Who should pay for Justin's nannies?

[Dixie Cup]

I do believe he's the first PM who is charging childcare to the public purse. It's not unlike a CEO of a business who travels a lot - sticking it to the company to pay his childcare bills. He knew what the job was all about. I didn't ask for anyone to pay for my child care when I worked and neither should he. The fact that he can even afford to pay his own is totally not relevant. It's the principle of the thing and it has absolutely nothing to do with security as I don't believe the nannies are armed LOL


JMHO

 

[gerryh]

I do believe he's the first PM who is charging childcare to the public purse. It's not unlike a CEO of a business who travels a lot - sticking it to the company to pay his childcare bills. He knew what the job was all about. I didn't ask for anyone to pay for my child care when I worked and neither should he. The fact that he can even afford to pay his own is totally not relevant. It's the principle of the thing and it has absolutely nothing to do with security as I don't believe the nannies are armed LOL


JMHO

Trudeau senior had a nanny, as did Mulroney. Still researching the rest.

 

[petros]

Trudeau senior had a nanny...

Would you let Margaret raise your children by herself? Maggie's sure gave her RCMP nannies sh-t fits.

 

[Ron in Regina]

Heard this kafuffle on the radio at work this week. Laughed
hard!!

I figure, if This dude figures he could'a brought in 25,000
Syrian refugees (900/day, etc....), His people could have
vetted a couple of these refugees in a few minutes over
a smoke and a cup'a coffee to watch the kids during the
climate conference, reducing his carbon footprint, and
shown that he really believes in his own immigration
program. Oh well....spilled milk and lost opportunities.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Trudeau senior had a nanny, as did Mulroney. Still researching the rest.

Did they attack the sitting Prime Minister as giving money to rich people (himself included) for child care they certainly can afford?

 

[gerryh]

Did they attack the sitting Prime Minister as giving money to rich people (himself included) for child care they certainly can afford?

Just responding to JLM's statement that he didn't think any other PM used a nanny.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

Just responding to JLM's statement that he didn't think any other PM used a nanny.

And Mulroney was criticized for it. I'd don't know about Pierre.

I agree that the Prime Minister should have perks, but Justin would do himself a great service if he'd either man up and say he made a mistake or paid for the babysitter himself.

 

[gerryh]

And Mulroney was criticized for it. I'd don't know about Pierre.

I agree that the Prime Minister should have perks, but Justin would do himself a great service if he'd either man up and say he made a mistake or paid for the babysitter himself.

Agreed, he made his bed with his comments in the House, he now needs to live with it and pay for the nannies out of his own pocket.


Like I said, I was just replying to jlm's post.

 

[davesmom]

Has anybody checked to see who paid Harper's nanny? Security for the PM and his family would be paid by the state. I think child care for a PM's children would fall under that.

What if the taxpayers did pay for Harper's child care? The whole idea here was to be different from Harper's government.
Nobody would deny that the PM's family needs good child care but there's no reason why taxpayers should have to pay for it. Whomever paid for it before Trudeau was elected should continue to pay for it.
Trudeau campaigned on the idea that the best interests of the middle class were important to him. Now he's putting himself above the middle class like the aristocracy. His wife is a working mother, was a working mother before. They can pay for their own child care like every other working couple in the country. It's not like they were hurting for money.
In fact I think it wouldn't hurt them to pay rent too!

 

[B00Mer]

Part of his campaign promises to cut back child care for Canada's rich.

Trudeau says child care benefit should not go to rich families like his

Yet, Trudeau is part of that "rich" upper class and now the taxpayers are paying for his kids.. sound pretty hypocritical.

Justin Trudeau is putting his money where his mouth is when it comes to the Conservative government’s newly enhanced universal child care benefit.

The Liberal leader maintains it’s wrong to give the benefit to wealthy families that don’t need help raising their kids. And to underscore that point, he’s going to give his own family’s windfall to charity.

With three young children, one under the age of six, Trudeau is entitled to collect annual UCCB payments of about $3,400.

In an interview Tuesday, he said he’ll give that money to La Maison Bleue, a charitable group in his Montreal riding devoted to helping vulnerable women during pregnancy and the early days of motherhood.

Child care benefits should go to families who need the help, “not families like mine or Mr. (Prime Minister Stephen) Harper’s,” Trudeau told The Canadian Press.​

Sunny ways.

 

[#juan]

I'm sorry to say, in this day and age, the prime minister can't just give the neighbor kid a few dollars to look after his kids for a few hours. Whoever is doing the job needs to be capable of being almost a body guard for the pm's children. We should take a lesson from the U.S. on this.

 

[Retired_Can_Soldier]

I'm sorry to say, in this day and age, the prime minister can't just give the neighbor kid a few dollars to look after his kids for a few hours. Whoever is doing the job needs to be capable of being almost a body guard for the pm's children. We should take a lesson from the U.S. on this.

He is paying his nannies an estimated between 15 to 20 dollars an hour, at least that is what he was paying them before putting them on the taxpayer plan. He's a millionaire, he can certainly afford it. He even said so himself, during question period in parliament.

 

[MHz]

Hire a Nanny from a different place than this one came from. Just sayin . . .

 

[DaSleeper]

I'm no fan of the shiny pony but if the country was paying for nannies before, I don't see why it should change now!

 

[taxslave]

I'm no fan of the shiny pony but if the country was paying for nannies before, I don't see why it should change now!

Cars had hand cranks at one time. Want to carry on that tradition?

 

[AnnaG]

Elites used to use slaves. Cuz tradition.
People traveled by horse. Cuz tradition.
Doctors exsanguinated people to cure diseases. Cuz tradition.

 

[CDNBear]

I'm no fan of the shiny pony but if the country was paying for nannies before, I don't see why it should change now!

I'd agree, but the messiah told me 1%'ers like him, don't deserve child care subsidies.

Gotta have faith, cuz messiah.

 

[JLM]

Would you let Margaret raise your children by herself? Maggie's sure gave her RCMP nannies sh-t fits.

Might be a little bit of a leap, there, Pete. People can be nuts w/o being a threat to their kids in any way. I would guess that Margaret was a caring mother. I know a bi polar or two and harming kids doesn't appear to necessarily be in their make up.

I'm no fan of the shiny pony but if the country was paying for nannies before, I don't see why it should change now!

Except for one eensy detail, Sleepy........he campaigned on a promise to change that. My point............if you are going to break campaign promises don't do it with ones that are going to benefit yourself...................gives a bad perception.

Just responding to JLM's statement that he didn't think any other PM used a nanny.

Upon reviewing all my posts in the thread, I think you are confusing me with someone else, unless of course a post was removed by a mod. However having not researched the subject, I don't believe I was in a position to think or not think anything on the matter.

I'm sorry to say, in this day and age, the prime minister can't just give the neighbor kid a few dollars to look after his kids for a few hours. Whoever is doing the job needs to be capable of being almost a body guard for the pm's children. We should take a lesson from the U.S. on this.

The kid might get a better education and have more fun than if he/she was being tended to by some hoity toity high paid professional.

 

[AnnaG]

meh My opinion is that if people can afford to, they should supply their own means of familial maintenance rather than leeching off the public. It is welfare for the wealthy, IMO.

 

[gerryh]

Upon reviewing all my posts in the thread, I think you are confusing me with someone else, unless of course a post was removed by a mod. However having not researched the subject, I don't believe I was in a position to think or not think anything on the matter.

You're right, I apologize, it was Dixie.