I don't get the GST credit.
My household makes too much to qualify for the Canada Child Benefit.
I've never used EI.
I can afford more than $10-a-day for child care.
But I support @JustinTrudeau & all these government programs because I'm not an asshole.
#Canada#CdnPoli ๐จ๐ฆ
@Jayde8700 So many people would rather see the Fords, Poilievres & Smiths give subsidies to foreign corporations than give some gov. funding to Canada's working class or poor to help them afford life.
It blows my mind.
@PierrePoilievre Poilievre in 2025: GDP per capita is all that matters.
Poilievre in 2026: Ignore GDP per capita. Let's focus on a .1% decline in overall GDP, and try to scare the economy into a real recession -- to own the Libs. ๐ฅด
@RichardCityNews@MarieStellaMSS So, who's getting the kickbacks on this one? Let me guess: Ford asks for cash from the Feds and then his cronies get contracts for billion dollar infrastructure contracts.
@RobynUrback Money laundering, FOMO, financial illiteracy, general illiteracy, an inability to read a graph, fraudulent documents... The Great Canadian Housing Boom had it all.
Until it didn't.
@RobynUrback Money laundering, FOMO, financial illiteracy, general illiteracy, an inability to read a graph, fraudulent documents... The Great Canadian Housing Boom had it all.
Until it didn't.
@davehodge20@meredithheron The Leafs had a good -- usually Top 10 -- team for the better part of a decade. But, they were in a tough division, got some bad bounces, and were never "the best."
Yet, the narrative was weirdly always that they were a big-time favourite that blew it when it mattered.
Hereโs the thing about Toronto: If the Maple Leafs had bowed out of the playoffs playing as badly as the Canadiens did in their last three games, the Leafs would be hearing it til October. The Habs? They were just out of gas and beaten by a better team.
@pammcgugan@JBradshaw01 Roughly 1997 to 2003 was a teacher shortage in Ontario -- and there was mass hiring. It was the first wave of Boomers retiring. It ended because faculties of ed. dramatically increased the number of spots in teacher training.
"Super schools" & school closures followed.
@prairiecentrist Our GDP Per Capita was falling because such a dramatic increase in immigration is messy... People adapting to a new life -- often with language barriers -- is not a smooth process. And, it's not always "efficient."
But, if it's done right it's an investment that pays off later.
@HoCStaffer Upping interest rates was eventually going to cause a recession -- and that's by design. It just took a couple of years longer than expected (if this indeed turns into a real recession).
Recessions can cleanse markets of excess, if policy-makers allow it. But that's a big if.
@StephenPunwasi@whatdoesntkillu Remember when Donald Trump & Doug Ford were telling us that Barack Obama & Kathleen Wynne were "bankrupting us"? ๐คฆ๐ป