Title: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2018, 02:02:37 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2018, 02:02:37 PM
It costs Canadians billions of bucks each year. And that is with mostly skilled immigrants from 2011 during the Harper era. Since Trudeau added more family class and refugees, which are a total drag on Canadians, the cost to Canadians will skyrocket. And Trudeau wants to increase the intake to 400,000 bloodsucking leaches who won't assimilate.
2. Natives.
For example, in 2013/14, Health Canada spent almost $1.1 billion on supplementary benefits such as dental care, vision care and pharmaceutical drugs for eligible First Nations and Inuit Canadians. That coverage is not required by treaties or by constitution. And most other Canadians must spend out-of-pocket or buy insurance for such items.
Some government programs exist that provide tax-funded benefits solely for First Nations people, which are unavailable to the general population.
3. Keeping Resources in the Ground
It costs Canadians over 100 million bucks a day because we can't get our most valuable export to international markets. Tens of thousands of good mortgage paying jobs are being sent to the US, Norway, and New Zealand where they are only too happy to turn their resources into good jobs. Foeign rich prog scum is using it's vast wealth to exterminate middle class jobs in this country.
4. Balkanization
Despite what all three political parties say, diversity means whites bend over backwards to accomodate people who hate us.
When my paternal grandparents came from Germany and my maternal grandmother came from Japan they knew they had to accept our customs and ways, not the other way around.
5. Low Quality Jobs
This is related to number three. We send good resource and manufacturing jobs abroad while creating low paying, part time service jobs. In Trudeau's Canada, we will all be serving lattes to each other. Technology too is killing jobs. Driverless vehicles will eliminate one million jobs in the United States alone.
7. Over Priced Real Estate
We let scamming foreigners stay for crossing ourborders illegally, so why not let the rich ones price Canadian families out of the dream of owning their own home.
8. Carbon Taxes, Green Energy Scams and Subsidies
Related to number three. It sends good jobs to other countries and creates electricity poverty for Canadian families.
9. We Vote, But We Have no Real Choices
It used to be that we the voters told our politicians what we want and how to vote in legislatures and parliament. Now, they tell us what they want and how they will vote on bills. Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and the Greens are all controlled by the ultra rich global prog elite. They are all sellouts
10. Consumer Debt
Canadians carry the highest consumer debt load in the G20. That will be the final nail in the coffin for this country.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2018, 02:22:25 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2018, 02:22:25 PM
1. Immigration.Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
It costs Canadians billions of bucks each year. And that is with mostly skilled immigrants from 2011 during the Harper era. Since Trudeau added more family class and refugees, which are a total drag on Canadians, the cost to Canadians will skyrocket. And Trudeau wants to increase the intake to 400,000 bloodsucking leaches who won't assimilate.https://bc.ctvnews.ca/each-immigrant-costs-canada-450-per-year-report-1.674930
2. Natives.
For example, in 2013/14, Health Canada spent almost $1.1 billion on supplementary benefits such as dental care, vision care and pharmaceutical drugs for eligible First Nations and Inuit Canadians. That coverage is not required by treaties or by constitution. And most other Canadians must spend out-of-pocket or buy insurance for such items.
Some government programs exist that provide tax-funded benefits solely for First Nations people, which are unavailable to the general population.
3. Keeping Resources in the Ground
It costs Canadians over 100 million bucks a day because we can't get our most valuable export to international markets. Tens of thousands of good mortgage paying jobs are being sent to the US, Norway, and New Zealand where they are only too happy to turn their resources into good jobs. Foeign rich prog scum is using it's vast wealth to exterminate middle class jobs in this country.
4. Balkanization
Despite what all three political parties say, diversity means whites bend over backwards to accomodate people who hate us.
When my paternal grandparents came from Germany and my maternal grandmother came from Japan they knew they had to accept our customs and ways, not the other way around.
