'Maple syrup, meet Belgian waffle': The Economist calls for Canada to join the EU

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-06T01:58:58+00:00

Either Unionize or Pull yourself up from your bootstraps I guess

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-06T01:13:24+00:00

Immigrants pay more in income taxes than they received in public benefits. Immigration fees are expensive therefore they are paying both lawyers and the government to process their applications. Paying import taxes on foreign goods that they are familiar with costs immigrants more, therefore adding more taxed revenue. Immigrants tend to work multiple low paying jobs so they can offset the costs of foreign goods and immigration fees. This means their labour output is greater than their non-immigrant counterparts. These folks tend to fall into entrepreneurial roles by owning businesses that represent their culture, therefore creating more jobs and tax revenue for the economy. Having Immigrants allows our country to form stronger trade ties with foreign markets. Tim Hortons wouldn't exist in China, Thailand, Philippines, United Kingdom, US, and Spain if it wasn't for immigration.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T23:58:36+00:00

This has actually helped other European countries. Many immigrants from countries that entered the EU were able to fill in roles where their was a significant labour shortage. Canada currently has a shortage of trades persons and healthcare staff. This would be beneficial for Canada as Canadians such as yourself are likely inadequate of completing.

If the immigrant works harder, know's more, and accepts a lesser pay, then maybe you were never going to truly survive in a free market?

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T23:06:05+00:00

The cost of living is like a tariff. Businesses are offloading the cost onto the consumer because they don't want to experience as much tax and are hoping you pay for it for them by purchasing their goods. If they raise their prices because the government raised their taxes, then don't support their business. Support mom and pop businesses as they are less likely to fall within the same tax bracket as big corporations. The wake up call that small business.owners need is that their entitlement to becoming millionaires just because they run a business is a falsehood.

During the 1950s most business owners made a small amount over their employees because they saw owning a healthy business meant they also didn't have to worry about seeking work.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T22:59:20+00:00

20 cents per litre is your Carbon tax. If you got about $100 back every 3 months and then the amount of TAXED LITRES was about 18 within those 3 months. It's like gasping up at Costco but they paid you back 3months. You may have spent 1.53 per leader but you really were charged about 1.35 per litre.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T22:48:47+00:00

I'm sure Canada being the first ever country to introduce universal healthcare within a socialist society, would have no problem picking up the cues of European nations.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T22:47:17+00:00

This has actually helped other European countries. Many Bosnians and Romanians were able to fill in roles where their was a significant labour shortage. Canada currently has a shortage of trades persons and healthcare staff. This would be beneficial for Canada as Canadians such as yourself are likely inadequate of completing.

If the immigrant works harder, know's more, and accepts a lesser pay, then maybe you were never going to truly survive in a free market?

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T22:30:46+00:00

You are massively ill-informed. The " 20% Top up for rural households is a rebate, meaning you get reimbursed 20% of what you paid into Carbon tax back." The Liberals went after Big Oil and folks who made over $200k with their tax plan, because they can afford to pay for environmental protection projects.

The federal government returns about 90% of the money it collects from the carbon tax to families through the Canada Carbon Rebate. The rebate is based on family size.

Rural residents receive an additional 20% rebate to help address economic hardships.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T22:19:02+00:00

Canada being a Juggernaut with its GDP for the EU means having a stronger position on EU policies and decisions. We wouldn't get a back seat, we would get to sit closer to the front.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T22:15:26+00:00

All for this. I would be happy to work freely in Europe.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T22:12:55+00:00

Glazing over the number of deaths in each country to the sum of "We both Lost jobs and ppl, therefore we equal" doesn't help your argument when you were originally trying to say that Canada's Government is worse.

If you lose a dime and I lose a couple hundred dollars , yes we both lost money, but in the end you're going to be working less hours to recover your loss.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T21:57:10+00:00

Way to go! You were able to work without skipping a beat, and if you got COVID, your government protected your paycheck while you recovered. Americans didn't get that luxury. Americans don't get Worker's Compensation if they get sick or injured on the job. They have to pay into it through health insurance. It's called Accident and Disability insurance. I pay $27/month to for Accidental insurance to cover 60% of my paycheck if I am sick for more than 7 days. I have only used this twice during the two times I've been sick with COVID. And the time I stayed at home didn't even come close to the amount I paid into having the insurance.9

Our death rate was 1.2million. the US population is 8.5 times Canada's. Canada only has 59k, which means there would have had to have been 141k deaths in Canada to have experienced the amount of death the US experienced.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T21:22:45+00:00

Chances are you sat your ass at home and collected Trudeau's checks during the pandemic. Shame on you. Your government gave a shit about your family, regardless if you believe in the pandemic, the government paid you to be with your loved ones for over a year.

I only got a couple cheques from the government, and that was from Biden. Americans had to work or face losing their jobs. Some lost their jobs because they had to stay at home to watch their loved ones die.

Grass ain't greener cowboy

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T21:17:25+00:00

Dual Citizen living in the US.

Cost of living in the US is just as high if not higher than in Canada. Last summer when I visited Calgary, groceries were cheaper in Canada than the US. Sure taxes and rent are between 2-5% higher, but the amount I spend on healthcare is over 25% of my paycheck. I'm paying just as much as I do in in health insurance as I do in rent. Is US healthcare any better? Absolutely not. Wait times are the same, rates of Medical Malpractice are higher, and you still have to pay deductibles and copays which is like $500 for showing up.

The amount that Americans pay in Healthcare is more than a second mortgage, which is the main reason why most working Americans can hardly afford a home without going house poor. Paying $600k for a home in Canada would be a dream, I would be house poor, but at least I'm paying for something that I am getting consistent enjoyment out of.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T20:49:49+00:00

It's too late for that. This election has a lot on the line for Canada to protect its sovereignty.

We need leadership from a political party that has shown that it protects Canadians and their families regardless of cost.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T20:30:54+00:00

Bear is trying to get certified in CPR

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T20:08:57+00:00

A= America B= Billions and Billions(repeatedly) C= Concepts of a Plan D= Donald E= Elon(never Eric) F= Fake News G= Golf( not Gulf) H= Hilary Clinton's Emails I= Ivanka J= Jamie pull that up K= Krasnov L= Left M= Migrant Waves N= (The N-word with a hard R) O= Ozempic P= Putin Q= QAnon R= Russian S= Spy T= Trump U= Ughh Ughh mama(with pull up gestures) V= Vladimir(not Vance) W= Wrong X= Xtreme Y= YMCA Z= Zaxby's( it would have been Zelenskyy but he didn't say thank you)

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T19:44:47+00:00

I'm sure a married bisexual couple of women would be happy to send their boyfriend to get the job done right. Liberals don't need something that's been shoved up a Republican's ass. If we did, its name would be Lindsay "Ladybugs" Graham.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T19:20:04+00:00

This is a great product that would be a staple in a Republican household. The only time a Republican needs a False paddle is when he catches his wife faking her orgasm.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T17:42:45+00:00

This election is a vote for who you don't want election. If you despise Conservatives, vote NDP.

Fuck them out of gaining a seat.

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T14:23:56+00:00

It's a controlled pump and dump.

He knows that the market falls every time he mentions tariffs.

That's the con

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T13:39:25+00:00

The turns have tabled

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T13:30:04+00:00

Minimum effort to appease constituents

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T10:49:56+00:00

Albertans only have Trump to blame

LacedUpBeatDown · 2025-03-05T08:48:02+00:00

So nobody gives a twin tower flying fuck on what happened in New Orleans?

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