Andrew Coyne – The overall approach might be described as social justice on the cheap — if by cheap you mean “all-time record levels of spending.”
Andrew Coyne – The overall approach might be described as social justice on the cheap — if by cheap you mean “all-time record levels of spending.”
Well, Andrew.
Maybe you should have quit constantly criticizing Prime Minister Stephen Harper in your columns, leading up to the last election.
You got what you pushed hard for.
This Leftist garbage would never happen under PM Harper and it is destroying Canada.
You, Andrew, are part of the reason we have this child leader.
Here is some excellent commentary on Mr. Dressup’s latest attempt to have the budget balance itself.
The Liberals’ budget is the dismal triumph of symbolism over substance
What would one expect from a government in which both the prime minister and the finance minister were born with silver spoons in their mouths? Neither have ever worked for a living and neither have ever known what it’s like to be poor or be unemployed or, for that matter, be forced to stretch every dollar as far as possible because cash is scarce.
The Trump tax plan resulted in HUGE repatriation of investment dollars that was parked in Canada… No more easy Hombre…. The USA dollars are heading Home…. That alone cuts GDP >40 % … When will the Canadian MSM folks speech truth….Reeve up the Money printing Press’s…Nobody will notice the Venezuelan road ahead for Canada until it takes $100 Can for a gallon of Milk…
Canada is already under huge price inflation (3:1).. Only get worse when they recycle more money
That’s a laugh coming from Coyne, considering how hard he pushed for the Grinning Imbecile and his Sunny Ways.
I was going to link that article from the Financial Post but you have beat me to the punch.
I hope many here will read that article because it is very good.
Someone should ask Coyne if he is proud of all the BS he spread to get Trulander elected.
Sooo? This Just in proposal Just another thingee he doesn’t understand or something else the Liberal Party Finance Minister will have a personal understanding.
What ever it really comes down to one Major Concern of mine when there is a Liberal Party Government at any location where Tax-Funding is accumulated. How many Liberal Party Insider Crony Crowd members are standing at the Tax-Payer Fund Faucet with their Hands-out or incase of BFF of Just in with a Bucket to fill.
Let me say this. I don’t care. Canada is divided into two camps. Those with productive jobs and those with government paychecks. Some paychecks, nurses, doctors, security and safety are necessary. Most are not. The takers now outnumber the makers. Today’s generation, for the most part, are too brain dead to notice. I predict they will notice in about ten years time but by then it will be too late. It will take another fifteen to twenty to hit rock bottom, by that time no one’s pet dog or cat will be safe. Full soviet meltdown in forty years, breadlines and work camps. You aren’t going to see 150 oil, neither will you see new pipelines, we may not see the expansion of the current one. We will not see industry locating here, not high tech, not even low tech. Automation will gradually phase out most of the unskilled resource jobs so basically Canada is hooped. The best bet for the west is to go. Separate and become the 51st state. Screw the east and screw the hippies in BC.
Bingo! Well said by the way. By and large all of the MSM are to blame for the disaster that is this government.
Oh yeah Coyne, is he still around? I no longer read the rantings of a man who has advocated voting Liberal under the incomprehensible Mr. Dijon and the just visiting man from Harvard, before switching allegiences and advocating for another Quebecer Mr. Mulcair and his NDP during the last election. Coyne is one of those Peeair Trudeau loving “Journalists” who is cynically passed off as a “conservative voice”… hey why not? Mr. Dress Up is passed off as a “leader”…. Canadians love to pretend. The budget from what I can tell is a dogs breakfast of neo Marxist blatherings with just enough borrowed money to keep the tribes divided and happy. On an unrelated note I recommend reading Coyne’s hysterical article regarding Bev Oda’s “16 dollar orange juice” and how that orange juice was a reflection of just how corrupt and dishonest the Harper Conservatives were… yes, that orange juice was that powerful… hilarious stuff. Of course no such observations or links have been made with regards to the multiple ethical breaches of Mr. Dress Up or Willy Porno… nope… must be the orange juice that really angers Mr. Coyne.
http://www.macleans.ca/politics/ottawa/a-test-of-our-democracy/
Any budget that does not include “universal income for all” … is just not “progressive-enough” for me. Every Canadian deserves a “living wage” paid-for by RICH Canadians. I am ashamed that PM Socks is just spreading Canadian wealth among his politbureau elites. [some sarc. some not]
It’s pretty much a Seinfeld budget, not much there, there.
