Raising taxes

It's always big news when a government decides to raise taxes, so we'll see how this works out for Shawn Graham in NB. Nice to see them balancing their budget.

Also, today is when we get our first report on the 2006 census. With my quick scan through, a few cool facts (to impress those ladies):

• Toronto is now over 5M people in its metro area
  
• Two new millionaires in Calgary and Edmonton
  
• KW came very close to cracking the top 10, being only 6000 people smaller than London now, and with its larger growth, should pass London soon. Waterloo itself is only 2500 people away from 100000. However, the KW urban area is larger than London's.
  
• The 6 largest federal election districts are all in Toronto, with Brampton West being the largest, at 170000 (the average is at 102000).
  
• Stratford is the most densely populated agglomeration, with Red Deer closely behind.
  

Lots of information there, but basically, Canada is growing, with Alberta and Southern Ontario leading the way.

(*hat tip to Calgary Grit)