‘It’s important to fight’: US cities erupt in protest as Roe v Wade falls Massive protests swept across the US in response to the supreme court decision overturning the constitutional right to abortion. Soon after the decision was released on Friday, reversing federal reproductive protections that have been in place for half a century, pro-choice demonstrators began gathering in major cities and smaller towns in a wide range of communities and regions. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jun/24/us-cities-protest-roe-v-wade-abortion-rights Pro-Abortion Protesters: ‘Every City, Every Town, Burn the Precinct to the Ground’ Pro-abortion protests erupted in cities across the country on Friday evening. Thousands gathered in the nation’s capital alone, as activists burned the American flag and called to burn precincts “to the ground” in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade. Holding a sign reading, “They cannot control our bodies,” protesters in D.C. took it to the streets — an action far-left lawmakers actively called for — shouting “every city, every town, burn the precinct to the ground”: https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/06/24/pro-abortion-protesters-every-city-every-town-burn-the-precinct-to-the-ground/ City of Austin votes to raise minimum wage to $22 an hour for city employees The Austin City Council has voted to raise the minimum wage to $22 an hour for city employees. Several employees testified during the June 16 council meeting arguing a higher wage is needed due to inflation, and it would allow them to earn a livable wage in Austin. The resolution directs the city manager to develop a plan and a timeline to adopt a living wage of $22. Right now the starting pay for city workers is $15 an hour. https://www.fox7austin.com/news/austin-raise-minimum-wage-city-employees-texas-salary With city of Austin raising minimum wage to $22 an hour, effects to be felt across business landscape She wakes up at 2 a.m. to get to work by 3:30 a.m., but as the housing market gets tighter and living expenses rise higher, Cinthya San Miguel, a cashier at Tacodeli in the Austin airport, is moving outside the city and will need to wake up even earlier to arrive on time. San Miguel is one of many Central Texans working in the leisure and hospitality sector who feel squeezed by the economy. She and her husband have three kids and barely make ends meet on about $5,000 in monthly net income. https://www.bizjournals.com/austin/news/2022/06/29/austin-minimum-wage-union-reaction.html Canada doesn’t need two left-wing parties that support Trudeau A less humble approach was taken in the last Canadian election by Jagmeet Singh’s New Democratic Party, the party theoretically to the left of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals. Though the NDP also had no realistic path to victory — the NDP has never come close to winning any national election — Singh’s campaign nevertheless chose to frame him as a plausible candidate for prime minister capable of unseating Trudeau. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/04/01/canada-deal-liberal-ndp-trudeau-jagmeet-singh/ NRIs in Canada protest outside Khalistani sympathiser and Canadaian MP Jagmeet Singh’s office amidst attacks from Khalistanis Several persons of Indian origin staged a protest outside controversial Canadian lawmaker and Khalistani-terror sympathiser Jagmeet Singh’s office in Burnaby, Canada, alleging that they are being targeted by Khalistan supporters due to ongoing farmers’ protest in India. https://www.opindia.com/2021/02/protests-outside-jagmeet-singhs-office-in-canada-over-khalistani-attacks/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjszGoR1keo

The 1st Americans were not who we thought they were For decades, we thought the first humans to arrive in the Americas came across the Bering Land Bridge 13,000 years ago. New evidence is changing that picture. During the last ice age, humans ventured into two vast and completely unknown continents: North and South America. For nearly a century, researchers thought they knew how this wild journey occurred: The first people to cross the Bering Land Bridge, a massive swath of land that connected Asia with North America when sea levels were lower, were the Clovis, who made the journey shortly before 13,000 years ago. According to the Clovis First theory, every Indigenous person in the Americas could be traced to this single, inland migration, said Loren Davis, a professor of anthropology at Oregon State University. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/the-1st-americans-were-not-who-we-thought-they-were Humans could have arrived in North America 10,000 years earlier, new research shows But some of the recent finds suggest that people made their way onto the continent much earlier. The discovery of human footprints in New Mexico, which were dated to around 23,000- years-old, is just one example, and Archaeologists have found evidence of coastal settlements in western Canada dating from as early as 14,000-years-ago. Fossilized footprints in White Sands National Park in New Mexico are now believed to be 23,000 years old, according to a new study. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/22/first-people-arrive-north-america/72004991007/ Lawyers in B.C. will be first in Canada required to study Indigenous issues, history, law society says https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-law-society-lawyers-indigenous-1.5389177 High income taxes make B.C. less attractive and productive https://www.fraserinstitute.org/article/high-income-taxes-make-bc-less-attractive-and-productive Income tax pushes B.C.'s surplus to $5B above estimate, finance minister says https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-ministry-of-finance-fiscal-update-2022-1.6664441 The Real Cost of Buying Luxury Cars in B.C. Personal Income Tax If you are purchasing a new luxury car, then you are most likely in the top tax bracket, and the income that you will use to fund the purchase is most likely being taxed in that top bracket. The top combined Federal and Provincial personal income tax rate in B.C. is 53.50% on income in excess of $220,000. https://www.dmcl.ca/between_sheets/the-real-cost-of-buying-luxury-cars-in-b-c/ Could a new tax on homes worth $1M and up help fix Canada's housing crisis? https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/housing-wealth-tax-1.6306156 The 2023 Guide to Property Transfer Tax in BC How is PTT Calculated in British Columbia? In British Columbia, the Property Transfer Tax rate is 1% on the first $200,000 of the purchase price, 2% on the portion of the purchase price between $200,000 and $2 million, and 3% on the portion of the purchase price above $2 million. If the fair market value of the property is more than $3 million, an additional 2% is charged on the portion above $3 million. https://solimanolaw.ca/blog/property-transfer-tax-in-bc/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3FsTOzSXCE