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Old 02-25-2003, 06:31 PM   #18
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According to the Income Tax Act (Canada) definitions, "employment" is a position of "servitude". A "servant" is one who has pledged feudal servitude [a form of slavery] for the right to live on some "lord's" lands; or, someone who must work off a debt. The term "Employer and employee" are synonymous with "master and servant". The master/servant contractual laws and obligations arise out of the feudal system of the Middle Ages. An employer/employee work agreement (contract) is considered a “contract of service” and translates as a “contract of servitude”.

An "employer" is a person who "rents" slaves from the Government.
For that privilege, the employer must perform certain duties and responsibilities like: reporting employee compensation [T-4 slips to CCRA], withholding taxes and deducting Canada Pension, and paying "contributions" on behalf of the employee. Employee compensation supposedly belongs to the Government, thus the reporting requirement. How much the employee gets to keep for his own use depends on his return of income [T1] in April.

Is "employee", therefore, the description of your relationship to the company with whom you work and draw a paycheque? Or, do you exchange your skill and/or labour for a contractually agreed upon amount of money? Are you working off a debt; or, are you paid after you perform? If the latter, you are not an employee according to the Income Tax Act. You are a "contractor" regardless what some Judge or CCRA agent may tell you, or tell the person for whom you work. "Employer" and "Employee" are used elsewhere in this paper in the generic meaning. The terms should, therefore, not be used in any correspondence to CCRA. The desirable situation is to have a “contract for services” with a so-called employer.
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