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The clock is ticking for Trudeau to turn things around.
If his government can implement sweeping reforms to housing, transportation, labour rights, healthcare and pharmacare (which sounds like it's coming next year), and actually take the many oligopolies to task (they haven't done well enough on groceries and telecom yet), Trudeau and the Liberals will get my vote. Otherwise I'm leaning NDP.
(All of it is a lot to ask for, but knocking at least one of the park to me will be a promising sign)
Yeah that's the problem ... I don't think the Liberals will do anything against wealth or corporations because they're all invested in each other.
And all that needs to happen two months before the election is a huge conservative party marketing campaign 'Fuck Trudeau' bumper stickers and the country will usher in a conservative government with open arms.
Then everyone will spend five to ten years belly aching about it all and switch back to liberal again.
I'm an NDP supporter, always was and always will be, but unfortunately the country is way too short sighted and ignorant to ever want to change between red or blue which at this point in history much like the Americans, are two parties that are different only in name and colour.
You're absolutely right, it doesn't take a fortune teller to see it.
The best I can realistically expect is Trudeau will swing and miss on big changes next year like Ontario's former Premier Wynne, that Canadians will at least be able to look fondly on after the next conservative government entirely removes the programs or weakens them heavily.
It's more likely that we'll stick to the status quo and the Liberal party will scurry off into irrelevance for 4-10 years.
The Liberals would get a lot more support if they looked like they gave a shit about oligopolies and the cost of living. Yes, they've made a few policy statements, but they don't resonate.
It's "all change" in politics all around the world. The economy is shit and we've been taught to blame politicians.
If we get pharmacare for all, how does that interact with most people having some kind of private drug coverage? Could it cover the remaining differential (insurance covers 70% or whatever)? And just eliminate the tax deduction?
Its gonna be the only way to get drug costs down I would conjeccture π€
Edit: any insurance bros wanna help me out here and chime in
I don't have any inside details of the legislation being put together. Hopefully it will eliminate dependence on drug insurance for most people with common drug needs and reduce it for specialized ones.
Its honestly just embarassing, since we already half/ass already do it anyway with OntarioWorks/ODSP, just finish the job and presumably unlock the full range of cost-volume savings or whatever its called. Whole/ass!