Mad Mike
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I'm going to send her some ideas:
1) No GST on Restaurant takeout, made in Canada home renovation materials, and home reno services for 1 year.
2) No liquor or sale tax on Canadian made booze sold in restaurants
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1) No GST on Restaurant takeout, made in Canada home renovation materials, and home reno services for 1 year.
2) No liquor or sale tax on Canadian made booze sold in restaurants
DownUnder
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Slow down there mate, she never said the govt didnt want their cut when all that tasty savings is spent. Its just selfish and uncanadian for people to think of the future and their kids futures when they could be buying new Hisense 75" TVs or Kia Sorentos at bargain prices right now.
sburns
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Hmmmm not so sure about that...it is called disposable income, not what you have in savings. I clearly heard her say and talk about savings. I don't want the gov to think because I have savings, I should just spend it, or depend on that to kick start our economy. There are better ways to do that based on what PP said.
sburns
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I thought Ford was going to roll back the HST wasn't he? Or something like that, I doubt that will happen.
lol revenue? it's a donation. unless you`re talking about taxing the mega contracts the big boys are signing, sure.
Probably come up with some tax credits like home upgrades, car purchasing, electric car subsidies to get the economy pumping again.
last I checked price of 2x4 lumber came back to normal so maybe it’s time to start cranking those homes out again! Isn’t DougF pushing to build on the green belt or something?
last I checked price of 2x4 lumber came back to normal so maybe it’s time to start cranking those homes out again! Isn’t DougF pushing to build on the green belt or something?
sburns
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Did it, I've been a bit afraid to go look at lumber, this is good news, might go have a look now and get some plans going!
Mad Mike
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Hope it's coming down. I went to buy some prehung doors for our basement reno, prices more than double what I paid in 2015 for the upstairs doors. 2x4 was $5.20 at my local HD this weekend, I'll be needing a bunch soon so I really hope the price drops.Did it, I've been a bit afraid to go look at lumber, this is good news, might go have a look now and get some plans going!
sburns
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Hmm that still seems a little high, at least it's not double. I paid $3.45 for 2x4 96' back in May from HD.
sburns
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again very hard to watch, no wonder our gov is such a joke.....
I was told it’s fake news,
DownUnder
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Whats the point of having a "question time" when none of the questions actually get answered. They should have an "answer time", id rather watch that.
Ya my dad said it was closer to $3-4 or so a few weeks ago (when we build the wood shed at the cottage).
Not to sound like one of the contributors here that blames everything on boomers but....
There is a big disconnect with the far right political fear mongering and which voters are are subject to that fear. Most Canadian's have limited savings (in fact we as a population have personal debt problems). Fear mongering that the boogeyman is coming for everyone's savings, well that can potentially only work on boomers and maybe genx, for no other reason...they are the only groups sitting on real savings. Yes some younger people have savings but most are struggling with debt. Not some big conspiracy BTW, boomers and genx have had more time to build the savings. So why would it connect with the majority of voters, boogeyman is coming for all the money you don't have?
Same goes for fear mongering over COVID spending and deficits. It is basically telling the 8 million or so voters that received help that they did not deserve it and a Conservative government would have left them hanging? Bold strategy to disenfranchise the majority of voters? Trudeau's first win was around 6.9 million total votes from memory...
Same for attacking unions and blaming them for all the problems. Not sure of today's numbers but six years ago 28% of the workforce in Canada was unionized (it is trending down). Crank up the fear mongering about unions, talk tough about cracking down on them and boom at least 28% of voters are gone. Likely more because you just lost more than that as how many households have at least one union worker.... Not saying it is all rainbows and unicorns but attacking 28%+ of the voters is not a good start.
It is an echo chamber (or is it a circle jerk?) problem IMO. If fear is going to be used as a political tool maybe first find out what people outside of the echo chamber actually fear? Scaring yourself only gets one vote. Attacking unions plays in the chamber, fear over deficits plays in the chamber, stealing savings plays in the chamber. We are not the US and that chamber is too small to defeat the Liberals, need to look outside if there is any hope if future political balance. AND we haven't even touched on social issues that are even more disconnected.
Not to say Trudeau and the Liberals are doing some awesome job, just a comment on the misdirected fear mongering.
There is a big disconnect with the far right political fear mongering and which voters are are subject to that fear. Most Canadian's have limited savings (in fact we as a population have personal debt problems). Fear mongering that the boogeyman is coming for everyone's savings, well that can potentially only work on boomers and maybe genx, for no other reason...they are the only groups sitting on real savings. Yes some younger people have savings but most are struggling with debt. Not some big conspiracy BTW, boomers and genx have had more time to build the savings. So why would it connect with the majority of voters, boogeyman is coming for all the money you don't have?
Same goes for fear mongering over COVID spending and deficits. It is basically telling the 8 million or so voters that received help that they did not deserve it and a Conservative government would have left them hanging? Bold strategy to disenfranchise the majority of voters? Trudeau's first win was around 6.9 million total votes from memory...
Same for attacking unions and blaming them for all the problems. Not sure of today's numbers but six years ago 28% of the workforce in Canada was unionized (it is trending down). Crank up the fear mongering about unions, talk tough about cracking down on them and boom at least 28% of voters are gone. Likely more because you just lost more than that as how many households have at least one union worker.... Not saying it is all rainbows and unicorns but attacking 28%+ of the voters is not a good start.
It is an echo chamber (or is it a circle jerk?) problem IMO. If fear is going to be used as a political tool maybe first find out what people outside of the echo chamber actually fear? Scaring yourself only gets one vote. Attacking unions plays in the chamber, fear over deficits plays in the chamber, stealing savings plays in the chamber. We are not the US and that chamber is too small to defeat the Liberals, need to look outside if there is any hope if future political balance. AND we haven't even touched on social issues that are even more disconnected.
Not to say Trudeau and the Liberals are doing some awesome job, just a comment on the misdirected fear mongering.
J_F
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appears to me she's talking about looking for ways to unlock registered accounts
that could provide some non-governmental debt stimulus
and of course they'll get their tax when it's spent
she's not talking about the Gov taking anything from anybody
as for the Con mouthpiece
he claims when I buy an item from Amazon
that contributes to the trade deficit
and also adds to the national debt
really
interesting economics
maybe one of the faithful can tell me how that works?
sburns
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I know nothing about economics...(just seems like voodoo manipulation of numbers)
But from the impression I got, it's not made in Canada and purchased elsewhere. The bulk of that money is now helping to improve the other countries economy more then ours.
Wouldn't it be better if the product was make, sold, and used here?
Trudeau used a leaf blower to distribute much needed cash during the pandemic and now his cabinet is scrambling.Things will settle down quickly when the vaccine takes effect and the economy can recover. (spending) The government still taxes the interest we earn from our savings,and that will be a lot more than usual with a lot of Canadians not spending.
Our banking system is VERY secure and regulated compared to other countries.Remember what happened down south a few years ago?
Disclaimer: i know nothing about banking and just made all this up.
Our banking system is VERY secure and regulated compared to other countries.Remember what happened down south a few years ago?
Disclaimer: i know nothing about banking and just made all this up.
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