Damn, that’s fast work.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 towards a free-trade agreement that could be signed by the end of the year, with more negotiations scheduled for next month in Brasilia, according to three sources familiar with the talks.www.reuters.com
Liberal (Minority/Majority) Government 2025 - ???
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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 $1200 a month coming in from OAS?
There has to be a better way to do this. I can easily see some folks falling thru the cracks who really shouldn't be allowed to fall thru those cracks
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What I would like is a cap of say 30-40% of a seniors income can be taken by these facilities unless they make over X amount. Covid showed just how bad seniors homes can be, we can, and should do better for one of the most vulnerable parts of society.
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Whose going to make up the difference? Should we just kill OAS in general and instead offer ‘free’ senior housing for those with assets below ‘x’ amount?
The reality is if there is no money in the service they won’t provide it and it will be worse for lower income seniors as they will just be homeless/lacking adequate care as no one will provide it at a loss.
Taking care of people full time is expensive. Cooks, food, nurses, PSWs, providing the housing, cleaning, etc.
Take that 1200$ 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.
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So your solution is to pay them less money to fix that problem?
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Because they had it so good paying all those taxes at a higher rate over the decades
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No no, I meant the nursing homes sucked so we cap the fees they can collect.Because they had it so good paying all those taxes at a higher rate over the decades
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Plot twist: PSP Investments, responsible for the CAF, RCMP and federal PS pension investments, own big chunks of long term senior residences.
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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.
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Price controls produce shortages. The experiment has been repeatedly tried, and repeatedly almost without exception produces the expected result.
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So have high tariffs in the US .... But, Hey! What the hell!
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I would think that we'd be easy after the negotiating with the EU and its 28ish members.
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Very relevant crosspost.
23% of unwrought aluminum that the US imports comes out of the Middle East (UAE and Bahrain), up from 16% in 2024.
www.reuters.com
EDIT: I have a feeling that the titanium sponge plant in Yanbu, Saudia Arabia is going to be targeted soon either by Iran itself or via the Houthi, the US also imports a significant amount from the country.
Emirates Global Aluminium reports 'significant damage' from Iranian strikes
Emirates Global Aluminium said on Saturday that its Al Taweelah production base in the UAE had sustained "significant damage" during Iranian missile and drone attacks.
www.reuters.com
EDIT: I have a feeling that the titanium sponge plant in Yanbu, Saudia Arabia is going to be targeted soon either by Iran itself or via the Houthi, the US also imports a significant amount from the country.
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Looks like we're following the UK and preparing to ban crypto donations.
Overall a good move.
www.yahoo.com
Overall a good move.
Canada Moves to Shut Crypto Out of Election Financing
The Canadian government has introduced a new Bill C-25 to formally ban political donations made in crypto.
Government Bill (House of Commons) C-25 (45-1) - First Reading - Strong and Free Elections Act - Parliament of Canada
Government Bill (House of Commons) C-25 (45-1) - First Reading - Strong and Free Elections Act - Parliament of Canada
www.parl.ca
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The project had too many bugs in it, and the costs have been hived off on the taxpayer ...
The business of insect farming was supposed to grow big and fast.
In London, Ont., that promise took shape in Aspire Food Group Canada. Billed as the world's largest cricket farm, it was a 150,000-square-foot, fully automated facility designed to house billions of insects and produce millions of kilograms of protein each year.
Crickets are touted as a low-carbon protein source, requiring less farmland than traditional livestock and offering the potential to address world food insecurity.
Ottawa's big bet on world's largest cricket farm ran into a simple problem: the 'yuck factor'
Almost a year later, questions remain over how much public money was recovered
The business of insect farming was supposed to grow big and fast.
In London, Ont., that promise took shape in Aspire Food Group Canada. Billed as the world's largest cricket farm, it was a 150,000-square-foot, fully automated facility designed to house billions of insects and produce millions of kilograms of protein each year.
Crickets are touted as a low-carbon protein source, requiring less farmland than traditional livestock and offering the potential to address world food insecurity.
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Reminds me of Newfoundland greenhouses:
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Affordability is the best it has been in over a decade - Mark Carney
www.ctvnews.ca
Cost of living hitting food banks in Canada so hard that visits are limited to once a month
Food banks across the country are being forced to scale back services at a time when Canadians need them the most, due to limited supplies.
www.ctvnews.ca
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Affordability is the best it has been in over a decade - Mark Carney
Cost of living hitting food banks in Canada so hard that visits are limited to once a month
Food banks across the country are being forced to scale back services at a time when Canadians need them the most, due to limited supplies.
You don't agree ?
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