Banker arrogance
https://www.greaterfool.ca/2023/09/22/banker-arrogance/
[Can't trust the banks]
"...On the 4th Jim walked into his bank (the green one) to convert that big whack of money from the sale ($1.1 million) into a draft which he planned to hand deliver to his new lawyer in order to close on the bungalow. “Sorry,” the teller told him after peering into her terminal for several, painful minutes, “but you don’t have enough available funds for the draft.”
"But, he said, it’s my money. It was deposited into our personal joint chequing account by our lawyer, from her trust account and as a certified cheque. When a cheque is certified, it’s certified. The funds are there. It’s like cash. You have no right.
"Holding a cheque is legal. Federally-regulated financial institutions can sit on your money for a period of between four and eight business days, according to OSFI. But, it is not entirely arbitrary – and the front-line employee making that decision at the time of the deposit must know the rules....
This is quite a Read.!!
Wow!!!!! she’s pissed!! we all should be..
One really pissed-off CANADIAN citizen!!!
It appears that this Senator hit a sour chord with this young lady!!
Jeff Smith, a Senator from Quebec, calls senior citizens the "Greediest Generation" as he compared , Old Age Security to "a Milk Cow with over a million teats".
Here's a response in a letter from Patty Johnstone in Ontario ..
I think she is a little ticked off! She also tells it like it is!
"Hey Jeff, let's get a few things straight!!
1. As a career politician, you have been on the public dole (tit) for FIFTY YEARS.
2. I have been paying CPP & OAS for 48 YEARS (since I was 15 years old. I am now 63). Being a Canadian citizen for over 20 years & paying my taxes, I am eligible at 65 to apply for Old Age Security - OAS (paid for through my taxes).
3. My Canada Pension payments, and those of millions of other Canadians, were safely tucked away in an interest bearing account for decades until you political pukes decided to raid...
Google paper ignites Bitcoin debate over freezing 4M dormant coins
https://www.perplexity.ai/page/google-paper-ignites-bitcoin-d-EBq8Y4YfRhqrQYMFtg4u1g
