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Everyone either thinks they will be rich and that a tax increase on them might impact them someday, or they think that taxing the rich suddenly will cause them all to close their shops and move to Bermuda.

Of course, governments can get a little too excessive with spending at times. I'm not exactly fiscally conservative, but I do see sometimes when the Libs come out with a budget with like a 50B deficit it's kind of a "come on, do we have to spend on all this without a tax raise?"
 
UWHabs said:
Everyone either thinks they will be rich and that a tax increase on them might impact them someday, or they think that taxing the rich suddenly will cause them all to close their shops and move to Bermuda.

Of course, governments can get a little too excessive with spending at times. I'm not exactly fiscally conservative, but I do see sometimes when the Libs come out with a budget with like a 50B deficit it's kind of a "come on, do we have to spend on all this without a tax raise?"
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This makes sense. I do think though, that when more “fiscally conservative” (comparatively speaking) governments are in charge, many areas fall behind. Education costs and healthcare etc take the brunt so when a more liberal platform moves in promising to shore them up and or expand them, they looks more like they are spending Willy nilly. That’s not to say they don’t spend Willy nilly sometimes. I guess it’s figuring out when it’s required and when it’s not. According to some, it’s never needed, yet lots of complaints occur that things aren’t getting done. Is there a happy medium to be had or is government just fucked out of the gate regardless of party?
 
UWHabs said:
Everyone either thinks they will be rich and that a tax increase on them might impact them someday, or they think that taxing the rich suddenly will cause them all to close their shops and move to Bermuda.

Of course, governments can get a little too excessive with spending at times. I'm not exactly fiscally conservative, but I do see sometimes when the Libs come out with a budget with like a 50B deficit it's kind of a "come on, do we have to spend on all this without a tax raise?"
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This is the greatest con tho.

Both libs and cons spend a ton (on different things of course) - but only libs ever think they have to pay for it by raising taxes.
 
I mean, the message of the electorate in the most recent election was essentially “fuck off with your attempts to get a majority back and get the hell back to work with parliament as it’s currently composed.”

This deal would be the Libs taking that message to heart.
 
LeafGm said:
I mean, the message of the electorate in the most recent election was essentially “fuck off with your attempts to get a majority back and get the hell back to work with parliament as it’s currently composed.”

This deal would be the Libs taking that message to heart.
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Yeah, it'd be the Libs essentially getting their majority by finding a partner, the NDP having a real say in policy, and the CPC with a few years to figure themselves out with a new leader. Curious to see how it ends up, at what point the Libs will stab the NDP, etc...
 
UWHabs said:
Yeah, it'd be the Libs essentially getting their majority by finding a partner, the NDP having a real say in policy, and the CPC with a few years to figure themselves out with a new leader. Curious to see how it ends up, at what point the Libs will stab the NDP, etc...
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The other thing I wonder is if this would be Trudeau's off-ramp to finish up his time as the leader of the Liberal Party and have a Liberal leadership contest for his replacement without having to worry about a snap election in the middle of that process.

2025 would take Trudeau to his 10th year as PM and in modern Canadian history, the 10-year mark has kind of served for Prime Ministers as a soft term limit, where after that point voters and/or the party caucus are thoroughly sick of your shit and motivated to boot you out.

Happened with Harper (9 years), Chretien (10 years), Mulroney (9 years) and Trudeau Sr. (11 years) in his first go-round as PM. Though whether Trudeau possesses the self-awareness and selflessness to know when he should step aside, I dunno.
 
They're planning for record immigration over the next few years. Which is great. But not so great if both immigrants and current residents can't find a place to live. It had better come with a plan for housing.

One of those small, rectangular, one story post WWII houses in the hamilton suburbs gets 20 offers right now and goes for over a million dollars.

The county I grew up in, which is in the middle of nowhere on the north shore of lake erie, a 45 minute drive minimum to any 400 series highway, probably averages close to or over a million dollars now and has somehow become connected to prices in the GTA market.

It's batshit. I think COVID and truckers and Ukraine and everything else going on has allowed politicians to ignore it thus far.
 
Yup, it's completely out of control. A lot of places have very few rentals available, so prices get jacked up even in small towns. House prices are astronomical. Low-income housing has years-long waiting lists.

It has become a crisis.
 
axlsalinger said:
Yup, it's completely out of control. A lot of places have very few rentals available, so prices get jacked up even in small towns. House prices are astronomical. Low-income housing has years-long waiting lists.

It has become a crisis.
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Article is 5 years old (so I'd imagine price would even be higher today) but here's what a person in Vancouver tried to get for a shed (before they took down the listing as a result of the backlash):

www.vice.com

Vancouver Rental Opportunity: A $1,225 Window-Free Shed

There was a hot plate, at least.
www.vice.com www.vice.com
 
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