Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William & Kate Men in Black, Montreal, July 2, 2011

I was not able to photograph William and Kate – BUT – I was able to catch what I believe are elite of the elite – maybe members of the England security team KGB, I don’t know. Those guys were wearing complete suits and they all had a green tag on their suit located on the top left side. It was like a distinctive symbol and for me, it was cleared that those guys were not Montreal cops or GRC members. Those guys were special elite officers from England, I am pretty sure. Enjoy! 

Ok, I don’t know who that man is, but he’s certainly among the big “England” boss. He came very close to the crowd, watching the protesters to see if they represented any danger. The tall men spoke to a Montreal cop and while watching the crowd, the tall man laugh, with a smile saying that’s the protesters, is it all what it is about? In the sense that those protesters did not represent a danger for William and Kate. That what was the laugh was about. Like if he would like to say: I seen worst or something like that you know what I mean?

And there's he's gone...

Black suits... and black cars, to match, of course...

WOW... this is actually really interesting! check out this video that I find on a blog I like to read, very hilarious in a way, just the blog title is incredible, it's name: NO DOGS OR ANGLOPHONES. On the blog, I saw this video and take a close look when William is closed the crowd, shaking hands, you'll see the men in black with their little green pale pin. Truly fascinating!

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, William & Kate face protests in Montreal, July 2, 2011 - I know, Quebec suck!

Ok, I end my work shift at 5pm and following what, I run to the Institut de Tourisme et d’Hôtellerie du Québec. Fortunate enough, my weekend job is located not too far away from the Institut on St-Denis. When I arrived, around 5:30pm, there was already a crowd, but a crowd of protesters. The crowd was on St-Denis, facing the Institut de Tourisme et d’Hôtellerie du Québec. I saw a flag which was unknown to me, I later learn it was the “Patriote” flag, red, green with a man in the middle. A very strange flag. I didn’t know what I meant, but the flag scare me and I didn’t want to stay on the front with the crazy protesters. Because yeah, they were crazy. See here the pictures of protectors. Those were taking on St-Denis, right in front the Institut de Tourisme et d’Hôtellerie du Québec, just before William & Kate arrived. I look for Amir Khadir, the poor guy who said of the royalty that they were parasite, but Amir Khadir was not there. And trust me, I look for him. So when I say that Amir Khadir was not there it's because he was simply not there. I wanted to talk to him and let him know the shame he was giving to Canadians like me. That will happen for another time because, as said, Amir Khadir, the Canadian parasite was simply not there.

I didn’t want to stay in front with the ugly Patriote flag so I went all the way down to St-Denis, turn to my left, and left again... There it was much better. People waiting there were pacific and were happy to wait for the arrival of William & Kate. I had the chance to stand behind some real British people with the accent and everything. They had a flag bought directly from England. Take a look. So awesome!

 And the crowd was much better in the back that on the front. Take a look:

Me too, I got tired of waiting at a point... but it was fun!

 And here they are! William and Kate:

LOL!

I know, we don’t see William & Kate in none of those pictures. I am very sorry, but I did the best I could! When William & Kate arrived, it went very quick. They arrived. They went in immediately without any interference with the crowd. And here in Montreal, there were no other possibilities because of the protesters. In all other places worldwide, except Montreal, William & Kate will make public appearances, interfere with crowd. This is quite very sad that it did not happen in Montreal and this show the poverty of Quebec, of their system and of their poorly educated population.

As Canadian, I believe that we have the richness we have now because we are part of the Commonwealth. Back in history, England had done more to Canada than you can ever imagine and right now, we are living the result of history. I am saying this even while being Acadian, French descendant. My family name is typically Acadian and belongs to one of the first families who established themselves in New Brunswick. I don’t know more than that unfortunately as I never pursue genealogy studies – I am keeping that for a hobby when I will be a senior – but fact is, I had been born and raised in New Brunswick, and that family name you know. So that makes me Acadian from my father side, probably.We cannot change history. Deportation happens in 1755, it was a bad thing, of course. 

But today as an Acadian, I can truly appreciate the England heritage to Canada. If Canada would have remained with France, we wouldn’t be where we are right as a country. You need to know what France as did to Africa to understand this. Some will denies, but France heritage to countries worldwide is nothing but shit. And when I used the term “Quebec shit” sometimes, where, you can now understand where the shit is coming from. I won’t elaborate more on this, but France participated in the Rwanda genocide, among other things. Canada has done it bad thing too, like with native people. I won’t deny it. As a Canadian, I know Canada is not perfect. History had been made for us to appreciate the glorious events, but we should never forget the mistakes made. And today protesters riot against the Monarchy, against William & Kate, against England well, that my dears was a mistake made by some stupid Quebeckers who are not intelligent enough to measure properly the importance of England to Canada. I understand it today despite being Acadian having deep Acadian roots. And it make me the person I am today, who’s able to think and make good financial decision for me myself and I AND to the benefit of my readers, like YOU. Lucky damn readers! I envy you :9)

Stay tune because I am not done yet, more stuff about the William & Kate Royal Tour in Montreal!