5. Low Quality Jobs
This is related to number three. We send good resource and manufacturing jobs abroad while creating low paying, part time service jobs. In Trudeau's Canada, we will all be serving lattes to each other. Technology too is killing jobs. Driverless vehicles will eliminate one million jobs in the United States alone.
7. Over Priced Real Estate
We let scamming foreigners stay for crossing ourborders illegally, so why not let the rich ones price Canadian families out of the dream of owning their own home.
8. Carbon Taxes, Green Energy Scams and Subsidies
Related to number three. It sends good jobs to other countries and creates electricity poverty for Canadian families.
9. We Vote, But We Have no Real Choices
It used to be that we the voters told our politicians what we want and how to vote in legislatures and parliament. Now, they tell us what they want and how they will vote on bills. Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and the Greens are all controlled by the ultra rich global prog elite. They are all sellouts
10. Consumer Debt
Canadians carry the highest consumer debt load in the G20. That will be the final nail in the coffin for this country.
I partially agree with three, five, and eight to ten..
Possibly seven too.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2018, 04:09:14 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2018, 04:09:14 PM
1. Immigration.Quote
It costs Canadians billions of bucks each year. And that is with mostly skilled immigrants from 2011 during the Harper era. Since Trudeau added more family class and refugees, which are a total drag on Canadians, the cost to Canadians will skyrocket. And Trudeau wants to increase the intake to 400,000 bloodsucking leaches who won't assimilate.https://bc.ctvnews.ca/each-immigrant-costs-canada-450-per-year-report-1.674930
You and Scouse both lean heavily socialist, but neither of you want immigrants to pay for the services you expect.
If immigration was slashed, Canada's economy would feel the pinch: report
2. Natives.Quote
For example, in 2013/14, Health Canada spent almost $1.1 billion on supplementary benefits such as dental care, vision care and pharmaceutical drugs for eligible First Nations and Inuit Canadians. That coverage is not required by treaties or by constitution. And most other Canadians must spend out-of-pocket or buy insurance for such items.
Some government programs exist that provide tax-funded benefits solely for First Nations people, which are unavailable to the general population.
Aboriginal-Canadians have been getting the short end of the economic stick until very recently. I fully support empowered, forward looking First Nations communities. They are key to Canada's long term economic viability.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2018, 04:13:50 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2018, 04:13:50 PM
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2018, 07:50:17 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 16, 2018, 07:50:17 PM
1. Immigration.Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
It costs Canadians billions of bucks each year. And that is with mostly skilled immigrants from 2011 during the Harper era. Since Trudeau added more family class and refugees, which are a total drag on Canadians, the cost to Canadians will skyrocket. And Trudeau wants to increase the intake to 400,000 bloodsucking leaches who won't assimilate.https://bc.ctvnews.ca/each-immigrant-costs-canada-450-per-year-report-1.674930
2. Natives.
For example, in 2013/14, Health Canada spent almost $1.1 billion on supplementary benefits such as dental care, vision care and pharmaceutical drugs for eligible First Nations and Inuit Canadians. That coverage is not required by treaties or by constitution. And most other Canadians must spend out-of-pocket or buy insurance for such items.
Some government programs exist that provide tax-funded benefits solely for First Nations people, which are unavailable to the general population.
3. Keeping Resources in the Ground
It costs Canadians over 100 million bucks a day because we can't get our most valuable export to international markets. Tens of thousands of good mortgage paying jobs are being sent to the US, Norway, and New Zealand where they are only too happy to turn their resources into good jobs. Foeign rich prog scum is using it's vast wealth to exterminate middle class jobs in this country.
4. Balkanization
Despite what all three political parties say, diversity means whites bend over backwards to accomodate people who hate us.
When my paternal grandparents came from Germany and my maternal grandmother came from Japan they knew they had to accept our customs and ways, not the other way around.
5. Low Quality Jobs
This is related to number three. We send good resource and manufacturing jobs abroad while creating low paying, part time service jobs. In Trudeau's Canada, we will all be serving lattes to each other. Technology too is killing jobs. Driverless vehicles will eliminate one million jobs in the United States alone.
