Justin Trudeau not only doesn’t know what a litre of milk costs, he and his government don’t get why this is an issue. Time and again when asked about inflation, Trudeau and his ministers respond by talking about their plan for $10-a-day child care.
Not only does this idea of parents paying just $10 per day for child care not kick in for five years, according to the government’s own plans, it is completely separate from the issue of inflation. Yes, child care costs are high but that isn’t why the cost of gas, home heating, groceries and everything else is going up faster than it should.
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In fact, the rising prices across the entire economy will in turn only make the provision of child care services more expensive. This all seems lost on Trudeau’s government, not just his minister for family services, Karina Gould who appeared on CTV’s Question Period on Sunday.
“What in the short term is your government going to do to deal with the inflation crisis?” host Evan Solomon asked.
“Inflation is affecting the entire world right now,” Gould said, stating the obvious.
She made mention of supply chains and increased global demand for goods before turning to the only answer the Liberals seem to have: Child care deals with provinces.
“We are signing agreements on affordable child care which is going to make life more affordable for families,” Gould said.
Solomon pushed back on Gould’s evasive answer and pointed to steps the Biden administration is taking in the United States to try to limit cost increases.
“There is a difference, as you appreciate as well as anybody, between the cost-of-living issue and the inflation issue,” Solomon said. “Is there any short-term solution on the table?”
Gould again pointed to the government’s child care plan.
All last week when the Conservatives were asking about inflation, the Liberals turned to child care as the answer. On Wednesday, when Trudeau himself was answering every question, he responded with child care even when asked about the price of food going up.
Lowering child care costs is incredibly important for families with children in need of care but let’s face some facts: That is a small percentage of the population. The Liberal program, which will take five years to lower fees to $10 per day, won’t help people who have no children or older children.
When seniors on a fixed income see food prices go up 14% on average for beef or nearly 9% for chicken, a $10-a-day child care program that comes into full effect five years from now will not help pay the grocery bill. As temperatures drop in our Canadian winter, a child care plan won’t help people looking at their natural gas bill being up 18% while their paycheque has remained flat.
A growing chorus of economists are warning the government that their own out-of-control spending is helping contribute to this inflation crisis and they should take their foot off the accelerator. Trudeau’s response is to answer with more government spending, which will only exacerbate the problem further.
Trudeau could easily sound empathetic to Canadians worried about this issue – and there are a lot of them – but he comes across as cold, aloof and out of touch. That’s dangerous for him politically.
Even his most strident supporters know that Trudeau is a trust-fund baby who has never had to worry about money in his life — his inability to understand that others do have that worry could erode fragile support.
Maybe when his polling numbers drop, Trudeau might finally act.
Not only does this idea of parents paying just $10 per day for child care not kick in for five years, according to the government’s own plans, it is completely separate from the issue of inflation. Yes, child care costs are high but that isn’t why the cost of gas, home heating, groceries and everything else is going up faster than it should.
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In fact, the rising prices across the entire economy will in turn only make the provision of child care services more expensive. This all seems lost on Trudeau’s government, not just his minister for family services, Karina Gould who appeared on CTV’s Question Period on Sunday.
“What in the short term is your government going to do to deal with the inflation crisis?” host Evan Solomon asked.
“Inflation is affecting the entire world right now,” Gould said, stating the obvious.
She made mention of supply chains and increased global demand for goods before turning to the only answer the Liberals seem to have: Child care deals with provinces.
“We are signing agreements on affordable child care which is going to make life more affordable for families,” Gould said.
Solomon pushed back on Gould’s evasive answer and pointed to steps the Biden administration is taking in the United States to try to limit cost increases.
“There is a difference, as you appreciate as well as anybody, between the cost-of-living issue and the inflation issue,” Solomon said. “Is there any short-term solution on the table?”
Gould again pointed to the government’s child care plan.
All last week when the Conservatives were asking about inflation, the Liberals turned to child care as the answer. On Wednesday, when Trudeau himself was answering every question, he responded with child care even when asked about the price of food going up.
Lowering child care costs is incredibly important for families with children in need of care but let’s face some facts: That is a small percentage of the population. The Liberal program, which will take five years to lower fees to $10 per day, won’t help people who have no children or older children.
When seniors on a fixed income see food prices go up 14% on average for beef or nearly 9% for chicken, a $10-a-day child care program that comes into full effect five years from now will not help pay the grocery bill. As temperatures drop in our Canadian winter, a child care plan won’t help people looking at their natural gas bill being up 18% while their paycheque has remained flat.
A growing chorus of economists are warning the government that their own out-of-control spending is helping contribute to this inflation crisis and they should take their foot off the accelerator. Trudeau’s response is to answer with more government spending, which will only exacerbate the problem further.
Trudeau could easily sound empathetic to Canadians worried about this issue – and there are a lot of them – but he comes across as cold, aloof and out of touch. That’s dangerous for him politically.
Even his most strident supporters know that Trudeau is a trust-fund baby who has never had to worry about money in his life — his inability to understand that others do have that worry could erode fragile support.
Maybe when his polling numbers drop, Trudeau might finally act.
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