blue_gold_84

No! Opinions only. No facts. 

Actually, the growth is 18.5% during that period.
The growth in the private sector during this time is 9.8%.
So, its double you say. True.
What is missing is context.
During 2011, the Harper government did a 25% slash of jobs ACROSS the board. Every facet of federal public servants were affected. 
So, after Harper's government got sacked, the public sector had to catch up and rehire a tonne of staff to get back to decent staffing levels to deal with the back log and be able to effectively administer public services.
Ok. So, then private sector grew 9.8% during the time frame mentioned.
If you factor in the 25% initial deficit, the government is well behind the private sector in terms of growth.

I don't agree that wanting small gov't is evil. I think it's narrow minded and has proved be a disaster in practice time and time again. 

It's like @GCn20's account was hacked by Ezra Levant. I mean... ****, socialist and unionists teet sucking? Lol

I don't know how you arrive at this conclusion.  Most unions got 1% - 3% annual increases under the NDP. Nurses even took a wage freeze at one point
The current increases are not lower, they are higher
 

Because cutting the public service by 18% worked so well for Manitoba between 2016-2023?  Because a 42% vacancy rate in Manitoba Health is so awesome?
Because Kansas proved that small government and low taxation leads to disaster?
It may not be evil, but it sure shows a lack of understanding in how governing a society actually works.

Conservatives: "We don't talk about privatization until after we're elected".

Please show me a platform that would do this? 

Perhaps you haven't introduced yourself to the new Conservative MP from Portage-Lisgar.

Who the **** cares- we really shouldn't. He's a self-admitted troll, who knows what he really believes. 
Anything to mess with the lefties here on MBB.

Yes, because the RCMP does that sort of thing... 
Like, ALL the time. 
 
 
 

https://twitter.com/i/status/1671198902941253632
Meet Branden Leslie, Pierre Poilievre’s newest Conservative MP. Watch as he promises to push his party even farther to the right with his pro-life, pro-convoy, pro-conversion therapy views. Canadians deserve to know that Branden’s goal is to push the CPC even farther right.
 
 
 
I'm a centrist CPC supporter! 

PPC and CPC are the same party. Same set of voters. 

The sad thing is that he and Branden Leslie are much more alike than different.

If he can't even make it close in Portage Lisgar - it's time to read the writing on the wall 
 

"This byelection is a strong message from our community that we want change." - Braden Leslie
Ah yes, the PC stronghold that continually votes the same way sure indicated they want change by maintaining the status quo and doing what they always do. 

It's a safe conservative seat, but the Liberals gained 16% while the Cons lost 4%.  Not a win, but progress.

This guy nails it:
James Christian Parsons   @Dred_Tory   If you consider the sweep of "conservatism" in North America over the last 15 years--from Rob Ford's crack- & booze-addled misrule, to Trump's circus, to rock-throwing neo-Confederate "**** Trudeau" mobs, to Peterson's benzo-fueled meltdowns, to Romana Didulo's freakshow... ...it's hard not to conclude that "conservatism"--once a dignified political orientation with articulate exponents--is simply a burlesque pageant of human failure populated exclusively by the emotionally broken, socially maladaptive, and intellectually pauperised.  

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/canada-growth-council-election-interference-1.6878376
**** the CGC and their heinous misinformation campaigns.

It's a bit of a jaunt from the Nairn-Regent area but JC Tacos on Henderson Hwy. is pretty tasty and reasonably priced, with a pretty varied and authentic menu: https://www.jcstacosandmore.com/
I don't believe it's licensed to sell liquor, though.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-byelections-ontario-quebec-manitoba-1.6881781
Mad Max got dusted. Again. LOL

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/federal-byelections-ontario-quebec-manitoba-1.6881781
Mad Max got dusted. Again. LOL

Walters has to be the number one free agent going into the 2024 season. It sure would be nice to hear of an extension soon.