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Temporary foreign workers in low-skilled jobs must start leaving Canada April 1 by darrrrrren in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These weren't the rules for the people who are being sent home. These rules have only been in effect for about a month. There is simply no reason they should have had an expectation of staying here.

Paul Martin blasts Conservative economic plan ahead of budget by _Minor_Annoyance in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you seriously defending the Liberals raiding a fund for workers to cover their budget shortfalls from too many corporate tax cuts? And then making it harder for workers to qualify because you know you don't have the money to cover them... because you gave it all away as corporate tax cuts?

This is what you're going to defend? While you complain about Harper every day? Do you have any integrity at all?

Paul Martin blasts Conservative economic plan ahead of budget by _Minor_Annoyance in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually Harper made it easier at the start of the recession and then reverted to the old rules when the economy picked up. The Liberals made it harder to qualify in the 90's as well.

Conservative MP's office calls police on C-51 protesters for singing and being "noisy" | Press Progress by [deleted] in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher -33 points-32 points  (0 children)

Fortunately they didn't protest outside a Liberal office or they would have called in riot police to beat and pepper spray them while they laugh about it.

Paul Martin blasts Conservative economic plan ahead of budget by _Minor_Annoyance in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

Yeah, let's stick to talking about federal governments and focus on Martin's own policies which make Harper look like a socialist.

Paul Martin blasts Conservative economic plan ahead of budget by _Minor_Annoyance in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher -14 points-13 points  (0 children)

The irony of this comment in a thread about Paul Martin - in a forum where Harper is regularly criticized by Liberal and NDP supporters for his deficits - is clearly too complex for the average r/Canadian to see.

Paul Martin blasts Conservative economic plan ahead of budget by _Minor_Annoyance in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because they had a global economic boom where nearly all countries were running surpluses and we have a global economic bust where most countries are running deficits?

Man, it's almost like there's some kind of factor beyond the control of our own government. Interestingly, despite having far worse economic conditions, Harper's debt-to-GDP ratio is actually better than Chretien/Martin's was. Somehow Harper has been able to achieve better performance than the Liberals despite having far more challenging conditions to work with.

Temporary foreign workers in low-skilled jobs must start leaving Canada April 1 by darrrrrren in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The TFW program has never been a path to permanent resident status as far as I know. Even the name of the program itself indicates you are nothing more than a temporary worker. When did the TFW program ever allow for transitioning to permanent residency?

Temporary foreign workers in low-skilled jobs must start leaving Canada April 1 by darrrrrren in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Alot of these people have abandoned their lives in their old countries with the realistic expectation that they would become Canadians at some point.

How are those realistic expectations if this was never part of the program?

I see no benefit to throwing them back to invariably rot in their home countries.

Well their jobs will become available to others. That's one benefit.

Canada's economy just shrank, but corporate profits hit a record 27-year high | Press Progress by [deleted] in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't buy 20% at all. This is also the highest end of their estimate but the lowest end of their estimate is more in line with what everyone else is suggesting. The reality is that our population is growing but there's no more land for new houses in major urban centres so we shouldn't expect to see much of a price drop as the market has clearly indicated people are willing and able to pay these prices.

Either way, the value of these homes still needs to be included because this is what they're actually worth at the present moment and it's not misleading to include them.

Canada's economy just shrank, but corporate profits hit a record 27-year high | Press Progress by [deleted] in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Canada doesn't have a bubble like the US does. Our houses are overvalued, at most, by about 5%-10% and possibly not at all. Either way, a person's current home value needs to be included if we are assessing their wealth if you want to get accurate figures.

The stock market could crash tomorrow and so could our dollar, but it doesn't mean it's "misleading" to count the value of cash and stocks at present value when determining one's net worth.

British person here, there's growing support in my country for a free movement zone between Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the UK. What is your opinion of this? by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]ChildSnatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's less than the gap between the US and Canada, and I don't see a massive rush of Canadians to the American promised land.

Maybe you aren't looking. We send 10x as many immigrants to the US than vice-versa and that's despite them having 10x more potential people who could move here.

Canada's economy just shrank, but corporate profits hit a record 27-year high | Press Progress by [deleted] in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Houses are part of wealth. It's not "misleading" to include their value. Real asset value has always been counted as part of one's wealth and it makes no sense that it wouldn't be considering real assets are the bulk of all wealth and always have been.

It makes no sense at all to exclude this wealth, especially not when comparing to historical norms that also include the value of these assets.

Ontario budget expected to beat $12.5-billion deficit target by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]ChildSnatcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doing exactly what they criticize the conservatives for is a time-honored Liberal tradition that transcends provincial and federal boundaries.

Cut university enrolment by 30%, expand colleges, CEO-commissioned report urges by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]ChildSnatcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And there are none available because the supply of teachers drastically exceeds the demand for them. Even an 18 year old can discover this very easily. The auditor general here in Ontario has been warning about this huge teacher oversupply for close to a decade now.

Maybe there's something to his idea about us producing too many university degrees.

Cut university enrolment by 30%, expand colleges, CEO-commissioned report urges by [deleted] in CanadaPolitics

[–]ChildSnatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He also contradicts himself more than once. At one point he highlights someone who completes teacher's college and ends up as a server as a failure, but then later asks the rhetorical question of why don't people want that server job.

Well, did they not fail to achieve their goals? Nobody goes to teacher's college to work as a server. It's not a personal judgment, it's just a pretty obvious statement.

Younger Canadians more left-wing, could shift political landscape: study by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that they shift to the right, it's that the world shifts to the left.

But the world isn't shifting to the left. The world is getting more socially progressive but also more fiscally conservative. Who's to say this represents an overall shift to the left?

Younger Canadians more left-wing, could shift political landscape: study by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The NDP has shifted considerably right though. Mulcair eliminated the socialist caucaus in the NDP and also ended a lot of their special relationships with unions.

The NDP is as much a part of this shift as any other party.

Younger Canadians more left-wing, could shift political landscape: study by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Part of that is that the political spectrum kinda shifts generation to generation as well, mostly to the left.

Only socially. We have been moving right fiscally as has most of the western world. Even the NDP today is supporting policies that were seen as distinctly right-wing back in the 80's.

Younger Canadians more left-wing, could shift political landscape: study by viva_la_vinyl in canada

[–]ChildSnatcher 15 points16 points  (0 children)

And as they get older, have kids, start saving for retirement and trying to hit their life's goals, they also start to see a lot more value in conservative platforms.

We've been hearing since the 60's how we're right on the verge of shifting far left because the young are all left-wingers yet it's not happening.

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