We are off the world\u0027s beaten track and are talking to ourselves in a socialist fantasyland
The advantage of this arrangement for the Liberals is that it makes Trudeau practically immune from a no-confidence vote. The NDP gains the ability to take joint credit for the dreary menu of socialistic measures agreed to by the two parties.
The menu of tired socialist pieties whose adoption has been agreed is: dental care starting with children up to 12 in families with incomes of under $90,000, a start on pharmacare with a determination of ”essential medicines,” “additional ongoing investments” in provincial health-care plans, more affordable housing, an end to federal funding for the fossil fuel industry, redoubling efforts for a net-zero carbon emissions economy by 2050, a clean jobs training centre, 10 days paid sick leave for...
This platitudinous catalogue has elicited the customary hallelujah chorus of the somnambulant Canadian left, including almost all the media, but the government can’t determine essential medicines and reducing the role of the private sector in Canadian health care will just aggravate the rationing of health care and the encouragement of medically assisted suicide.
Almost all of these goals reinforce the slow growth, reduced investment, sluggish public-sector economy that Canada has pursued under this government: take the money from those who have earned it, give it to those who have not in exchange for their votes, and call it “social justice.” Almost everybody agrees with a policy of compassion toward the disadvantaged, but the decline in Canada’s per capita income shows us where these policies are leading.
These shallow obsessions with climate change and the preoccupation with Canada’s mistreatment of its Indigenous peoples, like the absurd fixation on gender issues, are the hallmarks of this government’s mistaken ambitions. This anti-parliamentary Liberal-NDP arrangement should achieve Trudeau’s tactical goal of diminishing the vote of the NDP.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Ukraine scrambling to export grain as Russia’s war blocks Black Sea ports: analyst - National | Globalnews.caUkraine's railways are struggling with a backlog of grain wagons after Russia's invasion blocked off the main Black Sea ports, analyst APK-Inform said on Saturday.
Read more »
Crosstown LRT builder showed ‘implicit bias’ when it fired Black worker, says labour boardLabour board decision highlights the need for community benefits program, say advocates.
Read more »
Hajdu hopes long-term boil water advisories lifted by 2025, end of Liberal-NDP dealIndigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu hopes Canada will be able to lift its remaining long-term drinking water advisories by 2025 -- the year a deal between the NDP and the Liberal government is set to expire.
Read more »
Opinion | The Saturday Debate: Is the NDP-Liberal agreement good for Canada?Is the NDP-Liberal agreement good for Canada? Penny Collenette – lawyer and former senior director in the PMO for Jean Chrétien – faces off with journalist and public historian Taylor C. Noakes in this week's SaturdayDebate.
Read more »
Liberal, NDP deal brings hope in fog of Ottawa politicsWe have a generational opportunity in front of us and we must ensure the parties implement the commitments in this agreement.
Read more »