DarthMaeglin said:

oftenreading said:

Meltdown99 said:

Trudeau holding rallies violating Ontario public health measures…one set of rules for the elites…

Wrong again.

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/otoole-rips-trudeau-campaign-event-1.6176747

The Speranza Banquet Hall has a pandemic-era capacity of 500, down from the normal limit of 1,000 — so the 400-strong Liberal crowd did not violate provincial rules that limit indoors events to 50 per cent of regular capacity.

It also required people maintain social distancing which is clearly not the case. But Trudeau did say they respected the capacity limits, not all the health measures. It just reeks of more “rules for thee but not for me.”

On a separate note, tonight Rosie Barton announced that tonight’s the last night of the face-to-face series, on a Wednesday. There is now zero excuse for the network having aired O’Toole’s segment on a fucking Sunday night (lower viewership traditionally). To say nothing of her inconsistency in delivering the interviews (not overly tough on Justin-just enough for plausible deniability- and borderline rude with Singh).

Zod said:

Meltdown99 said:

We already pay taxes on everything we own throughout our life…with the exception of the sale of our home.

why does the government need so much money…it’s not like they are providing us with state of the art healthcare or anything…lol.

inflation hits a 20 year high at 4.1%.  Are the liberals or NDP even discussing.  I know some conservatives have mentioned this…but I have heard nothing from the leader.

why would any of these asshole politicians care..It’s not like any of them have ever shopped…or know what it’s like to see the cost of everything skyrocket while wages remain substandard.

we need 3 new party leaders.  3 real leaders.  

Their answer is likely more government jobs…funny how technology doesn’t eliminate these jobs.

To be fair the inflation #'s are off lows during the heart of covid last year..  you also need to wait a bit to see if inflation is temporary or more persistent.  The same thing happened after the 08/09 crisis, and inflation was temporary.   I think they're also stuck between a rock and hard place, and I don't think it's unique to Canada.   Interest rates have been pretty rock bottom since the last crisis.  Decades of people borrowing oodles of money (including governments) they they'll only be able to increase interest rates so much.  If they go up by a sizable amount they'll probably cause another crisis.

I do agree with you on the other points.  I feel like I pay so much tax but have so little to show for it.  I can't get a Doctor, I don't have kids.   So basically my tax money is useful when it comes to being able to use roads, public transports, and access a doctor through an app.

I don't think any party leaders are going to get us out of this one.  It's only going to get worse.   We've had successive governments ramp up immigration (both the Cons and Libs did it).   It was done to try and keep our population from being lop sided with old people (boomers were outnumbering everyone).   The ramp up in immigration seems largely responsible for a housing crisis.  

So basically.. all the shitty things that happen are poor government planning when it came to the population hump.  The big disadvantage of governments changing so often.  They don't think long term, they think until the next election :(

oftenreading said:

Meltdown99 said:

Part of Ontario Health guidelines are to maintain social distancing measure...

Yup. The job of organizers of an event is to provide enough space and  limit numbers, and the job of individual people is to decide where they stand to allow distancing. 

What, you wanted Trudeau to individually move each person?   

HughFreakingDillon said:

we're getting into absolute nonsense criticism now. had this been O Toole I wouldn't give a shit. it's up to the attendees to distance properly. just like when in any store. they have markings, but they aren't going to yell at every person when they are in inch too close. 

come on, people. there's bigger issues than this. stuff like this takes away from legitimate criticism of the PM. 

DarthMaeglin said:

oftenreading said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

we're getting into absolute nonsense criticism now. had this been O Toole I wouldn't give a shit. it's up to the attendees to distance properly. just like when in any store. they have markings, but they aren't going to yell at every person when they are in inch too close. 

come on, people. there's bigger issues than this. stuff like this takes away from legitimate criticism of the PM. 

Bigger issues indeed. It irks me to let the misinformation and falsehoods stand though. 

Please tell me you’re not labeling differences of opinion as misinformation. Shit, when it comes to misinformation, Trudeau is king (he seems to know there’s a signed agreement between O’Toole and the gun lobby, with zero proof presented as just one example).

HughFreakingDillon said:

DarthMaeglin said:

oftenreading said:

HughFreakingDillon said:

we're getting into absolute nonsense criticism now. had this been O Toole I wouldn't give a shit. it's up to the attendees to distance properly. just like when in any store. they have markings, but they aren't going to yell at every person when they are in inch too close. 

come on, people. there's bigger issues than this. stuff like this takes away from legitimate criticism of the PM. 

Bigger issues indeed. It irks me to let the misinformation and falsehoods stand though. 

Please tell me you’re not labeling differences of opinion as misinformation. Shit, when it comes to misinformation, Trudeau is king (he seems to know there’s a signed agreement between O’Toole and the gun lobby, with zero proof presented as just one example).

often is referring to the accusation that trudeau skirted public health orders. that's false.