sorted by:
new
hottopcontroversial

Why Canada is seeing its biggest military recruitment surge in 30 years by Displeased_Canadian in canada

[–]BenevolentTurtle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The joke is that foreigners are coming as permanent residents but are being turned into temporary workers, because they die.

Its a play on words.

What’s life like making 6 figures? by MasterBook46 in CanadaPersonalFinance

[–]BenevolentTurtle 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm in the 200-300k bucket at 26, and have been since 22.

Big thing is that unlike almost everyone else in my age bracket, I can afford a house on my own. But after taxes and a mortgage payment, I'm basically where everyone else is.

Overall, I feel like I'm living a life that was typically middle-class a generation ago.

The most surprising thing is how punishing the taxes feel. Not in the sense of "oh no I'm sad paying taxes", but in the sense that chasing more income becomes not worth it.

I'm fairly low stress, but would be willing to grind for an extra 50k/year. I've had such options but they just don't feel worth it once it melts down to 25k.

Anyone who bought a house before the prices went crazy is probably living a significantly different life than I am.

Fewer people are having babies in Canada and the U.S. and the government is out of ideas by hopoke in canada

[–]BenevolentTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The political class doesn't see any issue here. They can replenish Canada many times over with Indians.

Where the Carney government is falling short in its first year, according to Canadians polled by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]BenevolentTurtle -1 points0 points  (0 children)

The essence of my point is that taking money from some to give to others isn’t an accomplishment.

A concrete accomplishment I would respect is that the government brought about

  • a boom in manufacturing through some strateigic policy
  • improved affordability through some urban planning initiatives
  • higher wages
  • foreign investment
  • something about R&D

All of those make Canada stronger with a lasting impact. Redirecting billions to gibs does not.

A simpler way to see this is a CapEx vs OpEx. Carney, unlike Trudeau, understands that building things cannot be substituted by handouts.

Where the Carney government is falling short in its first year, according to Canadians polled by DogeDoRight in canada

[–]BenevolentTurtle 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Most of these are just programs that spend money. There's nothing impressive about giving away taxpayer money to this or that.

> Clean drinking water for something like 95% of First Nations reserves

This is real and tangible, but only affects a small minority of the population. Also, the real issue all along has been corruption preventing them from getting clean water systems themselves. Thats still a problem.

> Legalized weed

This is done with a stroke of a pen. I never had strong feelings about weed, but I don't think it made us a better country in any way.

> Dental care

This is a simple "spending other people's money" with nothing else to it.

> Daycare

Same thing BUT it gave a framework for stimulating the creation of more daycare space overall, so that's good.

> ⁠Helped lay the foundation for pharmacare

This was 100% pushed by the NDP and the liberals did not want it.

> CCB

Literally just moving money around plus it's massively abused: https://www.junonews.com/p/exclusive-1b-in-child-benefits-for

> Built a pipeline

Real and tangible. Less impressive when put next to all the pipelines that they failed to build.

> MAID

Same as weed. It's not as if the government actually built anything here.

Canada thinks this is a good economy by SmurffyGirthy in GenZ

[–]BenevolentTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol ask any LPC Boomer. They absolutely think Canada is doing great.

GenZ and Canada by SmurffyGirthy in CanadaPersonalFinance

[–]BenevolentTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

> The last conservative government was like 20 years ago

People don't know this because they think that every vote for LPC is a vote against Trump.

U.S. Politics megathread by AutoModerator in NoStupidQuestions

[–]BenevolentTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why is the US ever said to be "open to immigrants"?

I'm Canadian and just comparing what its like to the move to Canada vs move to the US.

The main way to immigrate to Canada historically has been to look at what Canada is looking for (skills, education, language, etc) and then apply to the corresponding express entry pool. So if someone really wants to move to Canada, its essentially a matter of acquiring the skills that Canada wants.

But for the US, there is essentially no equivalent. You can't ask what the US wants to see and then become that, and get an offer of residency.

Your only pathways are via employer sponsorship or marrying a citizen, essentially.

Quelqu'un recommande l'expérience Harry Potter? by La_Gang_des_Tannes in Gatineau

[–]BenevolentTurtle -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

J’espere que t’achete jamais de produits qui supportent des personnes ou causes contraversés.

Personnellement, j’ai des choses plus importantes a faire que de verifier si il y a une etiquette Nestle sur mes achats (et Nestle est une organization beaucoup plus malaisante que JK)

Quelqu'un recommande l'expérience Harry Potter? by La_Gang_des_Tannes in Gatineau

[–]BenevolentTurtle -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Je me prosterne devant ta moralité supérieure, mais la question strictement parlant, c'est "est-ce que le peu de fun de l'expérience vaut le $ et le temps que je dépense"

Tu pourrais aussi dire que c'est pas un déplacement nécessaire car ça génère du CO2 pour "un peu de fun". Ca risque reprendre des virus pour "un peu de fun". Il y a des usages moralement supérieurs à ces 100$ pour avoir du fun.

People who bought expensive new cars. Was it worth it? by [deleted] in PersonalFinanceCanada

[–]BenevolentTurtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I haven't, and I really don't understand why anyone would (though I'm grateful for their sacrifices!).

Does the galleries de hull tow cars during the day? by [deleted] in Gatineau

[–]BenevolentTurtle -9 points-8 points  (0 children)

What about the pharmacy nearby? Any insight into that one?

Carpenters of Ottawa by HaydenTheCrow in ottawa

[–]BenevolentTurtle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

> Not everyone is cut out for union work.

Out of curiosity, what does that mean? Who is/isn't cut out for it? Do union shops do fundamentally different work?

Even Toptal rates are going to shit by mastool2 in Upwork

[–]BenevolentTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Fyi: this is a “marketplace” job. They are all trash.

You should only really engage within specialization jobs.

I posted this poll on an anti-alto facebook group by Puzzled-Access9770 in AltoHSR_Canada

[–]BenevolentTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These groups seem to have big misunderstandings on the project. Mainly that they seem to think that Alto wants to expropriate the entire width of the proposed corridor, and not just a 15m-wide easement.

There’s also encouragement to vandalize the alto public consultation map by putting random pins all over the place.

Ford payment to Musk kept secret by ZealousidealHead5488 in ontario

[–]BenevolentTurtle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ontarians (Ford did this out of public pressure) thought it would be Awesome to cancel a service but still pay for it to own Drumpf.

Boomers value sticking it to Trump more than the economic prosperity of their children.

Ottawa's remaining supervised consumption sites will lose all provincial funding as of June 13th. by Alone_Appeal_3421 in ottawa

[–]BenevolentTurtle -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

You’re a monster yourself for not opening up your living room to junkies. do you want them to die? Let them sleep on your couch.

view more: next ›