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[kellygreen]

Actually CRA has little problem with the credit cards and drivers licenses - there are those who have built homes and "sold" their homes for a buck to a relative and then "bought" them back (maybe even at a hundred percent profit). CRA - no matter what one thinks of them, is not totally peopled by idiots.

In order to work at CNAQ as a non-resident you need the paper from CRA stating as such - so you have to go through the idiotic paperwork and the dire time lapse to wait for a decision. If you're bullet proof (as A69 states) there won't be a problem - but you want the paper in hand ASAP so you don't have to go through trying to get the deductions back from CRA.

As for pensionable earnings - there are issues coming to light with some residents (for tax purposes) - the amount of pensionable earnings may or may not be reduced - it's still being investigated by those affected.

As for the heir apparent sending a letter - who knows? It's another layer to the contradictory emails and statement from CNA, CNAQ, and the rumor mill.

CCQ? There was a mild demand from Qatari students earlier this year (published in the press) that the president be sent home and entrance standards be lowered - nothing came of it to my knowledge. However, from the rumor mill again, CCQ has found the learning curve here even steeper than CNAQ did 10+ years ago.

The CRA issue - yes the DL and CCs are considered but if you give CRA a reasonable explanation for maintaining them (while divesting yourself of all else) they are not usually considered the only deciding factors in determining residency.

[Shimokitazawa]

[Shimokitazawa]

[SecretAgent69]

[Lonesome Dove]

Reading between the lines, I think some very hard bargaining must be going on behind the scenes. The Qataris have at a minimum made clear that they are prepared to walk away from any new deal. They've set up the CCQ to take over, and they sat on the contract, reputedly, for over a year (looks more like three) while refusing to even negotiate. They've certainly at least spread the rumour that they are terminating the contract. Now an entirely plausible interpretation of the Heir Apparent's supposed letter is that it is imposing a deadline: either CNAQ comes to an agreement they are happy with by November, or it's over.

The slated visit by the President of CNA at about that time is surely either 1) to announce that it is over, or 2) to announce that the new terms will be very different from the old terms of the Qatari-CNA contract. You can bet those salaries will be going down across the board. Probably no more instructors, department heads, or deans without Master's degrees. For other likely changes, look to the deal made with HCC for CCQ. No more integrated classrooms, articulation agreements galore, associate degrees, more community outreach and cooperation, and so forth.

[kellygreen]

The heir apparent being quoted in any context with CNAQ is surprising - as he has had almost nothing to do with the college in any context since its inception. One of the Sheikha's is on the JOB and there's been the occasional visit from the Emir's wife - now the heir apparent is in the mix?

If you revisit some of the previous posts, the CNAQ president has said (October 2010) verbally to at least 50+ people that the contract had been with the Emiri Diwan since August 2010. In the same meeting he said he had asked an Emiri official about the contract status and said the official expressed "surprise" the contract hadn't been signed yet.

CNA NFLD president sent an email to the entire college in March/April 2011 to the effect that the State was willing to enter into negotiations with CNA about the contract.

In June, our Dean stood up and declared the entire management team was "surprised" by the CNA NFLD president's statements as it was all over but the signing.

Here we are in October - other than here at Dave's I can't find anyone who has heard (or was present at) the meeting where the Heir Apparent's message was quoted.

[SecretAgent69]