— Feature, Musings —09.07.2025 08:03 AM
— Feature, Musings —09.07.2025 08:03 AM
I think it’s time to increase the GST to 7%. With defense obligations in a changing world, and pressures for health spending etc – I still think they should trim waste from government spending, and find efficiencies, but at the same time the government needs to increase revenue. Time to increase the GST, and I think Canadians would accept that considering the new spending obligations regarding defense, something the public supports.
Curious,
When do Canadians pay, along with legal entities, but only legal entities are entitled to claim it back?Either everyone gets to claim it back, or no one should be able to claim it back. Fuck this double standard, which is unjust and hypocritical.
The one per cent will love that. The party since 2015 would just continue. You need to bone up on the regressiveness of such an increase.
That was to Curious who continually votes for and advocates for things against his best interests while the one percent keep cashing their cheques. Elbows up!
With the coming austerity, the government should be careful not to impact the most vulnerable amongst us. It’s easy to cheer it on from afar when programs are cut, but when you know the people being affected its much harder to swallow and accept. I’m probably further to the left than most posters here, although a centrist for the most part, but I can’t stomach a government that doesn’t care about, and act on the suffering and plight of defenseless vulnerable Canadians. It’s a deal breaker for me, and i immediately lose respect for said politician when they attack defenseless people to save a couple bucks – all the while blabbing about tax cuts we cant afford (cutting taxes doesn’t raise tax revenue, no matter how often you lie about it).
I’ve always felt it was irresponsible of Harper to cut the GST – the old Conservative trick of cutting taxes, claiming it will increase revenue, and then being stuck with a deficit and pending cuts to services.
Warren,
Last week’s KinsellaCast can be heard as background noise while this week’s is playing.
Warren,
Sorry, me stupid sometimes. Don’t know how I managed to do this. My apologies.
Warren,
I remain HardLineRonTM. The only thing Trump understands is strength, and that means hitting the Americans as hard as possible and as often as possible. Period. Ford has got it right, but he’s a dove next to me. LOL.
Warren,
Nope. Trump, who happens to agree with every line of Project 2025, is not walking but running away from it, given that it’s toxic to more than a majority of Americans.
My sense of it is that there was rightly a revolt in PMO basically asking Carney if he’s crazy given the political optics that would flow from such a meeting. Carney backed down when they explained to him that this would go a long way to revive the NDP and fast.
Warren,
Mark Carney, our TouristPrimeMinisterTM…
Warren,
PLEASE, the 5% thing is bullshit, a complete waste of time and money. Trump is AGAINST NATO and still in Putin’s pocket thanks to blackmail. So, if Putin ever goes across NATO borders, Trump will do dick to come to the rescue of those NATO members affected by the Russian invasion.
Ronald,
The military-industrial complex would love it if Putin sent forces/air strikes across the border
Douglas,
When the conventional markets take that huge swan dive, guess who will be buying American defence stocks in droves?
Once Trump is out or, preferably, dead from natural causes, then we can talk about a serious 5% defence commitment. Until then, forget it.
Increasing the GST will punish those who can least afford the to pay more. People are already taxed too much. The stupidity with the GST is that people see the price before and after tax. Who needs to be reminded how much the tax is every time? It decreases government revenue, but helps to reduce tax evasion and the underground economy, and it keeps more money in people’s pockets.
Warren,
These polls are all over the place. I can’t figure out why there is such a divergence, post Angus Reid???
Abacus: Liberals +3;
Mainstreet: Liberals +2.
The NDP is up and down like a yoyo. Makes absolutely no sense. The CPC and LPC can’t both be bleeding to the NDP and in the next poll not…screwy beyond belief.
Polls with less than 1,500 respondents and I shrug
I remain convinced we will settle in at 41%. Just posted something about Bittle and I see St Catherine’s only went 6% for the NDP. That will NEVER happen again. There are crazy results like that all over the country. Wait until the austerity cuts start while Carney doles out money to big businesses to rejig the economy. Inflation will ramp up. The shift to the 1% will accelerate(thanks Mark!) and we will be back to the usual programming.
I agree with Warren completely on his analysis of John Tory. I have never understood his attraction amongst the voters; given two choices he inevitably will pick the wrong one. His adultery was completely inexcusable, and because of his selfish decision Torontonians went from having a mediocre mayor to having one that is incompetent and dangerous. I am flabbergasted that anyone would even consider supporting him in another run.
This Liberal caucus is so cute if they think Carney will actually tell them what is going on. From Politico:
“Bittle, who was first elected in 2015, said Liberal MPs will arrive at this week’s strategy sessions keen to hear the latest. “There will be a dramatic thirst from caucus, as there is for Canadians — like, ‘Tell us what’s going on!’”
But Bittle said it could be tricky terrain for a PM who genuinely seems “EAGER TO BRING IN HIS CAUCUS MORE THAN HIS PREDECESSOR” — Trudeau, that is.
“I hope there’s an understanding in caucus that some of the cards can’t be revealed,” Bittle said. “But fundamentally that will be the No. 1 issue.””
The quote in caps is particularly hilarious. And keeping up on caucus gossip is the number one issue?
Over/under on Carney approving the merger of Teck and Agnico? The question was redundant. Despite the fact that we are supposed to be working on controlling our own destiny, Teck will now be foreign owned. But, hey, I am fine with it. I own a bunch. Elbows up!
Harper stopped a similar large merger between BHP and Potash in 2010 but I digress. I actually wanted that one to go through but, like now, the conservatives were not in bed with the 1%. The left is so cute!