u/greyHumanoidRobot

As a working person, for years my only interaction with the government of Canada would be through the income tax filing and the NoA (notice of assessment). For me, the government of Canada = CRA.

Getting a passport did not complicate this relationship and indeed getting a passport did not require adding information to my password file. My information is in a free-form text file encrypted and backed-up on multiple physical devices and a cloud. I had a CRA user ID and password and security answers. Since in my mind Canada = CRA it was a simple relationship that required only one line in my password file that contained the user ID, password, and security answers.

Years later, I have been prompted to create user IDs and passwords and security answers and I added that information to the file. Now I have 4 sections in my password file. One for the CRA, one for the GCKey, and one for the MSCA, and one for the IRCC because I married a foreigner.

I don't remember why I added an MSCA but perhaps it has something to do with CDCP. I don't remember why I added a GCKey. I'm looking to simplify my password file if possible. Perusing the file, a number of questions arise.

Now that my wife is a Permanent Resident, do I need to have an IRCC password?

In my province, Ontario, there are offices called "Service Ontario" where I can deal with everything I've ever had to do involving the government of Ontario. MSCA means My Service Canada. This suggests it can be used to deal with anything related to the government of Canada. Is it possible to deal with CRA through MSCA?

Can somebody please explain what the GCKey is used for and does it make the CRA password obsolete?

I married a foreigner so I created a password for an "immigration application status tracker" but I have no user ID for the IRCC. Why is that? Did I forget to record a user ID?

I don't have a MSCA password in my file, only security answers. Why is that? Did I forget to record a password?

Does the GCKey make MSCA security answers obsolete?

If the CRA gives me a passcode grid, can I use it for the MSCA?

If the MSCA gives me a passcode grid, can I use it for the CRA?

I filed on April 30 by dropping the paper forms in the drop box at CRA in London, Ontario. On the TurboTax printout I wrote my email address on the first page of the T1 form where the taxpayer can choose to go paperless. I received an email on May 8. Excerpt ...

>This email address has been removed from your Canada Revenue Agency account.

>You will no longer receive email notifications to this email address.

>This is an automated email message. Please do not reply.

Why did this happen ?

Edit ... I signed into CRA and I noted that my email address was changed to something different and wrong. It seems that when it gets changed, the above message gets sent to the original email address, which is how I was alerted to the problem. Of course, I changed it back to the original. I have written a complaint letter for the CRA to let them know that somebody is being careless in performing data entry.

It used to be that I would try to get my car insurance and home (tenants') insurance from the same company to get a bundle discount.

Lately I've gotten what I think are good deals so it may not be worth bundling. Car insurance seems more highly variable so I wouldn't move car insurance for no reason other than to get a bundle discount. It's more likely I would move tenants' insurance to create a bundle. But my tenants' insurance is already low I can't be bothered to switch.

I've found that adding mobile phone service to my home internet wasn't worth it. Maybe it's different for people who finance their phones but we are a BYOD household.

What's your impression ?

Looking for a collaborator. If you're busy this isn't for you.

If you're still reading, I need to improve my intraday stock algorithm with the help of a collaborator. Right now, it just does a diversified market cap weighted buy when time period price data Rsquared from a linear "regression" exceeds a threshold and price change per minute exceeds a threshold. The parameter space has 3 dimensions : period lengths, Rsquared thresholds, change per minute thresholds. Throughout the day each stock gets a rating. The rating is based on how much it exceeds the Rsquared threshold and how much it exceeds the change per minute threshold. Stocks are sorted by rating. When stocks indicating "buy" exceed a minimum required for diversification, the minimum number are bought, highest rating stock first. When it's not a buy it is a sell. When some have been sold and the number of longs fall below a certain minimum number, it sells all of the remaining longs.

I'm trying to do this without news feeds, premarket, and previous day data. If we stick to intraday prices then it's less work. I've been cautious so I only use my own collected historical data to backtest.

I saw recently a Conservative MP questioning the government about data privacy concerns over the cars soon to be imported from China. It was mentioned that the cars would be a tool of surveillance. The minister questioned, Joly, said the Transport Minister MacKinnon will be producing privacy regulation.

Why is this a concern now when people have long had laptop computers and iPhones and Android phones made in China? If you bring your phone or computer into your car isn't it a similar risk? If you use the device at home isn't the risk the same? The focus on cars is unexpected from my point of view.

Somebody stole a few items from the glovebox my car last night. Between the 2 bucket seats of the 9th generation Coupe is the storage box (arm rest). I usually have serviettes (napkins) in there so I don't know what the bottom of the box looks like. I discarded the serviettes since a drug addict probably touched them. Are there supposed to be visible screw heads at the bottom of the box or is there supposed to be a liner covering the screw heads?

I recently learned that the grey mailboxes can be used to deposit mail. (I prefer the red mailboxes.) I put in my letter. I actually thrusted it a bit to make sure it's well inside. I looked into the slot and it looks full. Maybe the drawer is shallow. It's in front of a small office building full of lawyers and environmental consultants so maybe they filled it this Friday afternoon. If the drawer is shallow it would not take much to fill it. I can't pull back my letter but I can touch it, or perhaps the mail of others. It would seem that a person with tweezers can pull out mail. There are homeless and addicts in the area. This box gets service M to F before 8 a.m.. so my letter may be at risk until Monday morning and it's Friday afternoon as I write. Hey Canada Post, the grey boxes seem less secure than the red ones. End of Rant.

Edit : I mean the grey mailboxes that are kind of an off-white colour that are generally used by residents nearby when they want to pick-up mail. In other words, those people don't get mail deliveries to their house.

I've never used a CRA drop box. This is the final day. If I go to Canada Post, I can insist that it be marked with today's date. If it goes in a drop box is there more risk of the filing being deemed late?

I have 2 items : an envelope containing tax returns that are supposed to go to a PO Box at Station Main, Winnipeg, and an envelope for the T1135 which goes to Stapon Road, Winnipeg.

Our 2 tax returns are destined for the CRA via snail mail. I want to put an envelope in an envelope. My tax return will be in the outer envelope. My wife's in the inner envelope. Will that be a problem ? I can't remember if I did that last year.