Canadian grocery stores are fleecing Canadians
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I seem to recall that it was Harper that broke the UAW to the point that an autoworker today starts at $ 18 hr and will never come close to wages earned in the past. It was also Harper that started taking away seniors pension moving the retirement age to 70.
This seemed to me like an attack on the poor and working man.
Also, the mass immigration policy has singlehandedly prevented a collapse in the Canadian Housing Market which is long overdue, saving countless Canadians the economic pain of losing their houses!
Inflation seemed to be a global phenomenon resulting from Covid supply chain disruptions and not a local Canadian issue.
Trudeau legalized weed were as under Harpers gvt over 400,000 people were charged with weed felonies ruining peoples ability to find work and travel.
Conservative policies are ultimately an attack on the poor to benefit the rich!
As a libertarian, I believe in allowing people to live the lives they choose without causing harm to others. What other shit hole country would you rather choose to live.
Trudeau will get voted out next election but the next guy Poilievre , who has never held a job in his life ( No education and no work experience), will be much much worse for the poor.
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Oh boy, you still stuck on that. It is always Harper's fault? All I remember is things in Canada were way better when Harper was in power. We did not have homeless everywhere and neither was a 3 1/2 apartment in Toronto was going for $2400 a month.
Yes mass immigration made the rich even richer. First time home buyers who wanted to enter the housing market, good luck to them. I know it sucks but we need house prices to crash. When the 2008 recession happened, many of my family members bought houses in the US at low prices. But Trudeau does not want that because he is a greedy SOB who wants to collect more tax revenue.
Inflation is caused by the far-left UN and the crooked McKinsey agency. See how Trudeau is tied into this? Trudeau is leading the Century Initiative. Do you not see that covid mandates caused inflation? Locking people up for two years then handing out billions in covid benefits. Inflation benefit the government and corporations a lot. They are racking in millions. And up to today they are still trying to cause fear in order to get people to accept covid mandates again. But Canada has it worse because we got the most expensive housing market of all G7 countries, thanks to Trudeau's mass immigration policy.
That is the only good thing Trudeau did, but he never removed Bill C-36. I personally could not care less for weed.
You need to stop fixating on party names and look at the man leading the party. That is what matters. It might be a Liberal party in name but the man leading it is a Socialist. Might as well change it to the Socialist Party of Canada. Trudeau is 100% for the rich. He has been attacking the middle class from the day he got elected. He started mass immigration the likes we never seen. Look at every poor country in fact every third world country and they all have one thing in common which is rapidly increasing population. Trudeau is about crushing the middle class. Since he has been in power the gap between the rich and poor has greatly expanded and those are facts. Do not listen to what he says because everything he says is a lie, look at his actions. Why is Trudeau bringing in so many asylum seekers and he gives them everything free? Free hotels? Free monthly paychecks? Every dollar given to them is a dollar that a Canadian worked hard for and will never see it. Trudeau is the most corrupt lying garbage sleazeball ever, he is a very bad man. If you want to know what Satan looks like, it would be Trudeau. He is the reincarnation of the devil. Trudeau should be locked up in prison forever and throw away the keys. He committed treason.
Douglas Todd: Federal Liberals are directly inflating house prices
Opinion: The Liberals have overseen the doubling of Canadian house prices since they came to power eight years ago.
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^^^^ Trudeau intentionally inflating house prices
Canadian Home Prices "Need" To Be High To Pay For Retirements: PM - Better Dwelling
Canadian real estate prices have surged in almost every market, with a typical home price doubling in many regions. A median household in major cities like Toronto and Vancouver would need to save over 20 years for just the down payment, more than 3x the historic average. Seems absurd? The...
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^^^^ Here Trudeau admits he wants house prices to remain high
FIRST READING: New population projections show a housing crisis with no end in sight
At current homebuilding rates, Millennials wouldn't have access to affordable housing before they're in their 80s
nationalpost.com
^^^^ Trudeau caused the population trap with no end in sight
Toronto now has the fastest-growing population out of any city in the U.S. and Canada
If you think Toronto has felt busier than ever lately, you're not wrong, as a new report just named us the fastest-growing metropolis across all of C…
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^^^^^ This is why there is so much inflation, why groceries are so expensive, why rents are so high. Trudeau caused this
See, Trudeau is 100% for the rich
No you are not a Libertarian, you are a Liberal.
No one can be worse then Trudeau. The SOB is an entitled trust fund baby who was a drama teacher. Trudeau does not know what it is like to earn a living. Everything was handed down to him and he acts like a entitled spoiled rich kid. That is why he is doing what he is doing, intentionally making the average joe poorer with his wacko policies like mass immigration and open doors to asylum seekers.
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I've been out of the country for a few years and the price increases of food are insane. Canadians have always been gouged by oligopolies and protectionism - cell phones, internet, dairy, gas prices. With groceries there's obviously some of that going on with retail, but prices are high even at Walmart and other independents. Which makes me suspect there's some dirty trucks going on in the supply chain where it's harder to see.
Maybe some union exclusivity deals, tariffs, quotas, who knows. What's clear is no government has the balls to deal with this bullshit, and the public keeps getting fleeced.
Maybe some union exclusivity deals, tariffs, quotas, who knows. What's clear is no government has the balls to deal with this bullshit, and the public keeps getting fleeced.
