Skip to content
Canajun Finances Home » Budget(s) Week, Bye Bye Penny and Random Thoughts

Budget(s) Week, Bye Bye Penny and Random Thoughts

In March 2012 it was a week of budgets with a new budget proposed in Ontario and a new budget (which will move forward) for all of Canada. I wrote this post usually during the day so I won’t have too many pithy comments on the Harper Government budget, but I did have a kick at the McGuinty Government budget (politics really is turning into a cult of personality these days).

The one thing that did catch my eye, aside from a lot of rhetoric, is the final demise of the Penny. I always enjoyed pennies, so I suspect a farewell post will be written to “the copper” and its role in my life. Given it isn’t made of copper anymore, I suppose its time has finally come.

The OAS age is changing now, too. I can receive OAS at 66 + 5 mo , which is an extra 17 months for me, but for those born in the year after and later, it is 67 years (so Mrs. C8j can only get her money at age 67, sorry honey!).

I will comment more on Tuesday and Monday. Look for a Carnival of Personal Finance post from me (I haven’t done one in a while; it should be lots of fun).

Weekly Recap

After a busy weekend with basketball, many interesting topics this week from yours truly:

And thanks to those who added me on Twitter. Check out my facebook page as well.

With all the budgetary fun and games this week, there were a few other topics that were being discussed in the financial blogosphere as well:

budget time for mr. flaherty
New Shoes for the Finance Minister 2012

Budgetary Quotes for 2012

“The majority of the spending review reductions relate to back office operations of government,”

  • Jim Flaherty (we shall see Jim, we shall see)

Feel Free to Comment

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Verified by MonsterInsights