2011 Canadian Election Thread

[Fire]

Originally Posted by Slava

^ Why is a national child care program terrible? For parents that are staying home, continue to do so? You still get the current $100 UCCB for kids under 6 with this plan. They have a provincial plan in Quebec and the people there love it. It would be an enormous help for people with kids who either want to, or have to work.

In Quebec it costs parents $7 dollars a day, which is great for the parents that used it. In reality it costs about $15000 per child/ per year for the government to run this program. No wonder the government has $160 Billion in debt to pay off and insane taxes.

This type of thing kills me because I prefer less government involvement in my life, not more. I rather they lower taxes and let me decide what to do with the money. The conservatives are not perfect in this regard, not even close, but they are the best of the bunch right now.

[Stranger]

So parents who work get free daycare and $100/month? I'm definately not in favor of a child care program especially at $16 billion per year. If you chose to or have to go back to work it's up to you to pay for child care. The Liberals are upset spending $30 billion over several years for jets, but this would cost us $160 billion over ten years.

And Quebec loves their daycare plan because they have no worries about running up their provincial debt.

[J pold]

If the Liberals are so concerned about the well-being of these children perhaps they should consider paying down some of the debt burden they are bestowing on them by implementing these ridiculous programs.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by J pold

If the Liberals are so concerned about the well-being of these children perhaps they should consider paying down some of the debt burden they are bestowing on them by implementing these ridiculous programs.

From SebC/Macgruber

Conservative government (Mulroney) -> deficit
Liberal government (Chretien/Martin) -> surplus
Conservative government (Harper) -> deficit

[crazy_eoj]

Originally Posted by Tinordi

Stagnant or lower real incomes for 90% of the population over the past 30 years is pretty good evidence that trickle down doesn't really work.

Increased standard of living, buying power, life expectancy and gross employment would say otherwise.

But depends on your metrics, obviously.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

From SebC/Macgruber

Conservative government (Mulroney) -> deficit
Liberal government (Chretien/Martin) -> shell game to create false surplus
Conservative government (Harper) -> deficit

Fixed

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Fixed

laughable.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

laughable.

Prove me wrong bub.

[J pold]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

From SebC/Macgruber

Conservative government (Mulroney) -> deficit
Liberal government (Chretien/Martin) -> surplus
Conservative government (Harper) -> deficit

Yeah let's completely ignore the largest financial crisis since the 1930's and that bailouts were handed out across the globe. Let's also ignore that Canada under a Conservative government was an economic leader among developed nations.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Prove me wrong bub.

You fixed my post pal. Show me the shell game.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by J pold

Yeah let's completely ignore the largest financial crisis since the 1930's and that bailouts were handed out across the globe. Let's also ignore that Canada under a Conservative government was an economic leader among developed nations.

Didn't Vancouver win a cup back in 1920?? talk about ancient history...

[burn_this_city]

http://www.canadiandemocraticmovemen...-another-look/

In short, slash transfer payments for health care ect to the provinces, which means the provinces go into debt to maintain services, and dipped into the EI. Amazing work.

[J pold]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

Didn't Vancouver win a cup back in 1920?? talk about ancient history...

2008 is ancient history?

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

http://www.canadiandemocraticmovemen...-another-look/

In short, slash transfer payments for health care ect to the provinces, which means the provinces go into debt to maintain services, and dipped into the EI. Amazing work.

Where is the Chreiten shell game since he was the one with the majority govt for 8 years?

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

http://www.canadiandemocraticmovemen...-another-look/

In short, slash transfer payments for health care ect to the provinces, which means the provinces go into debt to maintain services, and dipped into the EI. Amazing work.

This looks like a blog site more than anything. You harcore Conservatives and Liberals make me laugh...Both of your parties suck.

And don't even get me started on the NDP.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by J pold

2008 is ancient history?

hmmm yeah!....

[crazy_eoj]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

http://www.canadiandemocraticmovemen...-another-look/

In short, slash transfer payments for health care ect to the provinces, which means the provinces go into debt to maintain services, and dipped into the EI. Amazing work.

Not to mention the huge increase of Government revenue through the introduction of a national sales tax... by a Conservative Government. If the Liberals had cut the GST, as they had promised, the picture would have been even worse.

While cutting the GST may have helped Harper get elected, it was really one of the most economically poor decisions he has ever made.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15

This looks like a blog site more than anything. You harcore Conservatives and Liberals make me laugh...Both of your parties suck.

And don't even get me started on the NDP.

http://www.economicsforeveryone.ca/authors

I don't think this guy is a conservative..

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

http://www.economicsforeveryone.ca/authors

I don't think this guy is a conservative..

I didn't call him a conservative....And you must have missed the part where I said Conservatives AND Liberals

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

http://www.canadiandemocraticmovemen...-another-look/

In short, slash transfer payments for health care ect to the provinces, which means the provinces go into debt to maintain services, and dipped into the EI. Amazing work.

How come the last article of this great political site is from October 2010?

I guess nothing happened in politics since then?

October must have been a slow month for politics as they were writing about dating websites and posting personal info online...