7. Over Priced Real Estate
We let scamming foreigners stay for crossing ourborders illegally, so why not let the rich ones price Canadian families out of the dream of owning their own home.
8. Carbon Taxes, Green Energy Scams and Subsidies
Related to number three. It sends good jobs to other countries and creates electricity poverty for Canadian families.
9. We Vote, But We Have no Real Choices
It used to be that we the voters told our politicians what we want and how to vote in legislatures and parliament. Now, they tell us what they want and how they will vote on bills. Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and the Greens are all controlled by the ultra rich global prog elite. They are all sellouts
10. Consumer Debt
Canadians carry the highest consumer debt load in the G20. That will be the final nail in the coffin for this country.
Get a grip. You enjoy a lifestyle you could never achieve anywhere else doing blue collar work.
I'm not saying I like the direction we are going in.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Bricktop on October 16, 2018, 08:31:53 PM
Post by: Bricktop on October 16, 2018, 08:31:53 PM
You and Scouse both lean heavily socialist, but neither of you want immigrants to pay for the services you expect.
Many immigrants don't pay for said services.
If immigration was slashed, Canada's economy would feel the pinch: reportQuotehttps://globalnews.ca/news/4211243/immigration-canadian-economy/
This is a red herring argument. The state of the "economy", whatever THAT is, does not equate to quality of life. Governments that measure the virtue of immigration in purely economic turns are being deliberately deceptive on the total costs to communities.
I fully support empowered, forward looking First Nations communities. They are key to Canada's long term economic viability.Quote
When you work out HOW to create such a community, let us know. So far, all efforts have been in vain in Australia.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Wazzzup on October 17, 2018, 12:09:58 AM
Post by: Wazzzup on October 17, 2018, 12:09:58 AM
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on October 17, 2018, 01:31:52 AM
Post by: Anonymous on October 17, 2018, 01:31:52 AM
Well educated skilled immigrants taken in on points can help a country economically. Refugees do the opposite, they are an increased burden to taxpayers.Quote from: "Wazzzup"
Yep.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on October 17, 2018, 05:52:25 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 17, 2018, 05:52:25 PM
Well educated skilled immigrants taken in on points can help a country economically. Refugees do the opposite, they are an increased burden to taxpayers.Quote from: "Wazzzup"
It is true, that most refugees today would not have been considered refugees sixty years ago.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Thiel on October 17, 2018, 06:47:42 PM
Post by: Thiel on October 17, 2018, 06:47:42 PM
1. Immigration.Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
It costs Canadians billions of bucks each year. And that is with mostly skilled immigrants from 2011 during the Harper era. Since Trudeau added more family class and refugees, which are a total drag on Canadians, the cost to Canadians will skyrocket. And Trudeau wants to increase the intake to 400,000 bloodsucking leaches who won't assimilate.https://bc.ctvnews.ca/each-immigrant-costs-canada-450-per-year-report-1.674930
2. Natives.
For example, in 2013/14, Health Canada spent almost $1.1 billion on supplementary benefits such as dental care, vision care and pharmaceutical drugs for eligible First Nations and Inuit Canadians. That coverage is not required by treaties or by constitution. And most other Canadians must spend out-of-pocket or buy insurance for such items.
Some government programs exist that provide tax-funded benefits solely for First Nations people, which are unavailable to the general population.
3. Keeping Resources in the Ground
It costs Canadians over 100 million bucks a day because we can't get our most valuable export to international markets. Tens of thousands of good mortgage paying jobs are being sent to the US, Norway, and New Zealand where they are only too happy to turn their resources into good jobs. Foeign rich prog scum is using it's vast wealth to exterminate middle class jobs in this country.
4. Balkanization
Despite what all three political parties say, diversity means whites bend over backwards to accomodate people who hate us.
When my paternal grandparents came from Germany and my maternal grandmother came from Japan they knew they had to accept our customs and ways, not the other way around.
