Things get sold. Name one piece of infrastructure that hasn't been funded by the taxpayer then sold to private industry.Aren't you the one yesterday that wanted me to admit that CPR was a government company?
Nova Scotia Headed For Bankruptcy
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No, really? The NDP is driving up the debt??? Too bad NS didn't learn the lessons that BC did under their NDP government.
Is that why they got rid of something like 200 teachers, because they're doing what the unions want them to do?
Sorry, but the TCH in New Brunswick has been sold to private industry. And parts of it were built with public money.
I know a little about NS politics and spending and I would suggest you might take a look at the
past before blaming the NDP in this case. Prior to the New Democrats coming to power the
previous governments both Liberal and Conservative, did the debt thing until it was out of control.
People were not paying the full shot for power and a host of other services.
The NDP is determined to balance the books but its hard when for more than three decades the
provincial governments never got around to it.
I am not saying the government is perfect but when cleaning up a mess its hard to do all in one
shot. Remember Saskatchewan? Grant Devine and his Tories came to power and they ran up
a bill of 22 billion in only nine and a half years. The NDP cleaned up that mess and it took a while.
Yes NS is in a mess but it is a cooperative effort of every government that has been in power for
the last forty years actually. To suggest otherwise is simply not being in touch with reality.
Before crying at the wailing wall about the end of the world, remember in other parts of the
country where the NDP have been things are pretty good. In Saskatchewan when the New
Democrats left power they had produced sixteen balanced budgets in a row, and take a look at
Manitoba they have had the NDP for over a decade and they have one of the strongest economies
in the country. Facts are always much better than propaganda.
And no I am not saying the NS Government is perfect but to suggest its all Dexter's fault is just plain
silly. And no they won't go bankrupt not even close, if they were Standard and Poors would be
issuing warnings. and they are not. It will be a brighter day though when the present government
finally cleans up the mess that has been piling up for decades.
past before blaming the NDP in this case. Prior to the New Democrats coming to power the
previous governments both Liberal and Conservative, did the debt thing until it was out of control.
People were not paying the full shot for power and a host of other services.
The NDP is determined to balance the books but its hard when for more than three decades the
provincial governments never got around to it.
I am not saying the government is perfect but when cleaning up a mess its hard to do all in one
shot. Remember Saskatchewan? Grant Devine and his Tories came to power and they ran up
a bill of 22 billion in only nine and a half years. The NDP cleaned up that mess and it took a while.
Yes NS is in a mess but it is a cooperative effort of every government that has been in power for
the last forty years actually. To suggest otherwise is simply not being in touch with reality.
Before crying at the wailing wall about the end of the world, remember in other parts of the
country where the NDP have been things are pretty good. In Saskatchewan when the New
Democrats left power they had produced sixteen balanced budgets in a row, and take a look at
Manitoba they have had the NDP for over a decade and they have one of the strongest economies
in the country. Facts are always much better than propaganda.
And no I am not saying the NS Government is perfect but to suggest its all Dexter's fault is just plain
silly. And no they won't go bankrupt not even close, if they were Standard and Poors would be
issuing warnings. and they are not. It will be a brighter day though when the present government
finally cleans up the mess that has been piling up for decades.
Did you skip the rest of the thread? Like my link that showed an NDP budget surplus in NS? That is the opposite of driving up debt, the NDP has cut costs.
Yeah, maybe they should be as ruthless with the bottom line as some for-profit businesses, that's a fine model for civilized society. A severed arm, ahh well too bad, the hospitals are closed today to cut costs. Should have waited until tomorrow...wrap it up and hope for the best.
In my case, I registered for a government provided surgery in Alberta, they put me on a waiting list of 1400 patients waiting for 100 surgery slots per year, with a waiting list of 14 years, access to the publicly funded surgery was practically impossible.
So I called a private practise in Toronto, Vancouver, Winnipeg and Halifax. They were all ready to take me within 2 weeks of my phonecall.
Too bad, Alberta is one of the few places that is willing to pay for the surgery, because as long as they pay for it, it is against Canada health act for a facility like Toronto's to open in Alberta.....There is actually a Doctor in Alberta that wants to open a facility but he is not allowed to because it is "illegal".
....essentially, public support for a procedure that is normally not funded, was actually forcing Alberta patients to go out of province to self pay, rather than stay in province and self pay.
14 years? For what? My BS detector is flashing mad. Anyways, you don't go on a waiting list for emergency surgery...this isn't about health care, it's about the ludicrous notion that a government should be run like a business. Outsourcing jobs to places of lower labour costs? How does that compare to essential services?
To me it is about a public health procedure that is fully funded, making it impossible to access the procedure unless the patient leaves the province and goes to another province. And, its about stopping doctors from establishing the same service in the province of need. Pretty cool. HUh? They have this neat little pilot project that gives them bragging rights, yet, the patient's needs are being met by other provinces.
Getting warts removed isn't a high priority.
in SK you'll wait about a year for a shiny new knee or hip. Spinal fusion, about 5-6 months max. MRI takes about 2 weeks wait.
Things can't be that ****ty in AB.
in SK you'll wait about a year for a shiny new knee or hip. Spinal fusion, about 5-6 months max. MRI takes about 2 weeks wait.
Things can't be that ****ty in AB.
yes, but did you know that SK requires all sleep apnea patients to visit the hospital for their evaluation? Waiting lists have grown to 4 years, most patients are leaving the province to get tested. In any other province, you can be privately tested in about 1 week, and the hospitals are freed up to review the most serious cases.
Many people might be interested in this story. Originally people thought the NDP in
Nova Scotia was spending money like drunken sailors and wasting all kinds of money.
Well the proof is in the pudding as they say. I was in Nova Scotia no business for the
past several days. And what do I hear, and see? The NDP have in fact put an end
to the wasteful spending of the past and they have stopped the deficit spending and
debt cycle that has plagued that Province for years. Nova Scotia NDP produced a
569 million dollar Surplus, that is right a Surplus, when the final figures rolled in.
Nova Scotia is not headed for Bankruptcy at all they are turning the corner and the
final numbers are proving much better than anyone thought.
Nova Scotia was spending money like drunken sailors and wasting all kinds of money.
Well the proof is in the pudding as they say. I was in Nova Scotia no business for the
past several days. And what do I hear, and see? The NDP have in fact put an end
to the wasteful spending of the past and they have stopped the deficit spending and
debt cycle that has plagued that Province for years. Nova Scotia NDP produced a
569 million dollar Surplus, that is right a Surplus, when the final figures rolled in.
Nova Scotia is not headed for Bankruptcy at all they are turning the corner and the
final numbers are proving much better than anyone thought.
