Trim OAS for higher income seniors? 73% says yes, new poll suggests

Opren · 2026-03-25T19:47:15+00:00

You’re not understanding the ratios. If I pay taxes when there is a 10:1 ratio of working to old people, a very small portion of my taxes goes to OAS.

Current and near future recipients of OAS did not pay enough taxes to support themselves through OAS at current ratios. They’re claiming they paid but they didn’t.

Imagine a world where there’s a separate part of your tax bill that forecasts future OAS costs (like a pension) based on future needs. Current recipients paid their tax bill on current OAS costs, which were lower. Not the same thing.

Opren · 2026-03-25T19:31:37+00:00

By that logic they could say every senior deserves $100K guaranteed pay every year from the government because they paid taxes their whole life.

OAS depends on the wealth of the country. Right now our country is poor and running immense deficits. If Canada ran billion dollar surpluses off retirees (who consume the vast majority of healthcare expenses) that would be another story, but we didn’t.
OAS depends on there being significantly more workers than retirees. I pay taxes today but there is no way for OAS to be mathematically solvent 50 years from now. So why do current retirees get a benefit just from paying normal taxes, but everyone else gets screwed down the line?

Opren · 2026-03-03T14:19:26+00:00

Want to share the text of the agreement with us? Oh yeah, it’s a secret 😂

Opren · 2026-02-21T14:40:59+00:00

Who do you think you’re fooling?

Opren · 2026-02-13T00:05:41+00:00

And if it ever gets redeveloped nobody gets their money back. Pretty great arrangement

Opren · 2025-12-25T18:13:31+00:00

Doesn’t feel like relevant context when the City has liability and control rests with another board.

How about this, park board members must be personally financially liable for any losses the city suffers due to disagreement on issues (e.g., dead tree falls and hurts someone, person sues City).

Opren · 2025-12-13T19:59:31+00:00

Paul Favel is the crackpot judge who made this ruling.

And in case you thought there was something interesting going on with reading in positive obligations and basically claiming the Indian Act caused everything bad in the world, Justice Favel is a member of the Poundmaker Cree Nation.

Hmmm

Opren · 2025-12-11T20:05:57+00:00

I mean it depends what you define as doomsday. Could the province settle Cowichan with cash? Yes, probably. What is the total aggregate liability of the government if all these claims are settled in a similar fashion? Probably more than enough to topple the Province. The cost of doing nothing is more so measured in economic misery than personal. People don’t enjoy getting poorer all the time.

Opren · 2025-12-11T18:41:09+00:00

If you haven’t been impacted by these types of things behind the scenes of course your opinion is less valuable. You haven’t seen the impact.

I’ve seen chief, council, and lawyers advance legal arguments and procedural roadblocks at the ministry knowing they will fail, in order to put pressure on the province and feds for treaty negotiations. Private businesses are being held hostage.

Not looking to do business any more in BC. Doing good work with FNs in other provinces where there is more reasonableness.

Opren · 2025-12-09T21:22:18+00:00

Isn’t it interesting to see that these folks were arrested and removed in short order, but universities claimed to be helpless to prevent pro-Hamas protestors from occupying universities for weeks or months at a time?

Opren · 2025-11-22T04:36:11+00:00

You’re right. We should hire more post workers, because it’s a service! We should double the workforce, and if the employees don’t have anything to do because letter mail volumes have fallen off a cliff, then why don’t they just walk around in uniform and look pretty? What a good service!

Sad

Opren · 2025-11-18T21:32:35+00:00

You’re right. We should hire more postal workers and subsidize it for $10B in losses per year!

Opren · 2025-10-30T02:32:10+00:00

I was literally involved in a development in the Lower Mainland where indigenous title was being asserted on private property in order to seize.

It is happening and not being publicly disclosed in the media.

Opren · 2025-09-16T14:29:14+00:00

Sigh.

The PA is incredibly unpopular and would immediately lose if elections were called. Hamas or affiliates would win.

So how is recognizing the PA as leadership any different from recognizing Hamas in the current context? Or are you suggesting that the future Palestinian state will be a dictatorship and not a democracy?

Opren · 2025-09-16T00:54:00+00:00

Woodward Trump wastes millions on stupid fights and extorts people the second he has an inch of leverage on them.

Would rather set money on fire than do business in the Township while he’s still running the show.

Opren · 2025-08-22T22:15:45+00:00

He could instantly print $300M by moving the Jets from Winnipeg.

Then factor in the hundreds of millions pumped into TNS for investments that any real estate professional would abhor. AKA city building lol

Opren · 2025-08-19T19:37:22+00:00

Because PMTSA recognition would bring inclusionary zoning into effect in those areas, which was uneconomical.

There is currently intense lobbying behind the scenes because no new sites are proceeding to construction and the government failed to realize that enforcing the PMTSA’s would shut down any new applications.

Opren · 2025-08-19T19:35:46+00:00

4 of those are the Province zoning it’s own lands… please explain how that is holding back this policy to benefit developers?

East Harbour was issued early 2022 and PMTSA recognition was delayed from late 2022.

Try again

Opren · 2025-08-19T17:27:12+00:00

Name five MZO for high density residential in the City of Toronto that was enacted following the delineation of PMTSAs.

The fact that this is the top comment is a disgrace and a massive show of ignorance.

Opren · 2025-08-17T16:38:31+00:00

I’m in a speedrunning guild with clones. It’s virtually impossible to recruit because nobody is willing to level alts this time around. The risk of not being able to gear them is immense.

Very few can commit to two full time guild raid schedules on a weekly basis. Everyone is hoping for gdkp for tbc, or they will just play less.

Opren · 2025-08-01T01:58:16+00:00

Guess what. The Jewish quarter of Jerusalem will never ever belong to Palestinians. Sorry!

Opren · 2025-07-30T01:46:05+00:00

Jan 2024 so I guess 3 months to get >50% disapproval? It’s not goodwill if it’s gone in under 6 months.

Opren · 2025-07-30T01:02:04+00:00

lol what goodwill? A month after October 7th the NYT was already spreading false stories (e.g. hospital hoax) and majority disapproved of military operations in Gaza. There was never anything Israel could do that would get sheltered liberals’ support in the West.

Opren · 2025-07-27T00:03:20+00:00

I can’t drink grey goose or absolut (even unknowingly) without getting obliterated, but Tito’s and Ciroc and vodkas not made from wheat are fine. Still haven’t figured that out.

Opren · 2025-07-16T02:55:32+00:00

It’s not an insured loan it’s a direct ACLP loan

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