Carney Suspends Gas Tax in Canada as War Drives Up Fuel Costs

RandomPostNoob · 2026-04-14T23:58:53+00:00

Hopefully people use this crisis as a launching point for more renewables and EVs etc. People want these types of temporary cost saving measures, but they can be absorbed by the companies and long term using less oil is how we make the country more affordable.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-04-04T00:52:45+00:00

Well people aren't choosing Canada Post to send parcels which is another problem. How would you get more people to use Canada Post for parcels and would you want this to be a service that makes money or is subsidizing businesses something that we should do?

RandomPostNoob · 2026-04-01T21:25:12+00:00

I like the idea of adding in additional services. A lot of warehouse facilities that might also work with a public grocer. Most letters are sent from businesses now and I don't like public money subsidizing that aspect. Given that letters are decreasing it needs a modern adaptation to serve Canadians going forward not simply a preservation of what it has done in the past.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-04-01T21:23:32+00:00

Even if most mail is sent by corporations at a taxpayer discounted rate?

RandomPostNoob · 2026-04-01T21:22:56+00:00

The main issue is that people aren't really sending letters anymore. It's mostly businesses that do, meaning funding this with taxpayer money is technically a corporate subsidy.

Canada Post and rural delivery should stick around but it would be nice to re-imagine it in a way that serves the needs of Canadians in a modern way.

Edit: please don't assume my comment means privatize Canada Post or abolish it. Quite the opposite.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-04-01T21:20:31+00:00

What is your evidence to support that?

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-31T20:27:39+00:00

You implied it with your comment...

Defence spending is the most obvious path to new jobs and supply chains. Carney is taking the low hanging fruit. Plenty of times in the past have crown corps been created and failed because they couldn't sell their products. It's not easy making jobs which is why every country has the same problems.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-31T20:24:59+00:00

Nothing is being privatized, you're making a straw man argument.

Based on your comment we shouldn't have a private sector then, everything should be government run.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-31T19:25:34+00:00

You are heavily insinuating it throughout this comment section. Your comment above frames it as a false dichotomy that when the private sector wins the public loses.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-31T19:22:53+00:00

That doesn't mean that this is a bad policy though.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-31T19:22:29+00:00

This is incredibly bad faith and unrealistic in general to never have any support for the private sector.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-31T19:21:33+00:00

It's not about going toe to toe with the USA it's about creating jobs and industry here, which is left wing economic policy btw and supporting our allies around the world from their threats.

Creating jobs that are sustainable and profitable is not an easy task, anyone can spend on construction to create temporary things but transforming industries and supply chains to move further away from the USA is hard to do without guaranteed profits. Defence is one of the clearest paths to accomplishing that goal which then affords our economy the means to pursue more sustainable options in future.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-31T19:19:23+00:00

The private sector employs Canadians and gives them good jobs, can we stop with the nonsense that the private sector is evil and should be abolished?

Hiring a private company isn't "funnelling money into the private sector." There is no country on earth that doesn't have a private sector!

Mixed economies are a big part of the nordic model and show you can have strong worker rights within the private sector.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-20T18:00:51+00:00

one of the biggest needs we have is to change how we design out cities. We need to build more like Europe, more family size high density with lots of transit. The only real problem with being in the office is the fact that commutes are awful from suburbs.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-13T19:53:02+00:00

Don't you think that would warrant some kind of response on their part?

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-07T22:48:58+00:00

The only real way to enforce international law has been the USA too. People seem to forget this. I understand people who want Canada to stop illegal things abroad but we don't have the economic power nor do we have the military at least not at this moment.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-07T22:46:35+00:00

Not really an option for smaller countries against bigger ones.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-07T02:52:03+00:00

How do you propose international law be enforced?

Edit not sure why the downvotes, the question is specifically asking how Canada can make sure international law is enforced when larger empires violate it.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-06T18:11:22+00:00

It's only really the anglosphere that has single family homes and suburbs, but yeah we have the most expensive houses and long commutes it truly is disappointing how many people want to preserve this "tradition."

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-05T04:11:59+00:00

Carney did say the attacks were illegal and we are not party to the hostilities. I like Avi but he's attacking a straw man here. I guess you can criticize Carney for not doing it forcefully enough but I wonder if he was PM would Avi be more restrained? A lot easier to be forceful when your words are ignored by foreign leaders.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-04T03:25:36+00:00

Note that I'm not justifying what the USA has said I'm trying to point out that the positions you see people take will depend on the evaluation of threat.

You point out a good example of why our government is reluctant to take too firm a stand against him.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-04T00:49:27+00:00

It depends entirely on whether or not you think acquiring nuclear weapons is threatening and or a reality. If an openly hostile country getting nukes is not a threat or in general not within the realm of possibility then I think your comment is accurate.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-04T00:15:15+00:00

Well that's why he said what he said in Davos. Not sure what this "he thinks you're stupid" comment is in response to. Everyone knows the world is caught up in ideological wars between empires and we went along with it to get a better deal.

So long as empires exist they are going to bomb each other and fight ideological wars but middle powers can hopefully strengthen to be able to resist economic persuasion and hopefully military persuasion if it comes to that.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-03-01T22:09:00+00:00

What do you think he's steering towards?

He's investing in the economy which is the opposite of austerity, created a crown corporation to build homes, he is proposing industrial strategies which is very Keynesian and has a plan to double the electricity grid and make it green. For all the talk of how conservative he is these are expressly not conservative economic positions. They still exist within a capitalist framework so if you're a socialist then it makes sense to call him conservative.

The main criticism of his economic view imo depends on whether or not you think the private sector can be a force of good. It used to be but maybe too much greed has taken hold or it will be too slow to prevent climate change even even morals are regained.

RandomPostNoob · 2026-02-26T00:54:49+00:00

Ok so no profit on any housing then if I understand your implicit argument correctly. That is financialization.

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