What a mystery this is.
But spending cuts in the 1980s and 1990s, along with a move to put more responsibility for economic and social well-being on the shoulders of individuals, caused low-income Canadians to fall further behind, the report says.
So neoliberalism. Neoliberalism happened.
Who could’ve guessed.
It’s amazing reading some of these statements. Spending increased every year but cuts are the problem holding people back, when taxes have increased dramatically since then too.
when taxes have increased dramatically since then too
No they haven’t:
In 1961, families paid 33.5% of their income on taxes, but by 1969 they were paying 39% and in 1974 they paid 43.4% of their income. So, if you compare the 2009 effective family tax rate to 1961, you will find a 25% increase, but you will only report a 7% increase since 1969 and an actual decrease since 1974.
(Note this analysis is circa 2010, but things haven’t changed substantially since then aside from the post COVID inflation spike that’s still subsiding).
But enjoy the alternate reality brought to you by your “friends” at the Fraser Institute™️.
Taxes don’t tend to affect you when you make less than the tax cutoff.
But not having the social services those taxes used to fund suddenly means you don’t get to eat dinner tomorrow, or you can’t go to a family doctor because there aren’t any available.
People like to complain about taxes, but taxes never made someone destitute.
The people in this country who make less than the tax cutoff are so few it doesn’t even come into a discussion between actual adults on general policy. You clowns would impoverish everyone on the lie that that is what it takes to give a very few welfare.
“but taxes never made someone destitute.” that there is what we call a “lie”.
The people in this country who make less than the tax cutoff are so few it doesn’t even come into a discussion between actual adults on general policy.
Conservative provincial policy happened.
jesus christ why not just say “But Harper” outright? At least when the conservatives are in charge, they try fix everything the Liberals broke. But they break shit so bad, it’s hard to come back. We’ll be feeling this Trudeau for 50 years, and we still haven’t recovered from his dad.
Our southern neighbour has a huge lobbying campaign to turn our system in a private health care system.
It’s not that they are actively working towards this that is the problem … it’s equally problematic that we citizens are more than willing to just wander around like zombies and let it all happen.
The most effective lobbying campaign has been being exposed to our system. I am so sick of this fucking tim hortons patriotism bs
You sound successful enough and able to pull yourself up by the bootstraps down south, why not have a go at it and leave us to fester in our socialist hellhole?
That was the plan before I ran across this current opportunity. Maybe in 5 years when I have all the kinks out and don’t have to supervise directly.
I grew up being told about how amazing and great Canada is. I’m grown now, where is this great Canada? As I’ve grown I’ve seen what Canada did to my fellow native blooded people, wages are pathetic, housing is a disaster, food prices are a joke, healthcare is covering less and less, our government only cares about foreign citizens and not their own.
Where is the greatness of Canada? Cause I sure as fuck can’t see it
Our government has been pissing it all away since at least 1990.
It’s funny how infrastructure doesn’t maintain itself.
Maybe they should try doing that instead of the last 10 years.
