Politics in 2016

[The Bread Guy]

Yes.  They have demanded that the tracks be removed from the town and moved elsewhere.

Thanks for that - I stand corrected.

That said, I'm still generally sticking to the "big rail" theory as one rationale for rejecting the pipeline, given how much money they pump into some economies.

 

[Kirkhill]

I'm not doubting the "big rail" theory when I suggest the "competition" theory.  In both instances it is about dollars and how to get them.

 

[McG]

All can try to have their bit of influence here:  http://www.budget.gc.ca/2016/prebudget-prebudgetaire/index-en.html

 

[PuckChaser]

All can try to have their bit of influence here:  http://www.budget.gc.ca/2016/prebudget-prebudgetaire/index-en.html

Whole lot of loaded questions in the online submission, they already know what they want to do, "consultations" is lip service to actually caring.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

All can try to have their bit of influence here:  http://www.budget.gc.ca/2016/prebudget-prebudgetaire/index-en.html

No mention of Veterans spending.

 

[McG]

Whole lot of loaded questions in the online submission, they already know what they want to do, "consultations" is lip service to actually caring.

Yeah.  Use the email option.  You get more flexibility in what you say, and they do not get the option to shape your message to their intended end state.

 

[Remius]

Meanwhile...

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/alberta-may-be-eligible-for-federal-relief-morneau-acknowledges-1.2757377

Wondering if this is a way to attempt to calm Alberta down?

 

[Kirkhill]

Personally.

No.  It wouldn't.

I don't like or want charity.  Particularly when it is only getting my own money back. 

And it is not likely to be more than a pittance compared to what we were making.  The primary point of charity is to make the donors feel good about themselves.

Not a billion 250,000,000 dollars of federal money.

Try this instead.

http://army.ca/forums/threads/121712/post-1413447.html#msg1413447

 

[Remius]

But I bet the Premier there will be happy to put her hand out and take/ask for it.

 

[Kirkhill]

You are probably right.  And will likely shorten the life of her government in consequence.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

If they base the payment on per capita, they better get on with it.

Alberta is bleeding people like lemmings on the march.

 

[GAP]

If they base the payment on per capita, they better get on with it.

Alberta is bleeding people like lemmings on the march.

And there is a census this year, so the numbers for the next decade will change.....

 

[a_majoor]

If Alberta is getting equalization payments, then who is "giving" the equalization payments. It was pretty straightforward in the past; Quebec and the Atlantic provinces were essentially able to tax Alberta, the Ontario joined in under the Liberals.

You shold be able to see the gap in logic, if everyone is "getting" equalization payments......

 

[QV]

Alberta is not a recipient of equalization payments.  I think that process comes up for review every three years, so Alberta is still paying the East for now....IIRC.

 

[Kirkhill]

Alberta is not a recipient of equalization payments.  I think that process comes up for review every three years, so Alberta is still paying the East for now....IIRC.

I believe I saw that referenced just recently in a press report.

 

[Brad Sallows]

Equalization transfers are just a way of compensating provinces for perceived imbalances in revenue-raising potential.  In principle, there is no reason the program can't pay some money to every province.

Someone should put the bug in the ear of all the premiers that they should all be receiving some money from Ottawa in view of the weak economy.  That should make the next first ministers conference more interesting.

 

[stealthylizard]

Equalization is funded by general taxation.

 

[The Bread Guy]

Yeah.  Use the email option.  You get more flexibility in what you say, and they do not get the option to shape your message to their intended end state.

:nod:  The more the merrier.

 

[Kirkhill]

Equalization is funded by general taxation.

Funny thing.  Revenues come from places with money.  Places with no money don't generate revenues.

 

[Kilo_302]

As if no one could have predicted that selling off an important asset like this (to anyone, never mind selling it to the Saudis) would result in revenue loss. Trudeau is FAR from perfect, and I'm no Liberal supporter, but our last government was painfully short-sighted. Or, more likely, they didn't actually have Canadian interests at heart. I'm willing to bet that a close examination of this deal would reveal some very shady shit. There is simply NO way it could ever be justified, not ideologically and not fiscally.


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