Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

[ArmyRick]

No thanks, I'd rather not make a truth social account just to complain

Then don't comment.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Confusion? Pretty clear he was defending a foreign government that has well documented evidence of child and forced labour

Can’t read his heart but suuuuuuure draws the eye, don’t it?

 

[ArmyRick]

But he's sorry now... kind of

Liberal MP sorry after confusion over remarks on forced labour in China | Globalnews.ca

Ma said he regretted making a mistake with his remarks, while pointing out that he had referred to the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, and not Xinjiang.

globalnews.ca

He is sorry its embarrassing the LPC.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Confusion? Pretty clear he was defending a foreign government that has well documented evidence of child and forced labour

No confusions but he felt the need to apologize. Gotcha.

 

[Halifax Tar]

Can’t read his heart but suuuuuuure draws the eye, don’t it?

Depends on your biases and what one is willing to deflect or turn a blind eye too.

 

[brihard]

GOC nears FTA with South American trading bloc

Mercosur and Canada near free-trade agreement with April talks

Canada and South America’s Mercosur bloc are advancing toward a free‑trade agreement that could be signed by the end of the year, with another round of negotiations scheduled for next month ‌in Brasilia, according to three sources familiar with the talks.

www.reuters.com

Damn, that’s fast work.

 

[CBH99]

Agreed it needs to be refocused on to what its goal was, making sure we didnt have homeless, poor seniors. The entire situation of elder care needs reform, my grand mother in law lives at a home that takes about 80% of a seniors income as rent, after medications etc she has maybe $40 a month of spare money. Its highway robbery especially for the low level of care she needs.

110% agreed.

There is currently a bed ridden 90yo woman living in the same house as I am because of a very similar situation.

The senior's home cost, lets say, $1200 a month. Her income as a senior was $1200 a month.

It would have left her broke. So instead she has a worker that comes 4 times a day to help change her, shower her, etc



I understand the government wanting to keep costs under control, so they recoup the cost of staffing/maintenance by charging rent to the seniors.

But what if she didn't have immediate family in town? What if she didn't have $1200 a month coming in from OAS?


There has to be a better way to do this. I can easily see some folks falling thru the cracks who really shouldn't be allowed to fall thru those cracks

 

[MilEME09]

110% agreed.

There is currently a bed ridden 90yo woman living in the same house as I am because of a very similar situation.

The senior's home cost, lets say, $1200 a month. Her income as a senior was $1200 a month.

It would have left her broke. So instead she has a worker that comes 4 times a day to help change her, shower her, etc



I understand the government wanting to keep costs under control, so they recoup the cost of staffing/maintenance by charging rent to the seniors.

But what if she didn't have immediate family in town? What if she didn't have $1200 a month coming in from OAS?


There has to be a better way to do this. I can easily see some folks falling thru the cracks who really shouldn't be allowed to fall thru those cracks

What I would like is a cap of say 30-40% of a seniors income can be taken by these facilities unless they make over X amount. Covid showed just how bad seniors homes can be, we can, and should do better for one of the most vulnerable parts of society.

 

[Eaglelord17]

What I would like is a cap of say 30-40% of a seniors income can be taken by these facilities unless they make over X amount. Covid showed just how bad seniors homes can be, we can, and should do better for one of the most vulnerable parts of society.

Whose going to make up the difference? Should we just kill OAS in general and instead offer ‘free’ senior housing for those with assets below ‘x’ amount?

The reality is if there is no money in the service they won’t provide it and it will be worse for lower income seniors as they will just be homeless/lacking adequate care as no one will provide it at a loss.

Taking care of people full time is expensive. Cooks, food, nurses, PSWs, providing the housing, cleaning, etc.

Take that 1200$ a month, you can’t even rent a place in most cities for that price let alone get all the care, food, etc. added on.

 

[PuckChaser]

What I would like is a cap of say 30-40% of a seniors income can be taken by these facilities unless they make over X amount. Covid showed just how bad seniors homes can be, we can, and should do better for one of the most vulnerable parts of society.

So your solution is to pay them less money to fix that problem?

 

[daftandbarmy]

So your solution is to pay them less money to fix that problem?

Because they had it so good paying all those taxes at a higher rate over the decades

 

[PuckChaser]

Because they had it so good paying all those taxes at a higher rate over the decades

No no, I meant the nursing homes sucked so we cap the fees they can collect.

 

[dapaterson]

No no, I meant the nursing homes sucked so we cap the fees they can collect.

Plot twist: PSP Investments, responsible for the CAF, RCMP and federal PS pension investments, own big chunks of long term senior residences.

 

[MilEME09]

So your solution is to pay them less money to fix that problem?

No, i should of expended more but for core services there shluld be a cap. The have add on services. As well as government subsidies per number of seniors below the income threshold.

 

[Brad Sallows]

No, i should of expended more but for core services there shluld be a cap.

Price controls produce shortages. The experiment has been repeatedly tried, and repeatedly almost without exception produces the expected result.

 

[Oldgateboatdriver]

So have high tariffs in the US .... But, Hey! What the hell!

 

[MilEME09]

So have high tariffs in the US .... But, Hey! What the hell!

Speaking of tariffs, some aluminum industry data

https://twitter.com/x/status/2037906438237131062