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Originally Posted by Tron_fdc
Ok so let's dissect this.
EI extensions: that's fine. How did that help the thousands of contractors out of work?
Pushed for infrastructure: the Feds are running one of the highest deficits that our generation (hopefully) are ever going to see. And all they have done is "Push" for infrastructure? Thanks.
How are those pipelines going? It sure seems to me they red taped it to a high enough degree that even though they are "approved" they will never be a "reality".
So I guess it might not be "sweet" FA but it sure is a whole lot of FA. Unless of course they are doing something I'm not aware of.
I also never said I wanted a bailout. It was an example of the Eastern bias that seeps into the minds of a whole lot of Albertans these days.
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It's not that easy though. I feel for the contractors, but what are we (society) supposed to do for that class of worker? They have benefits to the arrangement when times are good, and they know the risks. I just don't know what can be done though. I do think that the government pressing the EI limit further back is a great start, and yeah it won't cover everyone or solve the issue for every family, but its not nothing either.
And what do you suggest that the government can do about the pipelines? We've seen that you can't just ram them through because you'll just get court injunctions coming back at you. I mean realistically, they've approved everything that has come to them...what more do you suggest they do here?
They've greenlighted and funded billions in infrastructure spending not only federally but provincially as well. And yeah they're running huge deficits to do this, but things are getting built which should be putting people to work. They've given the money and done everything on their end...so again what else can they do?
To me this isn't even a political issue or anything to do with western alienation. You have the major commodity that we have produced for decades and based our economy on suffering pricewise globally. There's really nothing simple and sure fire that the government can do (regardless of political stripe) to just fix this.