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I think thats fair.

having to do math per line item?

At the end of the day, I think that if the federal government is funding a program, that money shouldn't be taken and spent on something else. Then we end up with a hodgepodge of programs across the country. This province has universal health care, this one doesn't. This province has childcare...

Ya Fam. https://www.cp24.com/news/ontario-has-entered-next-phase-of-negotiations-with-feds-on-child-care-deal-official-confirms-1.5810679 Lapse. Not compensated, lapse. Not lowered taxes for Ontario, lapsed. So provinces can opt out all they want. Let their funding lapse. The provinces...

Provinces can opt out all they want. Just don't expect to see money the feds have allocated for that program.

Except those same Provinces come cap in hand asking for more and more money for health transfers for their area of responsibility, Healthcare. And Canadians expect the federal government to do things outside their jurisdiction all the time, in regards to things like healthcare, and housing...

Except that is absolutely ridiculous. Imagine provinces opting out of the universal health care and pocketing the change? That would be on par with this. Why ever sign on with a federal program when they could just get a payout instead? If the province doesn't want dental coverage, they can opt...

I like how some are coming out swinging at the NDP now. Most times they are ignored because they are not the governing party or opposition, but people are no longer keeping their powder dry. If QC wants to opt out of federal programs, they are free to. Ontario hasn't signed on to the federal...

This would be true if taxes were lowered when not being spent on debt servicing. As it stands, it usually isn't. So the taxes paid at tax time is going to be the same, the only difference being the amount of services one gets out of their taxes paid. At the end of the day, politicians have not...

You have a weird definition of raising taxes, but I'll allow it.

So Justin Trudeau is between centrist and left wing then?

This is untrue. Debt to GDP dropped under Harper post 2011. He didn't raise taxes. Debt to GDP dropped under Trudeau, before covid. He didn't raise taxes. As the debt gets smaller in comparison to the size of the economy, the easier it is to service and pay down, without raising taxes. Quebec...

Yeah, I run into that as well. It's not our problem, but one can use them as a point of comparison. Is it true that canadas debt to GDP is rising? Yes. Is it manageable? Compared to our peers, yes it is. January was slow, but the last quarter the economy was red hot. I don't think that the...

Greece still gets money lent to it. So does Argentina. Lenders will continue to lend, even if you're a fiscal basket case. It's just going to cost more to borrow. But you're right, taxes do not need to rise. What would happen, should happen is slowing the rate of government spending down below...

True, but a lot of other countries have higher, Spain, Italy, France, the UK, USA, Japan. https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-gdp-1.6368400#:~:text=Business-,Canada's%20economy%20was%20growing%20at%206.7%25%20pace%20at%20the%20end,official%20data%20showed%20on%20Tuesday. "Canada's economy...

Economy grows, debt is comperatively smaller. The middle ground.

This is why the feds need to make guidelines and the provonces need to make plans. Its useless to simply say its covered but not address capacity. Same as for legal weed and childcare. Legal weed means nothing without the regulated dispensaries. Universal child care means nothing without...

There are timelines actually Dental care for children under 12 this year, under 18 next year, means tested year after that.

I'm not sure you would be saying this if the military was getting a lot more funding. Or maybe I'm wrong, and if the CAF found itself with 2 percent of GDP in funding you would be asking how they plan to pay for it without raising taxes.

Perfectly describes the conservative party. Votes against gay marriage, now they are fine with it.(3 members voted for) Opposes legalizing weed, now they are okay with it. Every member of the HOC votes for adding gender identity or expression as being protected from discrimination, except 40...