thebritgirl.com/2006/08/16/canada-bribes-people-to-make-more-people/ The Interests of a Childfree Brit Living in Toronto Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:44:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: britgirl http://thebritgirl.com/2006/08/16/canada-bribes-people-to-make-more-people/#comment-193 britgirl Sat, 19 Aug 2006 20:50:40 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/?p=97#comment-193 The Universal Child Benefit makes me want to gag. Parents will get it in addition to Child Tax Benefit and can also claim it retroactively. The site says the UCC is to support child care choices. What about supporting people who have made a non-parenting choice? Not only does this discriminate against non-parents in the worst way, but our taxes are going to support the production of more and more children - in addition to the tax we already pay(which already goes to support children in other ways, such as schools, education, child benefit etc). So we are taxed because we choose not to reproduce. In my opinion we should get a tax credit. Chalk up another point for pro-natalism. The Universal Child Benefit makes me want to gag. Parents will get it in addition to Child Tax Benefit and can also claim it retroactively. The site says the UCC is to support child care choices. What about supporting people who have made a non-parenting choice?

Not only does this discriminate against non-parents in the worst way, but our taxes are going to support the production of more and more children - in addition to the tax we already pay(which already goes to support children in other ways, such as schools, education, child benefit etc). So we are taxed because we choose not to reproduce. In my opinion we should get a tax credit. Chalk up another point for pro-natalism.

]]> By: timethief http://thebritgirl.com/2006/08/16/canada-bribes-people-to-make-more-people/#comment-195 timethief Fri, 18 Aug 2006 23:24:46 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/?p=97#comment-195 Governments originally started giving out baby bonuses and family allowances to encourage population growth. Of course, government by the time that occurred had taken off the blindfold of justice, and favoritism and privilege became obvious in policies. This concept and "baby bonus" (family allowance) program has been in effect in Canada for as long as I can remember. IMO it's a sacred cow that needs to be hung, drawn, quartered, cremated and have it's ashes scatered in the four winds. If you type Bountiful Creston BC into your browser you will find a whole Mormon community of polygamists ( yes, I do mean bigamists). They are od men with multiple teenaged wives who produce baby after baby and get a "family allowance" cheque for each child every month. The young men in their community, ont surprisingly, tend to leave it during their teen years. Governments originally started giving out baby bonuses and family allowances to encourage population growth. Of course, government by the time that occurred had taken off the blindfold of justice, and favoritism and privilege became obvious in policies.

This concept and “baby bonus” (family allowance) program has been in effect in Canada for as long as I can remember. IMO it’s a sacred cow that needs to be hung, drawn, quartered, cremated and have it’s ashes scatered in the four winds.

If you type Bountiful Creston BC into your browser you will find a whole Mormon community of polygamists ( yes, I do mean bigamists). They are od men with multiple teenaged wives who produce baby after baby and get a “family allowance” cheque for each child every month. The young men in their community, ont surprisingly, tend to leave it during their teen years.

]]> By: sulz http://thebritgirl.com/2006/08/16/canada-bribes-people-to-make-more-people/#comment-194 sulz Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:10:54 +0000 http://thebritgirl.com/?p=97#comment-194 i think they're doing a similar thing in singapore to boost population, they give subsidies or something like that to singaporeans who have more than three, four kids? on the other hand, china fines their citizens if they have more than one kid in an attempt to curb population. the world is just so messed up! i think they’re doing a similar thing in singapore to boost population, they give subsidies or something like that to singaporeans who have more than three, four kids?

on the other hand, china fines their citizens if they have more than one kid in an attempt to curb population.

the world is just so messed up!

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