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Dude, I'm a professional accountant and you can't manage your household budget.

Once again, I'm not necessarily against a childcare system. You just choose to hear what you want because you're incapable of a rational thought process. I'm concerned we're hastily setting up an unsustainable system the same as our healthcare system. You make wild assumptions that I don't...

You the people that fought and won two World Wars and didn't sit around feeling sorry for themselves afterwards? Yes, let's do that. Yep. Alberta's population overwhelmingly supported stronger measures and the government didn't act. You know what they're going to do? Vote out a gov't that had...

Except Alberta never cried poor. All Alberta wants is to be the left the fuck alone, because the people in the province actually believe in personal responsibility. Finger-wagging from Quebec just deserves a punch in the face quite frankly. They're nothing but a drain on Confederation and...

If you're from an urban centre, apparently the answer is "only if other people have to pay for it." I'm actually surprised to see those numbers for infants... I'm not saying there's not circumstances people are in, largely by choice, where you need to put your infant in full-day care, but it's...

Yes, why wouldn't they when they can get all the perks and not have to pay for them? We're creating a vicious cycle by then feeding that choice with more money. Exactly like rural Newfoundland where given they can have the benefits of small-town life and the amenities of urban life brought right...

I'll go take a look, we don't hear about commercial real estate much I'm not sure what I could find. In saying that, there could literally be a 1000+ things that are affecting the market price of commercial real estate that help bring it down. The approach shouldn't be to do a single variable...

So commercial real estate is at a premium in downtown Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, and the provincial government now needs to either use thes scarce space available to build more spaces or rent all the space that exists? This does not seem like a smart way to address supply issues. This seems...

How, exactly? I kept reading talking points about this but could never find out the "how" behind this claim?

I have a very different take on this and it's why I hope the CPC doesn't turf O'Toole. People seem to be making hay about the fact that they lost some votes in Alberta... who cares? Michelle Rempell went from 70% to 50% and people are acting like this is a catastrophe... Sorry but 50% in our...

It's not a big advantage over a TFSA, other than really it creates a bigger TFSA for first-time home buyers to start trying to build some savings... If you're 18 or 19 years old, you don't have much TFSA room, this essentially increases it by $40k of the hop... however, if you're that age, you...

You'd lose that bet, obviously you haven't seen my posts over the years. Unfortunately no matter how many times it happens, the entitled crowd keeps doing it to themselves. If people such as yourself who think it's the government's role to put a band-aid on every bump and bruise life throws at...

Your assertion that NO ONE can do it is also bonkers, so just stop. Oh wait, you didn't say "no one," right? That's right, you didn't, so stop trying to mischaracterize what I'm saying and I'll return the favour. There is a very large population of people aged 18-35 that can, they just don't...

Man, I am sure glad I wasn't raised to resign myself to defeat just because things might require some work or sacrifice. How many people in Toronto only speak French? You're finding small microcosms that don't represent the majority of the population and making it sound like the average person...

Sorry but I'm just not convinced that "I want to own a 3 bedroom lane house, 15 min from Bay Street, with my Bachelors of Women's Studies from U of T" is really a compelling argument for the rest of the country to bend over backwards to accommodate.

Yes to everything, it's called supply & demand. However, the early bird gets the worm in all scenarios. So, supply & demand? Calling it an "affordability" issue is just silly. That's the symptom, not the disease. Really? Which ones? Do you think the only jobs out here are on the rigs and in...

The issues surrounding urban centres and their "affordability" reminds me very much of the issues Newfoundland faces.... except in the opposite direction. That province is bleeding money trying to support people who feel entitled to live in a completely unsustainable living situation, and...

I understand that most people don't understand why we can't use "surplus" funds, so let me explain.... People think of our budgets as cash, but they are not. The DND does not receive $20 billion in cash at the start of the year, and then physically hand back the $1 billion that is leftover...

Also, if you want good commentary unlike mainstream news, a bunch of contributors from "The Line" are doing a live podcast... "Canada Election Live with The Line! NO sets, NO scripts, NO sobriety"

I think it'd be a mistake to turf O'Toole. His time as leader made it almost impossible to become a known quantity to Canadians, yet he's managed to keep the seat count stable while making the party more popular nationally. Any party members who have left because him, allows them to...