My most popular social media posts from October 2021

Today’s news story:

Alberta’s oil & gas sector generated -$212M in corporate tax revenue last year.

Yep. You read that right. Negative $212 million.#ableg #abpoli https://t.co/DPOR56orHF

— Kim Siever (@kim_siever) October 7, 2021

In 6 years, Canada Revenue Agency hasn’t convicted a single rich person for tax evasion. Not even anyone listed in the Panama Papers.https://t.co/AkO4GNmpFS

— Kim Siever (@kim_siever) October 31, 2021

Today’s news story

Alberta officially has $100 billion in debt #ableg #abpoli https://t.co/bQx2Q6EZeN

— Kim Siever (@kim_siever) October 13, 2021

You don’t make 15 bucks an hour.

You make products. which the owner of the company then sells but gives you only a portion of that sale.

You make way more than 15 bucks an hour. All you ever see of it though is 15 bucks.

— Kim Siever (@kim_siever) October 30, 2021

The employer is asking faculty to take a 4% wage rollback, retroactive to July 2020, effectively forcing them to pay back to the employer wages they’ve already received.

Then they’re asking for several years of wage freezes. https://t.co/rIKyFZZDw4

— Kim Siever (@kim_siever) October 29, 2021