[Canada] Canadian Politics Redux

[Grey Fox]

Pretty much. This is the area where the Conservatives have most let down Canada.

@viper we don't need planes, we need ships, ships & more ships.

[crazy canuck]

Pretty much. This is the area where the Conservatives have most let down Canada.

@viper we don't need planes, we need ships, ships & more ships.

And perhaps even more ships.

[viper37]

@viper we don't need planes, we need ships, ships & more ships.

We need new airplanes. the ones we got are becoming too old.  It'll be like the helicopters all over again, we'll spend a fortune maintaining them.  Yes, we need more ships, but some are being built/refitted right now.

[viper37]

Pretty much. This is the area where the Conservatives have most let down Canada.

They were a minority government for 6 years.  And by the time they were a majority, we were in recession.

[Grey Fox]

Excuses.

[Josephus]

Roger Waters did an epic interview in Rolling Stone http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/roger-waters-on-the-wall-socialism-and-his-next-concept-album-20151102

Where he talks about many things, The Wall, WW2, US Politics, Israel and throws a bone to Trudeau fans:

And by the way, congratulations to our brothers and sisters north of the border for electing [Justin] Trudeau in the face of the awful [Stephen] Harper. I cannot tell you how glad I am to see the end of him.

[Admiral Yi]

North of the border and not across the pond?  Does Waters live in the US now?

[Josephus]

North of the border and not across the pond?  Does Waters live in the US now?

yes. The Hamptons.

[Admiral Yi]

yes. The Hamptons.

Fighting the good fight.

[Josephus]

I just googled images The Hamptons Roger Waters. Man the guy is like a socialite now, not a socialist. (hey, that's clever (pats self on back))

[Barrister]

I just googled images The Hamptons Roger Waters. Man the guy is like a socialite now, not a socialist. (hey, that's clever (pats self on back))

There's a reason people came up with the term "champagne socialist".

[crazy canuck]

New numbers for the income of the top 1% in Canada.  It starts at $222,000 (still seems remarkably low compared to other Western economies iirc).  So the new tax bracket of 200k is about right.  According to the article linked below the top 1% already contributes 20% of tax revenues to the government.  This coming tax shift will make that number grow somewhat.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-1-per-cent-club-unchanged-but-faces-prospect-of-bigger-tax-bill/article27077119/

[Jacob]

New numbers for the income of the top 1% in Canada.  It starts at $222,000 (still seems remarkably low compared to other Western economies iirc).  So the new tax bracket of 200k is about right.  According to the article linked below the top 1% already contributes 20% of tax revenues to the government.  This coming tax shift will make that number grow somewhat.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-1-per-cent-club-unchanged-but-faces-prospect-of-bigger-tax-bill/article27077119/

The top 1% starting at $222,000 does seem quite low compared to the numbers you hear about the US, and about global distribution as well.

[Malthus]

New numbers for the income of the top 1% in Canada.  It starts at $222,000 (still seems remarkably low compared to other Western economies iirc).  So the new tax bracket of 200k is about right.  According to the article linked below the top 1% already contributes 20% of tax revenues to the government.  This coming tax shift will make that number grow somewhat.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/canadas-1-per-cent-club-unchanged-but-faces-prospect-of-bigger-tax-bill/article27077119/

The top 1% starting at $222,000 does seem quite low compared to the numbers you hear about the US, and about global distribution as well.

Canadian Champagne Socialists - we can only afford "sparkling wine". 

[Valmy]

Only half as large as the savage capitalist state of nature in 'Merica.