5. Low Quality Jobs
This is related to number three. We send good resource and manufacturing jobs abroad while creating low paying, part time service jobs. In Trudeau's Canada, we will all be serving lattes to each other. Technology too is killing jobs. Driverless vehicles will eliminate one million jobs in the United States alone.
7. Over Priced Real Estate
We let scamming foreigners stay for crossing ourborders illegally, so why not let the rich ones price Canadian families out of the dream of owning their own home.
8. Carbon Taxes, Green Energy Scams and Subsidies
Related to number three. It sends good jobs to other countries and creates electricity poverty for Canadian families.
9. We Vote, But We Have no Real Choices
It used to be that we the voters told our politicians what we want and how to vote in legislatures and parliament. Now, they tell us what they want and how they will vote on bills. Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and the Greens are all controlled by the ultra rich global prog elite. They are all sellouts
10. Consumer Debt
Canadians carry the highest consumer debt load in the G20. That will be the final nail in the coffin for this country.
Get a grip. You enjoy a lifestyle you could never achieve anywhere else doing blue collar work.
I'm not saying I like the direction we are going in.
That is very true.
I have met jockey in person. If you can look past his unionist and scapegoating of all immigrants, he is not a bad guy.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Bricktop on October 17, 2018, 07:00:41 PM
Post by: Bricktop on October 17, 2018, 07:00:41 PM
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on October 17, 2018, 07:56:30 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 17, 2018, 07:56:30 PM
1. Immigration.Quote from: "iron horse jockey"
It costs Canadians billions of bucks each year. And that is with mostly skilled immigrants from 2011 during the Harper era. Since Trudeau added more family class and refugees, which are a total drag on Canadians, the cost to Canadians will skyrocket. And Trudeau wants to increase the intake to 400,000 bloodsucking leaches who won't assimilate.https://bc.ctvnews.ca/each-immigrant-costs-canada-450-per-year-report-1.674930
2. Natives.
For example, in 2013/14, Health Canada spent almost $1.1 billion on supplementary benefits such as dental care, vision care and pharmaceutical drugs for eligible First Nations and Inuit Canadians. That coverage is not required by treaties or by constitution. And most other Canadians must spend out-of-pocket or buy insurance for such items.
Some government programs exist that provide tax-funded benefits solely for First Nations people, which are unavailable to the general population.
3. Keeping Resources in the Ground
It costs Canadians over 100 million bucks a day because we can't get our most valuable export to international markets. Tens of thousands of good mortgage paying jobs are being sent to the US, Norway, and New Zealand where they are only too happy to turn their resources into good jobs. Foeign rich prog scum is using it's vast wealth to exterminate middle class jobs in this country.
4. Balkanization
Despite what all three political parties say, diversity means whites bend over backwards to accomodate people who hate us.
When my paternal grandparents came from Germany and my maternal grandmother came from Japan they knew they had to accept our customs and ways, not the other way around.
5. Low Quality Jobs
This is related to number three. We send good resource and manufacturing jobs abroad while creating low paying, part time service jobs. In Trudeau's Canada, we will all be serving lattes to each other. Technology too is killing jobs. Driverless vehicles will eliminate one million jobs in the United States alone.
7. Over Priced Real Estate
We let scamming foreigners stay for crossing ourborders illegally, so why not let the rich ones price Canadian families out of the dream of owning their own home.
8. Carbon Taxes, Green Energy Scams and Subsidies
Related to number three. It sends good jobs to other countries and creates electricity poverty for Canadian families.
9. We Vote, But We Have no Real Choices
It used to be that we the voters told our politicians what we want and how to vote in legislatures and parliament. Now, they tell us what they want and how they will vote on bills. Conservatives, Liberals, NDP and the Greens are all controlled by the ultra rich global prog elite. They are all sellouts
10. Consumer Debt
Canadians carry the highest consumer debt load in the G20. That will be the final nail in the coffin for this country.
Get a grip. You enjoy a lifestyle you could never achieve anywhere else doing blue collar work.
