“That’s going to be the same approach we take,” O’Toole averred, noting some industries such as tourism would need particular help in the medium term.
Ramping down pandemic spending may be easier than ramping down recession spending: the vast majority of Canadians would happily trade CERB for their old jobs. But as University of Calgary economist Jack Mintz reminded conference attendees, the Canadian economy wasn’t exactly going gangbusters before the pandemic.
The choice O’Toole describes may be illusory — I maintain the Liberals aren’t interested in “national pharmacare” or “national daycare” except as branding exercises, let alone something as revolutionary as UBI — but it may well define the next campaign: Should the pandemic be treated as an opportunity to significantly reimagine Canadian society, or shouldn’t it?
O’Toole has unveiled a five-point recovery plan that includes establishing self-sufficiency on vaccines and personal protective equipment — vitally important, certainly. But Canada’s pandemic story is primarily one of wretched failure in long-term care homes, and while those are in provincial jurisdiction, O’Toole has committed to keeping the health-care dollars flowing just as Harper did.
It should be get back to basics. Like properly funded healthcare.
A “leader”
Normal was a complete failure which within10 years will in fact be utterly destroyed by ecological collapse so you'd best rethink your realities. You do not live on the planet Earth that you think you do any more.
Solid excrement? like a s'toole sample?