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Variables MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS OF INTEREST POLL OF THE MONTH The Way We Pay
CASH MAY BE KING BUT, according to our latest reader poll, seven in 10 Canadian CPAs use credit cards more oſten than any other form of payment. The next most popular method of payment for personal expenses is by debit card, with 21% of the response, and by cheque for business expenses (17%). Less than 4% of CPAs name cash as their preferred way to pay and, interestingly, neither the youngest (19-29) nor the oldest (65+) respondents are among them. Less than half a percent use PayPal or mobile apps as their most frequent methods of payment. —T
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BIG LEAGUE BADDIES
TAKING THE “PRO” OUT OF PROPRIETOR APRIL IS A BOON FOR SPORTS FANS, with major league baseball, hockey, basketball and lacrosse running games this month. Only football is not currently active among Canada’s major professional sports. Canadians love their teams. But sometimes we also love to hate those who own them, such as these controversial former big league proprietors. — Steve Brearton
HAROLD BALLARD T
Named the most despised sports owner in a 2012 CBC poll, the
convicted fraudster
often upstaged the Leafs with antics such as selling the team’s Stanley Cup banners
BRUCE NCNALL T
oronto Maple Leafs (1971-1990)
CLAUDE BROCHU Montreal Expos (1991-1998)
In 1995, enjoying the best record in baseball, Brochu unloaded many of the Expos’ top players to “make money.” The flailing team ended up moving to Washington, DC, in 2005
oronto Argonauts (1991-1994)
After serving five years in prison for defrauding banks of more than US$200 million, McNall is now considered California’s largest “sales and use” tax delinquent
PETER POCKLINGTON Edmonton Oilers (1976-1998)
Reviled for selling NHL star Wayne Gretzky to the LA Kings in 1988, Pocklington had his dad’s name erroneously
etched on the Stanley Cup for the Oilers’ 1984 win. It was later covered with Xs
HORN CHEN
Ottawa Rough Riders (1995-1996)
Chicago-based Chen bought the Riders in 1995, then failed to attend any games. When the
team folded, he kept the rights to the name; Ottawa’s team is now called the RedBlacks
BARRY SHENKAROW Winnipeg Jets (1978-1996)
Controversial in Winnipeg for selling the NHL Jets to Phoenix in 1996, Shenkarow walked away from the deal with millions. “The NHL is too big for Winnipeg,” he said at the time
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