What I find "odd" about the bungling budget is that the 4th largest province - Alberta (by pop) ends up with nearly 4X as much as the second largest province - Quebec and 3X as much as the third largest province - BC
The inference is simple really. Move to Alberta, vote Tory and get a huge handout .
I wonder if it's possible to dig a deeper trough?
Pretty much, and the way it seems for Newfoundland, that's exactly the message being sent.
No, no real message of the conservatives actually trying to do their damn jobs for once and solve a problem.... nope.... instead this was yet another political game and in the end, none of it will really even help.
This Budget will not help one single thing in the long run, it doesn't even help things right now..... and Iggy and the rest of the Liberals as per usual, are playing their typical good cop role in the same play they're both a part of..... it's friggin sick that this is allowed to continue on.
Nope.... screw it, I see no more point in voting anymore, nothings gonna change in our government. There is no such thing as democracy in this country anymore and is nothing more then an illusion that we actually have a say in anything. This is a dictatorship shared between two parties that continually fail this nation and its people time and time again...... and like a dictatorship, we will bicker here and there and say we don't like it, but nothing will ever be done and be accepted as just a part of life.
Guess I was right about Iggy.
I'm going to do my part, tonight.I notice that especially on CBC, their coverage is mostly focussed on what everyone DOESN'T like about the budget.
That's probably because there's nothing in the budget to like in the first place.
Just about dick ($170 million over 2 years) for the forest industry in BC, yet the rich banks are happier by $75 billion?
Just about dick for the homeless, yet the bungling automaker management gets a nice hefty bailout?
$200 million for something called Canadian TV Fund, and hardly dick to help out the most people on Unemployment (which happens to be women)?
Nothing said about giving new energy research and development a helping hand, yet $335 million for arts and culture?
etc
etc
etc
Harpy and cronies (Iggy, also. Layton is a moron who just pompously airs his objection to anything) convinced me yet again, Ottawa has its head stuffed up its a$$.
While I agree with many of your points above.... Layton and the NDP seem to be the only party who sees this crap going on and won't be a part of the same crap over and over again.
Geez, I'm airing objection, you just aired your list of objections..... he's not allowed to? I thought that was his job as "Opposition."
But Layton said it perfectly..... there is a new Coalition and it's between the Conservatives and their b*tch, the Liberals. Which is true, since in every minority government, parties need to form Coalitions in order for the government to survive.
Unfortunatly the Liberals are more willing to side with the party that has actually proved itself to be a failure and incompetent as leaders, and we're now back into the same old BS for another few years it would seem.
The Government is more like Wrestling..... they try to put on a really big show, with a lot of really big talk and while there is a small amount of realism to their job, it's mostly fake and just an act for the mindless viewers who believe Hulk Harper and Macho Man Mikey Iggy really hate each other.
Like I said, I still bet Harper and the Gov General just wasted time by playing PS3 for a couple of hours to make it seem like they were talking serious.
Does anybody see the native traits in the face of the cry baby known as Danny Williams? Or is he just starting to grow tits. God, Danny quite crying and whinning like a girl. Put your big girl panties on and get to work.
Did I say there was something wrong with a native face.
Yes. You referenced Danny as being a Crybaby after just pointing out his native traits in his face, then went on about how much of a woman he must be and also referenced women as being weak who cry a lot, which to me sounds pretty racist and sexist at the same time.
Smooth move ex-lax.
I asked a question, I guess you have limited ability to read. I am trying to suggest that Danny Williams is a cry baby, whinner, and all the same words that mean he would whine if he got all the money in Canada, he would still want and demand more. Am I to assume that your wife is a biker. Nothing wrong with bikers!
Women have to be Husky Bikers in order to do a world of hurt on you?
Once again, sexist.... good job, keep it up.
Anyway, aside from the disgust I feel about the last person's ignorant comment, I am even more disgusted with the Cons and the head Glib after reading
this
From your link:
$8.3 billion for the Canadian Skills and Transition Strategy. This includes extra support for people who have lost their jobs, including enhancements to Employment Insurance and more funding for skills and training development to help Canadians get better jobs.
Isn't this what the Employment Insurance fund is for? Isn't there supposed to be something like $50 billion in the fund?What? You spent it? Like, without telling us? Jeez, that doesn't seem right. Now we have to fork over another $8.3 billion in borrowed money to make up for the fact you guys in Ottawa blew all those deductions you've been taking from our paycheques. What? You're going to freeze the deductions for two years? Well, that's OK then.
^ Seems a lot of people forgot this little tid bit..... oh yeah, I remember now.... EI didn't need any of that money, nice.... now that 50 billion is gone, here.... we'll chuck you 8.3 billion of your own money and extend the time you can be on EI, making it get sucked away even faster.
Brilliant!