toastmeister

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[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

The NDP who wanted to import millions of people that don't care about indigenous rights?

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago

"Started" usually means a shovel in the ground. Its vaporware as its always been.

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

We can build a Canada where families can afford a home of their own to raise their kids.

We can build a Canada where seniors can find a place to live next to their grandkids.

We can build a Canada where the people who build our houses and work in our communities can afford to live in them.

Funny to sees this when the new housing minister says prices won't fall, because boomers need the money to retire.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SozqexLpyXE

Carney himself said the same thing, prices couldn't fall.

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

I knew when Trudeau raised capital gains taxes that it wouldn't gather a single dime before it was revoked. In my opinion everything around Freeland's letter and the capital gains hike was an orchestrated attempt to replace Trudeau.

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

Well I'm just speculating where this is going, that the US wants to control our legal system in exchange for tariff relief.

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago

So capitalism leads to fascism, and its socialism we want; is that right?

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca -5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Its not the 8% annual money supply growth that is skyrocketing home values via the cantillon effect and devaluing your salary, its "capitalism".

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

The problem as far as I've read from Sam Cooper is the lack of policies like racketeering laws in Canada, thus we are used worldwide by criminal entities for laundering money. Which is likely the larger issue Trump has with drugs, and likely is a big reason how housing in Vancouver can be millions of dollars when the median salary is less than 70k.

Theres a long form interview here, Sam Cooper is a journalist who wrote Wilfull Blindness:

@17:45 the interview starts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B73Tayj37sM

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (2 children)

Everyone should have a separate one for their finances, that they dont give out to anyone except banks and brokerages.

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 weeks ago

Snowden may disagree with that.

[–] toastmeister@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

She helped Germany de-provision their nuclear energy via emotion driven policy, so they could inevitably deploy coal to avoid deindustrialization.

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