Hm, sure taxes went up in that sense, but ultimately they funded some good social programs, such as universal daycare, expanded dental care etc. Plus the whole CERB thing during the pandemic. So, you know, the overall bottom line is not as clear cut. Unless we’re talking about your particular account.

I don’t know is any political party talking about bringing back the spousal split? All I’ve heard from Bitcoin Trump-lite is the “axe the tax” nonsense about the carbon tax.

Name specific policies. Otherwise, I dunno man, maybe you quit a good job or something.

What did Harper do to make your bank account happy? Please refer to specific policies.

We can ask to join Schengen though, like Iceland.

When cost of living is up, union support should be non negotiable.

I don’t want an EV, I want HSR, extensive local train networks, trams and LRTs, good buses and bikelanes.

The difference between a democracy and an authoritarian nationalist state is the commitment to truth. The pretext that the descendants should be shielded is actually very very toxic. It is precisely what Germany has very honourably refused to do. People should know the truth about their ancestors. This applies to descendants of victims and to descendants of criminals equally.

If there is an actual reason to not do this right now, the government should give a different but short timeline. They could say that they will keep the records secret for 2 more years for example. We can then argue about the timeline, but the underlying principle holds: in a democracy the truth should come out.

That said, I am not convinced a shallow propaganda victory like this even matters. There is nothing new the putinist state would actually be able to say that it hasn’t already.

Edit: and in fact, by keeping the records secret, the putinist propaganda machine wins even more, because they can (a) say whatever they want about the content of the secret files (b) can say whatever they want about the extent of the files, and © can claim that the Canadian government is complicit in covering up for Nazis. Keeping the records secret gives control of the narrative to Putin hands down.

This double staircase thing in Canada has always baffled me. A single staircase is the rule in Athens and afaik people are definitely not dying left and right.

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Increasing trade interdependency is a good way to avoid hot conflicts. It’s the principle behind the EU, it’s the principle behind the detente strategy during the Cold War, and it’s the narrative of globalization that has been pushed from the WTO down, ever since we started protesting neoliberal globalization in the 1990ies.

Nah man, we are Canada, that’s not us. Plus, you’re our cousins, we love you guys. We just need to make sure you comply with our language laws.

We are worried about what we would have to do if you guys starts shooting at each other. Like where would we put the refugees.

This is a just and righteous cause.

If the government can enact back to work legislation to force the workers, they should also be able to end the lockout legislation to force the employers. Notwithstanding clause and all.

5.7M? Bro, that’s like the market price for a couple basic townhouses in Vancouver.

I know. The phrase is what I wish journalists asked point blank at any spokesperson answering questions about it.

Why do they hate tenants?

Fuck cars so much.

We need to redesign Canadian cities to be walkable and transit oriented. Half of all Canadians live on the Quebec - Windsor corridor, which has the density and the geography to be able to be turned into a Western European like rail-and-bike heaven.

We need a cordon sanitaire to stop the cons.

Bitcoin Trump-lite said what?