2024 BC Election

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More BC bullcrap.

The BCGEU currently on strike has refused to add meat inspectors to their exempt list of essential workers.
The price of inspected meat in this province is about to skyrocket until we run out of it.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Hi Honey, I'm Home....

https://twitter.com/x/status/1966589703794167897

 

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Eby seems to zeroing in on unchecked immigration as being one of the main causes, in addition to equalization unfairness.
Yesterday he called Carneys cut to TFW a farce and “smoke with mirrors (sic)”, saying the IMP is worse than the TFWP and blaming general federal government apathy+ laziness to bring unneeded and uninvited populations of a size equivalent of a city the size of Surrey every year. Twice he went that direction- saying the Feds are bringing in “hundreds of thousands of unqualified, low skill people who cost the economy far more than they can possibly ever contribute”.
He’s clearly reading and applying Conservative Party BC ideas and conclusions.

 

[OldSolduer]

More BC bullcrap.

The BCGEU currently on strike has refused to add meat inspectors to their exempt list of essential workers.
The price of inspected meat in this province is about to skyrocket until we run out of it.

Then there will be a market for that "lab grown meat" we are all arguing over....

 

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Then there will be a market for that "lab grown meat" we are all arguing over....

I don’t know about that. There’s always road kill.

I probably should have kept a few more calfs, and maybe bought those Angus. Quit farming livestock next year instead of this year. This is what guys like me get for being cheap and wanting to get some rest at the wrong time.

 

[daftandbarmy]

More BC bullcrap.

The BCGEU currently on strike has refused to add meat inspectors to their exempt list of essential workers.
The price of inspected meat in this province is about to skyrocket until we run out of it.

All change...

B.C. declares meat inspectors essential amid public service strike​

B.C. declares meat inspectors essential amid public service strike : My Powell River Now

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Good. Common sense.

 

[OldSolduer]

Good. Common sense.

Finally.....

 

[Brad Sallows]

Eby seems to zeroing in on unchecked immigration as being one of the main causes, in addition to equalization unfairness.

Politician seeks to deflect attention from management of budget and spending choices. Film at 11.

In practical terms, the government needs to sign fiscally restrained contracts, and once it starts, it can't stop because there will certainly be some that have clauses to re-open them if some group subsequently gets more favourable treatment.

The rumour in BC is that among unions judging their peers, the BCTF (teachers) is considered to be the most dysfunctional and unrealistic, but maybe they'll have to pass the torch to some other group in the next few months.

 

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True.

And I’m not sure if the extent to which the tax base can support even a slightly increased budget, but it can’t be anywhere near what it was pre Covid.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Politician seeks to deflect attention from management of budget and spending choices. Film at 11.

In practical terms, the government needs to sign fiscally restrained contracts, and once it starts, it can't stop because there will certainly be some that have clauses to re-open them if some group subsequently gets more favourable treatment.

The rumour in BC is that among unions judging their peers, the BCTF (teachers) is considered to be the most dysfunctional and unrealistic, but maybe they'll have to pass the torch to some other group in the next few months.

Wait until this Monday and the Finance minister lets us know we’ve made history …

… with the biggest budget deficit ever

 

[Brad Sallows]

True.

And I’m not sure if the extent to which the tax base can support even a slightly increased budget, but it can’t be anywhere near what it was pre Covid.

The tax base "can" but the question is whether it "will".

Feds have shaved a lot of tax points off in the past 25 years. Those are still up for grabs.

Municipal tax increases have in some cases been rising faster than many/most incomes, so they're taking part of what was "gained" by taxpayers.

Government deficits might be alleviated a bit by some interest rate drops, but - importantly - the rates set by BoC are not absolute determinants of rates set by lenders. Ultimately lenders want assurance that they aren't going to end up losing money due to bouts of inflation. Borrowing costs could end up increasing no matter what BoC does. Cue renewed discussion of "bond vigilantes". Expanding the money supply isn't a realistic way out, either, and it isn't an option for anyone except the federal government anyways (just as provinces have no real influence over BoC). Those labouring under the misbelief that the BoC is dependably "independent" should consider fiscal dominance and whether Canada might soon be subject to the pressure, if it isn't already.

 

[Colin Parkinson]

Municipal governments seem unaware that the people in their communities don't have unlimited revenue to milk.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Municipal governments seem unaware that the people in their communities don't have unlimited revenue to milk.

Mostly I'm impressed by how they can waste so much of it, pass losses along to taxpayers, and carry on with their business as if the plebes ought to be seen and not heard. (GVRD)

 

[daftandbarmy]

Municipal governments seem unaware that the people in their communities don't have unlimited revenue to milk.

Like about 19% more, right?

https://www.nsnews.com/local-news/utility-rates-going-up-for-district-of-north-vancouver-taxpayers-in-2025-9948423