I'm not saying I like the direction we are going in.
That is very true.
I have met jockey in person. If you can look past his unionist and scapegoating of all immigrants, he is not a bad guy.
I never said anything at the time, but I am not impressed with your libertarian, pro capitalist ideology either. The next time we meet for coffee, how about we not talk about politics. What do you say.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Bricktop on October 17, 2018, 08:06:11 PM
Post by: Bricktop on October 17, 2018, 08:06:11 PM
We can talk about TRAINS!!!
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on October 18, 2018, 08:16:12 PM
Post by: Anonymous on October 18, 2018, 08:16:12 PM
A recent poll conducted by Ekos Research for The Canadian Press suggests fewer than half of all Canadians now identify as members of the middle class — a steep drop from nearly 70 per cent in 2002.Quote
In Galvin's hometown of Hamilton, 22 per cent said they've fallen behind in their social class in the last five years. That was the highest concentration in the country, tied with Halifax and Kitchener.
Another 55 per cent of Hamilton respondents said their situations haven't improved over the last five years.
Ekos president Frank Graves said the numbers point to a large shift in what it means to be a member of the middle class in Canada.
"The whole notion of a middle-class dream — 'I work hard, build a better mousetrap, do better than my parents, my kids do better than me, I get a house, a car, retire in comfort' — that has all been shattered," said Graves.
Graves pointed to higher income inequality and slower economic growth as reasons for the shrinking middle class.
"A lot of people are stagnating or falling behind and they're not happy," he said.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Bricktop on October 18, 2018, 08:23:41 PM
Post by: Bricktop on October 18, 2018, 08:23:41 PM
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Thiel on October 18, 2018, 08:33:44 PM
Post by: Thiel on October 18, 2018, 08:33:44 PM
And the central reason for this decline?Quote from: "Bricktop"
Taxes.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Bricktop on October 18, 2018, 10:17:21 PM
Post by: Bricktop on October 18, 2018, 10:17:21 PM
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on November 21, 2019, 09:52:04 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 21, 2019, 09:52:04 PM
Ontarians paid $37-billion above market for electricity over eight years, Auditor-General's report says
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on November 21, 2019, 09:53:42 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 21, 2019, 09:53:42 PM
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on November 21, 2019, 11:04:39 PM
Post by: Anonymous on November 21, 2019, 11:04:39 PM
This shit is killing Canada.Quote from: "Herman"https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ontarians-paid-37-billion-above-market-price-for-electricity-over-eight-years-ag/article27560753/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=Referrer%3A+Social+Network+%2F+Media&utm_campaign=Shared+Web+Article+Links&fbclid=IwAR0YrWOqyJ6UjSy_cW1I6NyAWdrLyus8_DpbaChCOwLQ1Pf8GhM8PJ7eQh4
Ontarians paid $37-billion above market for electricity over eight years, Auditor-General's report says
I live in Ontario. This obsession with "green energy" is criminal. It's pushed low income earners into deep poverty. It has driven manufacturers out of our province.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on November 22, 2019, 07:15:18 AM
Post by: Anonymous on November 22, 2019, 07:15:18 AM
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Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on November 22, 2019, 10:01:49 AM
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Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Gaon on November 23, 2019, 06:45:31 PM
Post by: Gaon on November 23, 2019, 06:45:31 PM
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2019, 12:40:36 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2019, 12:40:36 PM
Every holiday season, millions of Canadians donate their time and money to charities.
These charitable donations help the vulnerable, feed the homeless and ensure children around the world have access to basic necessities.
However, according to a recent Fraser Institute study based on data from personal income tax returns, the generosity of Canadians has been waning over the last two decades.
For example, the share of total income Canadians donate to charity has hit the lowest point since 2000.
Collectively, Canadians contributed 0.54% of their household income to registered charities in 2017 (the latest year of available data), down from 0.61% two decades ago and a steep drop from the peak of 0.78% in 2006.
