The Canada Revenue Agency is getting all 2.0 on us, and they’ve decided to launch a contest that smacks of a Big Brother snitch-on-your-neighbour deal. CRA wants Canadians to make videos and post them on You Tube, explaining why the underground economy is a bad thing. And why Canadians should be wary of people and things that are part of it.
Contestants are asked to post something that either explains why barter and paying under-the-counter for things is bad or, what the risks are. It’s worth checking out at http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/contest/index.html.
hmm isn’t it ironic that they are using unpaid, no contract, non-production people to create their spots against using unpaid, no contract, non-production people?
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h/t Toe Dancer @ breadnroses
Nice bit of irony there, AR!
The underground economy is what will keep this country alive, I think!
Clever catch!
“hmm isn’t it ironic that they are using unpaid, no contract, non-production people to create their spots against using unpaid, no contract, non-production people?”
Hmm. Well, in fairness, what the CRA wants is unpaid, no contract, non-production people to create spots against using paid production people who won’t report the work on tax returns. So I guess that’s okay. But you’re right, though – what IS the point of this charade? Wouldn’t it be a better symbol of CRA’s mission if people were paid for producing pro-tax-agency propaganda?
Volunteer propagandists: how Canada will fight the underground economy. A working idea!
And if you win, you get a meaningless, conjured-up title (the “CRA Independent Video Producer Award”) and a trip to Ottawa to chum it up with other contributors to Radio Free CRA. Yippee.