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Eh Buddy Hoser

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Literally that. He wants to privitize healthcare, cut social programs and corporate taxes, has shown strong signs of capitulation to the USA, etc. His campaign manager is a Loblaws lobbyist and vocal MAGA-hat wearing Trump supporter.

Even the carbon tax has been proven around the world not to cause inflation and no more carbon rebate is a loss for Canadians. But people drank Poilievre's baseless lies that "axing the tax" is a silver bullet for cost of living and so keeping it is political suicide.

Pierre does not plan to build government low income housing, however, which would actually help the housing market and Canadians.

By now, it is clear that the housing market will not fix the problems it has created. Affordable, public housing built for, well, housing instead of as an investment vehicle pays off and was done by Canada and around the world until recent decades when commodified housing took off from neoliberal policies.

When Canadians can afford housing, they spend more productively than paying down mortgage interest or rent. This comes back around and pays off for everybody.

Edit: And when someone is