Makes it a little shorter. I work from home, the kitchen in the new place is closer to the office.How does this impact your commute to work?
Makes it a little shorter. I work from home, the kitchen in the new place is closer to the office.How does this impact your commute to work?
At least you CAN retire.....After someone told me the price of a house in Calgary I looked into it.
It’s a lot cheaper but so was the hourly wage for my comparable employment there. Only viable option to me is If you can sell your place here and buy something elsewhere with no mortgage and pocket some cash to live off of. Otherwise it’s a case of same shit different pile.
Maybe when I retire?
They fled the province and where did they go ? Actually, I think they are still here, some nurses have quit, taken early retirement or gone into private nursing. All provinces are reporting shortage, in fact so is the US. The Ontario government is fast tracking the licensing of the foreign trained nurses out of dire necessity.You've heard about the massive shortages of nurses, support staff etc. in our ER depts. This is one of the reasons why. They have fled the province. Furthermore, some of our hospitals have still not lifted their mandatory vaccination requirements for workers which is colossally stupid policy at this point. We are in crisis mode.
Considering a huge chunk of the population is living beyond its means with their own personal finances, I'm not surprised they're also not paying attention to the government doing the same.People don't pay enough attention to that. I read this the other day. It's a big problem.
Call it anything you wish, I call it greed. Squeeze every drop of blood out of a living soul. Capitalism at its best.It's called "supply and demand." It's simple economics coupled with the fact that Toronto is a very desirable place to live. That's what drives housing prices. Do you actually think that if there were a million vacant homes in Toronto, the prices would be anywhere close to what they are?
Trudeau wants to increase immigration to 1 million people a year. There's no way the building sector can keep up. This will forever guarantee high rents and housing prices.
If Ontario's too expensive for you, you have the option to move to another province or country. There's lots of more affordable ones.
Fall of the Joe Clark governmentConsidering a huge chunk of the population is living beyond its means with their own personal finances, I'm not surprised they're also not paying attention to the government doing the same.
I've been crying foul for years. We had finally leveled out after the Great Recession and had the chance to pay back what we had borrowed to survive that. That's what we should have done: paid for the previous disaster during the good times (2015 - 2019). Instead, we borrowed more during the good times, which means not only did we not pay off the last disaster, but we were in a horrible position to stave off the current disaster. That's what electing a fiscally irresponsible government gets you, folks. Expect things to get worse.
We need another Chretien to come in and fix the situation, or we're in for a rough ride.
Yeah, increase the population quickly despite having nowhere to put them (housing costs already through the roof!). It's a foolish plan that will go disastrously wrong. Already has, to some degree.Fall of the Joe Clark government
"... the 1979 budget he proposed was designed to curb inflation by slowing economic activity. The budget also proposed a 4-cent per litre (18-cent per gallon) tax on gasoline in order to reduce the budgetary deficit. Finance Minister John Crosbie touted the budget as "short term pain for long term gain".
Joe Clark was Prime Minister for nine months in 1979/80. His minority government fell after a vote of non confidence about the proposed 1980 Federal budget.
Canada's current policy is to try to increase population quickly, so the per capita budget deficit will rise more slowly than the total amount.
Um, yeah, the sun sets at 10:30 in the summer.Two of my coworkers relocated to Halifax and Calgary after pandemic. One considering Edmonton. I heard sun sets there at 10:30pm.
^^^^^^^^^^People don't pay enough attention to that. I read this the other day. It's a big problem.
The burden of government debt falls on Canadian families today and in the future. Like households, governments must pay interest on their debt, which is ultimately paid by Canadians in the form of taxes. Servicing the debt also diverts resources away from services such as health care and education.
Federal debt interest costs alone will hit a projected $26.9 billion (or $696 per person) in 2022/23 and increase to $42.9 billion (or $1,065 per person) by 2026/27. On aggregate, interest payments on federal debt will cost Canadian taxpayers roughly $180 billion during that period.
As the Bank of Canada raises interest rates, all else equal, government debt interest costs also rise. The federal budget does bake some interest rate hikes into the fiscal plan, as private-sector forecasters were anticipating rates to increase gradually over time. However, if for example the effective interest rate on government debt rose one percentage point higher than forecasted, annual interest costs on federal debt would jump from $42.9 billion to $52.2 billion by 2026/27, an increase of $9.3 billion in a single fiscal year.
True, but it snows in JulyTwo of my coworkers relocated to Halifax and Calgary after pandemic. One considering Edmonton. I heard sun sets there at 10:30pm.
^^^^^^^^^^Canada's current policy is to try to increase population quickly, so the per capita budget deficit will rise more slowly than the total amount.
... we do and he won't be a Liberal. Preston Manning Reform speeches in parliament laid the table for Paul Martin'sWe need another Chretien to come in and fix the situation, or we're in for a rough ride.
Well... yeah, but I would still choose the longer summerUm, yeah, the sun sets at 10:30 in the summer.
Winter in Edmonton is a whole other shitty story.
Hey, are you comparing their winter with Toronto or Thunderbay?Um, yeah, the sun sets at 10:30 in the summer.
Winter in Edmonton is a whole other shitty story.
Young Albertans are leaving that province which is now a “ have not province “. Boom and bust, the boom was sustained for about a generation and now the bust is lingering and lingering. Alberta is in worse shape than Ontario for job prospect but like every else they desperately need nurses and medical support staff.Um, yeah, the sun sets at 10:30 in the summer.
Winter in Edmonton is a whole other shitty story.
The nursing shortage and other ER staffing shortages are more down to burnout and shit working conditions. All of the gals I went to high school with and college that went into nursing all look they have been steam rolled and have aged terribly from pre-pandemic to post-pandemic. Those 60 to 80 hour work weeks week-in, week-out have taken a toll. Cancelled vacations etc... don't help either and the 10's of thousands in over-time eventually stop being an attraction too.You've heard about the massive shortages of nurses, support staff etc. in our ER depts.
The problem with these projections is that they're always rosier than reality. Every five-year plan has gradually reducing deficits. But how often do we actually hit that at the end of the 5 years? We haven't. Not in decades.According to a Bloomsberg article: Debt-to-GDP is seen falling (federally) to 41.5% of output by 2026, from 46.5% -- also a considerable improvement from the fiscal update.