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Hog wash! The easiest, cheapest and most sensible solution can be made without knowing the cause....
September 23, 2013
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September 9, 2013
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August 29, 2013
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August 8, 2013
I just returned last night from three days of training in Chicago by Al Gore for the Climate...
August 3, 2013
No, it shouldn't have. Some players require a more personal 1-on-1 approach. Your much beloved long...
July 7, 2013
Comments by James O'Grady
Most Canadians, whether they like it or not, do know that the Liberals won the last election. Even the Conservatives. The results were very similar to the previous election results in 2019. Both were strong minority governments. The Liberals didn't win the popular vote but that's not necessary in our very flawed First Past the Post electoral system. Canadians do cast votes by paper ballot. Not sure where you're getting that from. The election interference was on an individual riding basis. We have not seen proof that it effected the outcome as you claim. Deep state arguments in Canada are pretty funny. This isn't the US and we don't have a deep state like they do for many reasons which I won't bother to get into. Suffice to say, conspiracy theories just weaken your argument. There are so many issues to criticize Trudeau on. Why not stick to the many that can be proven rather than those that can't?
Thanks for the feedback Steve. I know it seems daunting but I agree with you, a taxable UBI that goes to everyone, no matter their economic status, would be the best way to ensure we lift everyone out of poverty and provide all Canadians the ability to choose their own path. As long as it’s taxable the extra funds come back into the government coffers. Allowing people to decline it up front if they do chose would help prevent excessive ad in. And, as you say, it would help simplify our social assistance programs by eliminating most, if not all of them. That doesn’t mean there wouldn’t be jobs for social workers elsewhere or in the private sector. My mother had her own counselling practice long before joining the provincial government.
As for Hugh Segal, he was the heart and soul, and I’d say the brains behind Mulroney’s government. He essentially ran Mulroney’s PMO if I remember correctly. He was a Progressive Conservative. No one equates the Liberal government of Justin or even his father Pierre Trudeau with Joe Clarke or Brian Mulroney’s PC governments. I know this was a slogan of Poilievre’s during the leadership campaign to slag his main opponent, but it’s not based on any factual history. It’s just his idea of short m, sound bite marketing. And, take it from a politico/marketer with a degree in history like me, it’s total bs.
I voted: NoI voted no because I believe the Liberals will wait to the very last moment in hope that the polls will rebound.
The whole thing is one huge disappointment. Now, the majority of money is going to broadcast media, the people who don't need it the most. What a sham.