Ahh…The Benevolent Progressive State, arbiter of all that is good and right, has fumbled another one. What a surprise! I wonder what this will cost over and above Google’s limited donation.
It would be a pleasant end that people will wake up to the idea that unaccountable and generous partnerships with the government are not the best way forward. They ALWAYS make a mess of things, especially with the expensive addition of more bureaucrats to “oversee” the new policy. but are really skimming off the top of the well of borrowed money.
When Pierre takes over, he is going to have quite a mess to clean up with every move that tries to adjust down the number of the bloated underlings sucking at the public teat and the amount of money cascading into the bottomless pit will be denounced as the most evil thing EVER by the Media.
Agree with your points regarding government. As the government blob keeps expanding with an estimated increase in government staff of 25% at federal level and in British Columbia since 2015-2017. In addition, taxes keep going up at all three levels of government yet somehow passports and other services take longer.
However I have sneaking feeling that little will change once the Conservatives win in 2025. No doubt the Carbon Tax will be gone but in election after election I see little change whether the party is from the left or the right. As anarchists say “no matter whom you vote for the government always wins.”
Every human right gained from the end of the transatlantic slave trade to voting rights for all was won by the people and a few allies in the establishment/government. It will continue to be this way. I have been on the side of many fights won from rejecting toxic soil being shipped into my community to defeating the HST (harmonized sales tax) in British Columbia to shutting down the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle in 1999. The only hope is us writing emails, protesting, voting and supporting NGOs that get things done from the Ancient Forests Alliance to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
The other option is leaving Canada as many Canadians I know, and immigrants (onward migration) are doing at the moment.
Ahh…The Benevolent Progressive State, arbiter of all that is good and right, has fumbled another one. What a surprise! I wonder what this will cost over and above Google’s limited donation.
It would be a pleasant end that people will wake up to the idea that unaccountable and generous partnerships with the government are not the best way forward. They ALWAYS make a mess of things, especially with the expensive addition of more bureaucrats to “oversee” the new policy. but are really skimming off the top of the well of borrowed money.
When Pierre takes over, he is going to have quite a mess to clean up with every move that tries to adjust down the number of the bloated underlings sucking at the public teat and the amount of money cascading into the bottomless pit will be denounced as the most evil thing EVER by the Media.
(heavy sigh)
Agree with your points regarding government. As the government blob keeps expanding with an estimated increase in government staff of 25% at federal level and in British Columbia since 2015-2017. In addition, taxes keep going up at all three levels of government yet somehow passports and other services take longer.
However I have sneaking feeling that little will change once the Conservatives win in 2025. No doubt the Carbon Tax will be gone but in election after election I see little change whether the party is from the left or the right. As anarchists say “no matter whom you vote for the government always wins.”
I often wonder what can be done in that regard. Are we past the point of no return? Are the elites so entrenched that we have no choice but to obey?
Every human right gained from the end of the transatlantic slave trade to voting rights for all was won by the people and a few allies in the establishment/government. It will continue to be this way. I have been on the side of many fights won from rejecting toxic soil being shipped into my community to defeating the HST (harmonized sales tax) in British Columbia to shutting down the World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle in 1999. The only hope is us writing emails, protesting, voting and supporting NGOs that get things done from the Ancient Forests Alliance to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
The other option is leaving Canada as many Canadians I know, and immigrants (onward migration) are doing at the moment.
Take care :)
I wish (the despicable) Google had imitated the Godfather: My offer is….. nothing.
60% of that 100 million will be eaten up in "administration" of the handout.