Moreover, in 2000, more than a quarter of tax-filers (25.2%) donated to charity compared to 19.9% in 2017 (or less than one in five tax-filers).
Smaller donations by fewer tax-filers has produced a decline in the total dollar value for charitable giving in Canada.
In 2017, charitable donations by Canadians totalled $9.7 billion — down several hundred million from the previous year.
In fact, if Canadians had donated at the same rate as they did in 2000, charitable giving in 2017 would have been $1.2 billion higher, reaching $10.9 billion to help provide essential services, such as clothing for children, shelter spaces for the homeless and mental health counselling.
And the decline in charitable giving is not unique to any one province.
Over the last decade, donations as a percentage of income have decreased by at least 10% in every province, and the percentage of tax-filers donating to charities declined in every province.
However, some provinces experienced larger declines than others.
Saskatchewan recorded the largest decrease in the share of household income donated over the last decade, dropping 36.1% (from 0.87% to 0.56%), followed by Newfoundland and Labrador (a drop of 35.6%).
Saskatchewan also experienced the largest decline (20.8%) in the percentage of tax-filers reporting charitable donations from 2007 to 2017, again followed by Newfoundland and Labrador (19.4%) and Prince Edward Island (19.3%).
So donation numbers are down everywhere.
But what about volunteerism?
Conceivably, if Canadians were volunteering more of their time instead of donating money to charities, this might help explain the decline in giving.
However, recent data from the Conference Board of Canada finds that between 2004 and 2017, average annual volunteer hours per person declined by 7.3%, and the share of the Canadian population that volunteered dropped from 45.2% to 43.6%.
Unfortunately, the rapid decline in charitable giving over the last two decades means Canadian charities have been increasingly strapped for resources and face larger financial obstacles when trying to improve the quality of life for vulnerable Canadians.
Let's hope this holiday season, and into the new year, these troubling trends turn around.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2019, 12:59:58 PM
Post by: Anonymous on December 19, 2019, 12:59:58 PM
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on August 11, 2020, 02:22:16 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 11, 2020, 02:22:16 PM
Ontario residents had to pick up the tab for massive subsidies to generate "green" energy, and they had to pay a 'Global Adjustment Fee' to offload this energy at a discount to places like Michigan, because the province didn't have the means to store the energy.
The result was a 70% increase in energy bills from 2008 to 2016. Unable to operate at those costs, businesses left Ontario. Most jobs created by the GEA were temporary, and many more were lost to the business exodus.
Even though the Green Energy Act was repealed by the new PC government in 2018, Ontario is still paying for Butts' Green Energy Act. Now Gerry's back, proposing a similar plan for the whole country. Plans like these always result in radically higher costs that ordinary Canadians have to pay.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on August 11, 2020, 08:54:44 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 11, 2020, 08:54:44 PM
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Berry Sweet on August 12, 2020, 08:03:25 PM
Post by: Berry Sweet on August 12, 2020, 08:03:25 PM
I don't like the green shit either, I just see it as a tax and nothing more.
Canada is alright...in time it will become a shit hole.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on August 12, 2020, 08:13:05 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 12, 2020, 08:13:05 PM
The whole thing just pisses me off. The only people who get help are refugees. They have like, 8,9 or 10 kids, its fuckin ridiculous.
I don't like the green shit either, I just see it as a tax and nothing more.
Canada is alright...in time it will become a shit hole.
It will not take long for Canada to become like Venezuela if we let every fake refugee in and green taxing the middle class into extinction.
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Berry Sweet on August 12, 2020, 08:16:11 PM
Post by: Berry Sweet on August 12, 2020, 08:16:11 PM
Title: Re: Ten reasons why Canada's middle class and in fact all of Canada is in permanent decline
Post by: Anonymous on August 12, 2020, 08:19:23 PM
Post by: Anonymous on August 12, 2020, 08:19:23 PM
I can already see that Canada is for the super rich or super poor.
Exactly. A strong middle class with choices is not welcome here.