joshhsoj1902

Isn't that a photo a perfect example of what happens when we let private institutions provide public services (which is what you're suggesting be done instead).

Are you trying to say that things would be better if elementary and High school also had to be paid for directly instead of being publicly funded?

Do you think an acting government should be the one who sets the bar on what foreign interference is? That sounds like a huge conflict of interest. What's wrong with leaving it to the courts to decide?

That's what the investigation is. And that's happening. All parties with the correct access can access that information. What accountability isn't happening?

Do you have an example that uses real income? All those percentage are relative to something, and that something is the most important part.

What province are we talking about and what salary are we talking about.

To be honest though, this sounds like some pie in the sky libertarian point of view where they are suggesting multiple things that are repeatedly proved false. Some of which include:

• trickle down economics, the idea that business will pass on additional profits to employees.
• business will regulate themselves and ensure consumer safety.
• business will happily provide the same infrastructure and services that we current fund through taxes for free or cheaper than it's costs us right now to provide those services.

Which at that point I think you're argument is correct, if we stopped spending effectively around 40% of our income (thats on the high-end) on funding public services, then over 75% of our income would need to go towards paying to get those same services back.

I must have missed the part where there was definitive evidence that anyone was compromised. I thought this was still an investigation.

If this has progressed to the stage that the evidence is strong enough than sure the names should be released, but I didn't think the investigation was at that point.

The alternative is the list of names is released and then it later comes out that a few names were actually innocent but it's too late to take it back because that incorrect news being public will have ruined their chances or reelection.

I would love to see the math behind that. Typically it's a case where someone is effectively paying 25% of their income to taxes, but because they are too lazy to actually understand how taxes work they are easily convinced it's well over 50%

If gamers weren't so against it, honestly NFTs could actually be that thing.

When I was carless I depended on my reusable bags. Plastic bags were so annoying to walk or bus with.

Competition or a better voting system? Under first past the post adding more competition doesn't address the mismatch between votes and seats.

Of course it will. The low rates are only in some ways part of what caused the problem.

The problem on a whole is going to continue until either municipalities start to allow higher density construction or the provinces step in and force municipalities to stop putting up red tape.

I've never viewed getting rid of plastic bags as a carbon saving measure. To me it's addressing how bad they are when they get into the environment. As much as these bags can be reused, most aren't and they just end up thrown out.

Any one who assumes that another party is going to blanket support a non-confidence vote doesn't understand how minority governments work.

These are times when other parties have the leverage to influence what bills are being passed.

If things got bad enough that no other parties agreed with direction then ya we would be heading to vote, but realistically things aren't that bad right now, they could always be better, but it's not bad enough to just throw away leverage.