The new Solidarity Tax Credit of Quebec province to start on July 5, 2011

This means that on July 5, I will be receiving 2 tax credits: the federal one and the Solidarity Tax Credit.

According to Revenu Quebec, more than 2.5 million tax payers qualified to receive the new Solidarity Tax Credit. Despite the fact that my 2010 annual income has exceed the 40k$, I still qualified to received the Solidarity Tax Credit. 40k$ is not that much of course, but it’s an interesting amount of money for the single one that I am. I will be receiving less than 40$ for a couple of months and following what, I will be receiving a bit more than 50$ per month from the Solidarity Tax Credit.

Nice. But what is that new Solidarity Tax Credit is all about? Well, Quebec province came with the Solidarity Tax Credit after deciding to cut the QST credit, the property tax refund the credit for individuals living in northern villages. Starting July 5, the Solidarity Tax Credit is set up to be paid on a monthly basis.

Knowing that taxes have increase in Quebec – for example, just for the Quebec health system, Quebec has add a supplement of 25$ in annual taxes – the Solidarity Tax Credit is simply a way find by Quebec government to give candies to citizens, so satisfy the anger of high Quebec taxes. Because taxes are being increase in different sectors, the Solidarity Tax Credit is of no benefit at all to individuals with low income.

I had been living in Quebec province for a couple of years and each new year make me hate Quebec a bit more each year. While living in Quebec, I never went see a family doctor, I never got hospital, I never went to the emergency room, I never visited a CLSC for a medical visit. NEVER. This mean that I am currently paying taxes on health services that I do not benefit myself as a citizen. The reason why I deprive myself of any medical visit while being in Quebec is that in this province, the medical cares are of an extremely poor quality. While suffering from the flue or small decease, better to stay home because here in Quebec, waiting delays at the emergency room are enormous. In New Brunswick at least you can see a doctor within a few hours. Also, Quebec doctors are not very good. Many medical mistakes are being made and truly, I love myself too much to trust any Quebec doctors. The whole Quebec system do not worth shit and the Solidarity Tax Credit is another piece of Quebec shit.

Anyhow, if you are a Quebec resident and have files your 2010 taxes in Quebec, the only thing needed to receive the Solidarity Tax Credit is to register for Direct Deposit online service. Because Revenu Quebec is willing to create a buzz around the Solidarity Tax Credit, they had created a tool that allows citizens to determine the amount they will be receiving from the credit for the next couple of months.

Happy Canada Day!

Some good dividend had arrived in the house today! I received 61.20$ from Davis + Henderson Corp (DH), 9.35$ from iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index (XRE), 9.12$ from Atlantic Power Corp (ATP) and 16.57$ from Methanex Corporation (MX). I should be receiving Just Energy dividend very soon and I cannot wait! But when it comes to dividend earnings, nothing is going to beat this upcoming July 15. The month of July is going to be similar to April. On July 15, I will be receiving dividend distribution from KBL, PGF, NFI.UN, STB, DGI.UN, WTE.UN, GCL, WEQ.UN, EIF, JE and PPL. The amount received will probably be very good.

Atlantic Power Corp (ATP) to increase its dividend distribution by 5% following the acquisition of Capital Power Income L.P. (CPA.UN)

One thing know for sure is that Capital Power Income L.P. (CPA.UN) is no longer offering its DRIP program. This does not affect me personally in any way since I hold just a couple of shares of CPA.UN. Despite cutting its DRIP, CPA.UN will continue to pay its usual monthly distribution until the deal with ATP is closed. CPA.UN made this announcement on June 30. The reason behind is that Atlantic Power Corp (ATP) had acquired Capital Power Income L.P. (CPA.UN). This is quite an interesting situation because I am a shareholder of both Capital Power Income L.P. (CPA.UN) AND Atlantic Power Corp (ATP). The acquisition of CPA.UN by ATP had been planned a long time ago. The acquisition project had first been announced in October 2010, way before I become a shareholder of CPA.UN and ATP. As long I am concern, I don’t think a final acquisition date had been announced yet by ATP, but it will be interesting to see how things will go through.

I plan to hold my CPA.UN shares anyway. When time will come, my CPA.UN stocks will transform into ATP stocks. ATP so far had been a great investment, easy to hold. I am especially happy when I see ATP exceeding the 15$ per stock and most of the time it does. Following the acquisition of Capital Power Income L.P. (CPA.UN), Atlantic Power Corp (ATP) will increase its dividend by 5%, from a current 1.094$ to 1.15$. All of this is quite positive. At the end, ATP will only become a better investment for the long run and it will be quite a benefit for ATP and CPA.UN investors.

This is a demonstration of how well dividend investment is simple and easy. The dividend investment of Derek Foster has worked extremely well for me. While investing in good companies who pay dividend, I lay back and simply watch the arrival of dividend distribution accumulating in my broker account. I am registered to a DRIP for all holding, so whenever a dividend distribution can generate an extra share or 2, or more, it does so. And fact is, the portfolio is quickly gaining in value very easily. I think I really needed to through my day trading episode to come to the conclusion that dividend investment is made for me. Nothing fancy, nothing complicated. Easy as 1, 2... and 3.