New Guy from Calgary

[SideShowCecil]

I’m so glad to find this site! I was starting to feel that stay home parenting was a moms only club.

I’m a new Dad; our amazing little boy is eleven months old. I’ve been the at home parent for five weeks now. I took over when my wife went back to work at the beginning of January.

Are there any other Western Canadians on the board??

[tt3]

Glad you found it, welcome aboard!

[Don-Dad]

Welcomec Side Show Bob, I meant Cecil :D Glad you found us and please stop by again.

[Stephen Connolly]

Hey Cecil, God bless Canada - only 5 weeks solo at 11 months? I'm an Ontarian living in Michigan and my sainted wife pushed out twins and was back to work in 8 weeks. The insurance company allotted her less time off because she didn't have a caeserian. She was only able to stretch it to 8 weeks by using vacation time. So my kids are 8 months and I've been soloing for 5.
Regards,
SC

[Weston]

Welcome to the site Cecil....Lots of Canadians recently

[SideShowCecil]

Twins! Eight weeks of leave! Man that is tough, I’m impressed you time to post.

I guess there is some benefit to the fifty-four percent frozen mukluk to the crotch federal income tax we pay here. My wife only used ten of the twelve months maternity leave she was entitled too.

BTW, where in Ontario?

I was born in Chatham, lived in Belleville for a few years then lived in Ottawa until 2000 when we moved to Calgary.

[Stephen Connolly]

Well I've had 5 months to hone my SAHD technique and the kids can't crawl yet so I do have time to post. As for the taxes - at least in Canada you can see your dollars at work on the roads and other infrastructure , in schools and hospitals, and in less tangible benefits like parental leave. Canada dosen't have to funnel the majority of tax revenues to the military.
When I was kid (10)my family immigrated from Scotland to Hamilton where I grew up, but in recent years I lived in Burlington across the harbour. I moved to Michigan to join my wife in October of 2003 and our kids were born in June, 2004.
Regards,
SC

[Don-Dad]

Canada dosen't have to funnel the majority of tax revenues to the military.


Majority? I am not sure its quite the majority. They have to spend millions on an inagural ball you know :wink: We do get taxed out the wazoo in NY state but alot of it goes towards welfare and medicaid. NYC kills us upstaters. If you every really sit down and figure out how much we are taxed, you'd get really pissed off :) Tax man takes it from your salary, then sales tax, gas tax, if you go on vacation, taxes on hotel rooms, cable bills, electric bills, phone bills. It's really getting riduculous.

[Stephen Connolly]

Well taxes are the price you pay for civilization Don. I used to live less than an hour from Buffalo so I know a bit about up-state NY. Canadian taxes are more like those in NYC where you pay a lot on the municipal level too. After Ontarians pay tax on income they must then pay 8% provincial sales tax in addition to the 7% federal GST which is applied to everything but groceries. But who is carrying whose water in NY State? I've got to believe that NYC generates a tremendous amount of tax revenue from its residents in addition to the millions of tourists it attracts. Not everyone in NYC collects welfare and in any case that money is spent in the local economy.

[Stephen Connolly]

We do get taxed out the wazoo in NY state but alot of it goes towards welfare and medicaid. NYC kills us upstaters.

This sounds like a discussion of taxes to me but it's your sandbox.

[Don-Dad]

Since you read my deleted message you must have saw that I said enough already! Geez!