Although , it sure looks like the Superduperclusters, and the Wymyns Fund, appears to have the strong potential to be ADSCAM 2.0
Hey, did PM Peoplekind mention what happened to his Infrastructure Bank? Or is that so 2016?
Go figure. What an aimless, pointless government!
Yes, that article is a real eye-opener to read about the non-existent “gender gap” between the female-dominated public service with their non-taxable benefits and the male-dominated private sector. Of course Mr. Dressup has long term plans to address that and legislate the private sector to become more non-competitive by hiring more females.
Just 86 Saturdays to go. If it was 1 year 7 months 21 days it would seem way longer.
Thank you for the reminder of how insufferable Coyne is. He was and remains a hypocryte.
Actually, Greg, there is a third camp: those (mostly women) who “do not work” but are actively involved in raising their own children and being the “daughter on call” for elderly relatives while still being seriously involved in volunteer work with school, community, and church. Back in the day, I was one of those; at one point, I estimated my volunteer hours at over 20 hours per week, with financial contribution rising $50 per month. And we were doing this on one salary, which was disadvantageously taxed.
One sermon, or priest boasted that he and his wife tithed, and challenged the congregation to do the same. I pointed out to him afterward that, were my husband and I able to report our family earnings as if we each “earned” 50%, we could tithe and still have money in the bank. That was, and is, how disadvantageous our taxation policy is to the single-income family. And yet, it’s those families who have someone free to be there for the community, school, and church; not to mention also being available for the more senior family members who need the occasional assistance.
My hat off to you Frances for your comment.
And in true hypocritical Liberal fashion, income splitting is viewed as evil but if you get divorced then all of a sudden all income and assets are considered jointly owned. Figure that one out.
Your post was full of truths and made my evening.
Cheers.
The prime minister from cbc. Every sentence, every word he speaks translates to the dame thing “more for me, less for you”.
So then if I understand correctly the liberals are going to impose wage and price controls.
Good one, Sean M.
Coyne, like Frum, is Conservative in the mould of Brooks. They’d all much rather hob-knob with the ivory tower trash than mix with the likes of us.
Perhaps if this moron had done some basic reading of Trudeau’s platform before endorsing him last election he wouldn’t be so surprised. Trudeau promised to be exactly who he is and Coyne thought it was a good idea to elect him.
Coyne lost all credibility as a serious thinker when he endorsed and voted for the NDP. No serious person who believes in responsible government, let alone small government, could possible vote NDP. His admonishments of the Liberals ring hollow and his advice, such as it is, to conservatives can be safely ignored.
Coyne is an idiot.
He finally notices what we all knew about Trudeau years ago.
Government by boutique social justice; except the poor of course. Sorry not enough votes.
CRA revs up for more collection from $45K care workers who dare to use their own car.
As yes, the mortgage helper tax, coming soon.
They ramp up spending, even more. All targeted to their pet causes.
Hello, the Canadian public just called, they want their limited government back.
Will the slumbering masses finally realize someone else wants to decide how their money is spent?
Canadians say they hate politicians because they lie. Unless they only tell the feel good freebie lie.
Canadians are lying to themselves. Burgeoning consumption debt with no war, financial crisis or recession?
Meanwhile aging boomers continue their logarithmic sapping of public pension and medical programs.
Meanwhile interest rates rise as retiring and sick boomers drain productivity and fuel inflation.
Some analyst actually agreed yesterday it’s a good time to borrow when interest rates are low.
I found that to be a distressing point of view. That depends on a lot of things.
For one thing, when interest rates are low, assets like realty tend to rise.
Nobody seems to notice higher interest rates on the horizon.
Debt service, at $25b, accounts for more than 100% of our federal deficit.
That means we are using debt to service debt. That can only accelerate debt formation.
Now we double whammy debt, more of it at higher interest. Harper was right about structural deficits.
PET in nominal terms ran up more debt than both world wars combined.
They went for decades servicing debt with debt. Now “they’re back!”
Mini Trudeau doesn’t have the advantage of young boomers coming into their best years, as his father did.
No, like his neo Marxist tendencies which he shares with his father, the boomers are in decline.
This is a known phenomenon at play right now, and this government wants to talk about gender parity and both parents going on parental leave. One fact above shows this cannot continue, yet it does, and we keep saying we hate it while voting for it.