Poilievre steps into Alberta's pension dispute with Ottawa, says province should stay in CPP
Poilievre steps into Alberta's pension dispute with Ottawa, says province should stay in CPP
If even this feckless shitbag thinks it's a bad idea you know it's an epically bad idea.
I'm more inclined to think he made the right decision for the wrong reason. Reducing federal power, even if it was for a good reason, feels like something he would automatically be against.
The conservative party is usually in favor of smaller government and more respect for provincial jurisdictions...
I don’t like PeePee but he’s not an idiot. Only idiots think the APP is a good idea.
but QPP is fine?
APP and QPP are both not good ideas financially, but both are attempts at independence from the Federal government. However, Quebec has a much stronger case for that than Alberta.
Besides that, QPP's case is better because:
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Quebec is a much bigger percentage of the Canadian population, so it has the benefit of scale.
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QPP was created at the same time as CPP, so there was never any debate about initial transfers.
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He did some basic math.
Well, that's surprising... What's he up to?!
He knows that IF he were to be elected it would be a huge problem for the rest of Canada and he would have to clean it up.
Exactly this, they are doing it to hurt Trudeau, but if it's successful and Trudeau loses then it will hurt the next Conservative leader alot more.
That's why we shouldn't do things out of spite and culture wars, we do them because they make sense. Hopefully Alberta smartens up.
It seems like he's continuing to spin this as the PMs fault.
To paraphrase a quote from the article: "The PM is creating devisions in the country, so it's therefore his fault the Premier of Alberta is trying to decide Canadians."
And a lot of his base is going to eat that up like candy. Facts don't matter when you have a good soundbite.