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Tuesday August 7th: Taxing Olympians!

8/8/2012

*GUEST HOST TINA TRIGIANI FILLS IN FOR THE HONEYMOONING MIKE STAFFORD*

10:00 Taxing Olympians

Unlike lottery winners or Nobel Laureates, Canada’s returning Olympic champions will need to claim their medals for Revenue Canada. Despite the Olympics being classified as amateur sport, all government prize money awarded to Canadian Olympic athletes is taxable under the Canadian Income Tax Act. Should Olympic medalists be taxed for their winnings?

 

11:00 Cabbie protest

Sajid Mughal, president of the iTaxiworkers Association of Ontario, complained Monday that Toronto cabbies are being aggressively and unjustifiably ticketed by police and bylaw enforcement officers for a variety of alleged infractions. What are some of your experiences with Cab Drivers?

 

12:00 Roast gone too far

Shock comic Jeffrey Ross admits he "crossed a line" Saturday night by joking about the recent mass shooting in Aurora, Colorado, at a taping of “The Comedy Central Roast of Roseanne.” Was Comedy Central right to cut him from the broadcast?


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