The ongoing verbal broadsides as late as today of Spencer Fernando of the National Citizens Coalition and others of his ilk ( Catherine Swift , for example , lately of the Manufactures Association) talk about ‘creeping socialism’ brought on they claim by Trudeau and his socialist rabble , disguising the fact that Conservatives have been part of this for years as well.
Look at the car plants and battery plants of recent time , billions of dollars in government subsidies by the Liberal Federal Government and Billions by the Ontario Conservative Government. How about the vaccine makers plants in Ontario and Quebec .
The Conservative Party in their last Convention could not even agree to get rid of the CBC and look how Andres Sheer used the socialist agricultural boards to get elected leader some years ago now. And he is one of the leaders still in the Conservative Party.
All over the economic map subsidies of one kind or another are provided to almost every industry of any size. And why do marketing boards still exist ?
It goes back a long way —who remembers when Ontario got preferential treatment under the auto pact with the US while products in other Provinces were still under heavy US tariff. Newfoundland had to send un processed cod blocks to Boston area —-processed Canadian fish from Canada was under a massive tariff.
The largest employer in most town and cities these days are health and education operations. And we know how much money has been wasted in these areas. The heath care of Canada is one of the worst in the OECD for wait times and specialist per 100,000 . Over 5 million Canadians do not have a family physician . How do you get to see a specialist without a physician referral ? There are at least 6 pharmacies in my small city of 14,000? That’s not counting Costco 30 minutes away. University graduates know no geography or history and can barely calculate without an electronic device.
Forestry mining , fishing and oil and gas are all under some sort of subsidy.
Look at the $34 billion oil expansion pipeline that we own ?
The question is not that socialism is coming . It is here and Liberals and Conservatives are responsible. The option to a private sector is printing more and more money—more and more debt—an unsustainable course long term.
Did you hear many opposing voices on the latest Government subsidies on the non green battery and car plants falsely promoted as GREEN?
The question is where is the plan to get the Government out of a private sector and stick with its core responsibilities?
It does not exist !!
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