Future generations will pay for spending bill
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yes
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on May 15, 2021.
Canadian babies born on federal budget day 2021 had more than $28,000 of debt the moment they opened their eyes. That’s each Canadian’s share of the federal government’s $1-trillion debt. And it’s going up. By the time those little ones blow out their candles on their fifth birthday, Ottawa projects their shares of the federal debt will be about $35,000 each. It’s important to know why the debt is soaring. The pandemic caused federal revenues to drop by 11 per cent in 2020. But here’s the bigger part of the story: Ottawa’s spending shot up by 75 per cent.
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Hypocrite. Asking for Albertans to give Jason Kenney a free pass with one hand while tweeting about how Trudeau is a failure with the other is really undermining his message here. Kenney’s already been given the “opportunity to get us through this” and now we’ve got the worst COVID rates per capita of any jurisdiction in Canada and the United States. He doesn’t deserve a clean slate just because we’re “at the finish line.” Kenney must be in serious trouble if he’s got his wealthy buddies spewing defensive nonsense like this. Then again I guess if I contributed as little to society as Wilson does I’d have a lot of free time on my hands, too. Maybe he should stick to what he knows and go back to being the third-most annoying guy on Dragons Den.
peiganman 11 days ago
No, endangering other peoples’ lives is not a Charter right, but neither is forcing others to conform to your wants/desires to help you feel safe. How can we solve such a conundrum? Let’s discuss….
Your premise of endangering other peoples’ lives not being a Charter right is a red herring and you know it, or at least should. I don’t think your analogy works here either, but lets run with it since John and Doug seem to like it…. if you had a 99+% chance of surviving (and in many cases, not even knowing) if you were hit with one of these bombs then leaving the lights on would’t be such a big deal, would it? Your desire to shame, belittle, and destroy those leaving their lights on wouldn’t make much sense would it? Then we have those that just have a natural glow about them and are more susceptible to the bombs, as it were. Of course, we’re talking about those that are obese, and/or have any number of other serious health problems that make t
Diversity preferable to a media monopoly
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Yes
By Lethbridge Herald Opinion on May 12, 2021.
Suggestions that the federal government’s controversial Bill C-10 might allow the Canadian Radio-television and telecommunications Commission (CRTC) to impose “discoverability” regulations on individuals who cultivate a large online following has touched off a campaign of protest against the legislation. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault has now clarified his statement, indicating the CRTC will not be involved in regulating an everyday user’s content, but could have discoverability powers for online content for users who have viewers in the millions, are generating significant revenue through social media, or are “acting like broadcasters.”