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76 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 8 Nov
The government plans to reduce 40k public service jobs over 4 years. I will believe it when I see it.
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40 sats \ 4 replies \ @spiderman OP 8 Nov
The Canadian government? Why, I am curious.
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40 sats \ 1 reply \ @Jer 8 Nov
One in Five employed Canadians is employed directly in the public sector. Add those who are indirectly employed via contracts and those receiving entitlements: we have a real problem in our hands.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 8 Nov
Agreed and on top of that all those people get to vote. Show me the incentives and I will show you the outcome and all.
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40 sats \ 0 replies \ @brentkearney 8 Nov
Because they doubled in size during the Trudeau era. About 25% of the Canadian workforce works for the government, or for an organization that is funded by the government. Unsustainable.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 8 Nov
Because they are trying to make it appear that they are being fiscally responsible and only adding spending for infrastructure and other development projects.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @nichro 8 Nov
It's actually the best time for them to cut glut and talk to Canadians about "sacrifice" and accepting a lower quality of life temporarily.
They have Trump to blame all our ills on and to use as the big villain to rally against.
Imagine the current Liberal government trying to basically sell the idea of austerity successfully if there was no Trump.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @spiderman OP 8 Nov
So trump forcing fiscal discipline on other nations?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nichro 8 Nov
I don't know about other nations that's one way to see it with Canada to a degree lol
I mean the budget was still huge but had almost nothing for the Green zealots. He's been stealing ideas from Conservatives since the campaign (including cutting carbon tax).
Shit would never fly normally but because they tapped into the collective TDS a they could frame it as a sacrifice to win the war/beat Trump. Whether that's even possible or not, the average ElbowsUp vooter actually believes it.
POV: the average Carney voter putting their green, anti-austerity principles aside after being a hardass about them for a decade
Remember they said carbon tax wasn't a real tax and actually created wealth. Carney cut it because it's "too divisive". In other words it's time to come together to fight big bad orange evil.
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