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Salmon, steak, cheese, shrimp, fruit, etc are insane. I remember buying a small bag if fruit (don’t remember exactly what) and the cost was 11 dollars. Didn’t buy it.
The government caused this. The answer is not more government for government caused problems. The government should stay out. Remember oligopolies and protectionism is caused by governments, without government this would not exist. Think of the CRTC which limits competition and puts so much restrictions, it keeps the prices of telecommunications high. Verizon wanted to enter the Canadian market but the big three lobbied the government to keep them out and so they did because the got big checks.
One last thing, Trudeau's mass immigration policy is one big factor in this. Having a rapidly increasing population increases demand and unless the supply is increased, prices go way up. So as you can see, rapidly increasing population (rapidly increasing demand), and supplying remaining stagnant due to government over regulation makes prices go way up.
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So much misinformation in your post above. For one a starting line production auto worker wage under the 2020 CBA is $24.26. That's just base wage. When you add in benefits its probably more like $32 per hour. And last I checked a senior in Canada can earn full pension benefits (CPP and OAS) at 65 years old. They have the OPTION to defer it to 70.
Labeling yourself a libertarian is truly comical. You're quite socialist in your beliefs.
You're correct. Because they are so big even a small change in price will lead to enormous profits. Couple that with the fact that they have trimmed front line cashiers by at least 25% due to automation no wonder profits are skyrocketing. Also affecting profit is depreciation and amortization which can vary significantly YOY.
It's a gross over simplification to say all government intervention is bad. Do you really want your healthcare system to be like the US?
A good example is Hong Kong, where the British just left the market alone. After a few decades, a handful of massive oligopolies arose. These ruin every facet of your life: they build the home you live in, supply the utilities to it, sell your phone and internet services, own the supermarkets where you shop, run the public transport systems you use. There is huge uncompetitiveness and market manipulation.
Better to say the wrong type of intervention is bad. That's what's been happening in Canada.
Generally monopolies and oligopolies arise due to more government intervention in the economy, not less.
Of course there are necessary regulations that are required to make an economy function properly - workplace safety, environmental protection, fair trade practices etc. But we are well beyond the 'optimal' level of economic regulation in current day practice.
No, anti competitive behaviour will develop without government help. Companies will always find ways to corner the market and keep competitors out.
Trudeau: Canada's retirement age to shift to 65 from 67 - BBC News
That's because last you checked was probably after the Liberal's reversed Harper's changes!
A nice little summary of Harper's economic record in his 10 years as PM.
Their report assesses the economic performance of nine prime ministers going back to 1946. Spoiler alert: it concludes that the Harper government's is the worst in postwar Canadian history
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Their report assesses the economic performance of nine prime ministers going back to 1946. Spoiler alert: it concludes that the Harper government's is the worst in postwar Canadian history
10 Reasons Stephen Harper should ignore his own economic advice | CCPA
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is campaigning to “stay the course” on Canada’s economy. There are a lot of reasons why the PM should think again – and the fact that we have been officially in a recession (as of September 1’s latest numbers) ranks right up there. Here are 10 more reasons based on...
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Explain this to me. I drink Doles Mango Nectar instead of orange juice which I am allergic to. Most of the grocery stores such as Loblaws, etc. sell it for $2.50 per container. No Frills, (owned by Loblaws) sells it for $1.00. Who is to blame for this? Trudeau????
It is No Frills' fault. It is irresponsible of them to sell it so low and confuse the shoppers.
It is a marketing scheme. Have you noticed almost all corporations with an oligarchy got discounted brands? At the end the profits go the same place. Telus and Koodoo, Rogers and Fido and Chatr, Bell and Lucky Mobile. But government is responsible for oligarchies and monopolies. They protect corporations because government has too much power and corporations got lots of resources and are able to lobby government to make policies that favor them.
Lol It is always Harper's fault. You sound like the typical Trudeau supporter. Your source is a leftist biased source. Let us analyse this neutrally, during the Harper years things were way better. I remember a 3 1/2 apartment could be found for $1100, then when Trudeau took over rents just took a big jump (all thanks to Trudeau's mass immigration policy. Right now, in the next 54 minutes under Trudeau, Canada's population will increase by 100 people. We will have 24 housing starts. 16 of those will be apartments, the majority of which will be 0-1 bedroom. Those 24 homes will house roughly 60 people. What happens to the other 40 people?), before the cities were not crawling with homeless, with Trudeau there are so many homeless.A nice little summary of Harper's economic record in his 10 years as PM.
Their report assesses the economic performance of nine prime ministers going back to 1946. Spoiler alert: it concludes that the Harper government's is the worst in postwar Canadian history
10 Reasons Stephen Harper should ignore his own economic advice | CCPA
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is campaigning to “stay the course” on Canada’s economy. There are a lot of reasons why the PM should think again – and the fact that we have been officially in a recession (as of September 1’s latest numbers) ranks right up there. Here are 10 more reasons based on...
Nopes not in a free market. Look at this way, if there is a guy that set shop selling burgers for $20, then I will set up shop to sell the same burgers for $10. Free market allows for competition. Competition brings better quality and lower prices. But government restricted competition via over regulation. The telecommunication industry is a good example, thanks to the CRTC we got the most expensive telecommunications services in the world. The dairy cartel keeps the price of dairy high compared to say the US. And the corporation was created by the government via limited liability. If it were not for government, corporations would not exist.
