Since 2003, qualified dividends are taxed at 15% (0% if you're in the 15% tax bracket). This will end at the end of this year.
True story: after arriving in Canada from the U.S, I was selected for a "special" search. They asked for my laptop, and asked me to enter the login password. I politely declined. I requested to speak to my corporate attorney (via my cell phone) and they refused. They asked again more forcefully, threatening me with arrest if I didn't give in. I gave in. (I'll only go so far to protect my employer's IP).
You should have seen the look on the poor inspector's face when it booted into Linux. He politely asked me how to search for porn on my computer. I taught him the "find" command.
Prediction is very difficult, especially of the future. - Niels Bohr