@JoelKatz@SenWarren Seems like it’s a bit of both, and neither mutually exclusive. Political will to invest in social programming and infrastructure adequate progressive taxation systems to fund them are part and parcel.
The historical departure of the one led to the departure of the other.
@guyfelicella@jonkay@Dave_Eby Agreed. The first step (decrim) was not the failure.
Failure came by lack of follow-through in systemic investment to help people heal from trauma, acquire housing, and transition from the hardship of chronic substance use to community healing.
@myhiddenvalue 1, 2, and 4 - yes. Reducing salaries will increase corruption. Public service should be properly compensated and served by individuals with the skills and acumen to make it work. You won’t get that on $80k/yr
The federal government has finally acknowledged the practice of surveillance pricing, months after the NDP raised the alarm and sparked a national conversation about it.
But the bill doesn’t ban this disturbing practice - in fact, it doesn’t even mention it by name. Instead, it just promises vague regulatory action in the future.
In contrast, Wab Kinew’s NDP government in Manitoba is simply making the practice illegal. That’s the only way to stop big tech and big grocery chains from teaming up to gouge consumers.
We’ve put this issue on the table, and we’ll keep building public pressure on the government to act decisively: today’s bill does nothing definitive to protect Canadians from this very real threat.
https://t.co/xUYHVTtTSx
Sentenced and imprisoned on grounds of “terrorism” that no jury ever convicted them of.
Meanwhile, the British government continues to aid and abet the greatest crime of our time.
A historic miscarriage of justice — and a truly dark day for civil liberties in this country.
@JohnCleese Agreed.
Simultaneously, if my family were murdered by entitled people who think they have a god given right and duty to murder me and my family, I’d be hard pressed to avoid radicalizing.
It’s a brutal cycle. An eddy of darkness of the soul.
Why do my tax dollars subsidize the @nationalpost, whose business model continues to absolutely fail every quarter, because Canadians don’t actually want to purchase nonsense rage bait like this?
I think this is a question for folks in government to take seriously.