Some random links and stuff before I make the journey into the wilds of cottage country:
This caught my eye this morning: “Canada may need to hike immigration levels beyond 300,000 a year to offset its aging population, Immigration Minister Denis Coderre says“. Now, I’m pretty sure we’re not just trying to maintain our rank on the global population ladder, so I’ll assume that we’re trying to get more people to pay taxes and support our pension plan. Somehow I know that this is different than slavery, but the concept of importing people from other countries to work to maintain the lifestyles of our old people seems a little odd. Now, if we could just drop the retirement age to, say, 30 and slam the immigration rates way up, would that be so wrong?
I’m sure glad I registered HermanThrust.com so people wouldn’t be able to make money from my immense fame and fortune. The weirdest example of this I’ve seen recently is NealStephenson.org, which links to the European Graduate School. Maybe there’s a legitimate connection, and at least there aren’t any popups, but it’s still pretty strange.
As mentioned above, I’m heading out to a cottage party today, which means I took the day off. We also had Monday off for the ever cryptic “Civic Holiday” which was renamed “Simcoe Day” because that made so much more sense, so now I think I’ve painted myself into a corner. I just had a three day work week which also turned out to be a pay week. Next week I face a five day work week with no payday. The contrast is stark.
There are many things to be done before I leave, so I’ll see y’all Sunday night.