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  4. Canadian Politics

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    2 hours ago, Tracker said:

    There were no other positions comparable to the jobs that were lost. The only recourses were to work for lower wages in term positions with private firms with literally NO benefits or migrate to the US, which many (including my niece) did. 

    I agree that happened to some but not 1000. Filmon's   choice was that or close hospitals. It always amazes me that the Federal Liberals never catch any of the anger over it. They had little choice either as our financial situation was dire due  to rampant spending by previous Federal governments. So they chopped transfer payments.

  5. Canadian Politics

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    6 hours ago, Tracker said:

    There were real, not imagined cuts to healthcare by the PCs. At Concordia, for example, They were ordered in 2018 to reduce knee and hip replacements by a third, lengthening wait times by over a year but producing very little savings. During Filmon's tenure  almost 1,000 nurses were laid off.

    On Filmons tenure : The Federal government ( Liberal ) made massive cuts to transfer payments. They did that to reduce the Federal deficit that was out of control . The Fimon gov. was faced with restructuring Healthcare or doing what Saskatchewan did, close hospitals.So to move nurses around they were required to lay them off, legally.  So yes he laid off a thousand nurses and then offered them different positions.

     

     

  6. Canadian Politics

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    1 hour ago, GCJenks said:

    Not to mention following recommendations put forth by consultants hired by the previous NDP government. 

     

    I fully recognize that change is hard but the insistence of some to keep calling the health care changes “cuts” I just don’t understand. How can spending more but doing it differently ever be considered cuts? Only when you let the unions tell one side of the story and ignore the other.

    No publicly funded health care system can be staffed at capacity for a once in a lifetime pandemic. It’s only natural that resources needing to be redeployed for an emergency situation. While delays in surgeries is an incredible quality of life issue for some the saving of lives must take priority. It is not a MB only issue and isn’t just a PC issue.

     

    (disclaimer: I’m a political orphan that has previously support the MB PC’s. Unknown where I will park my next vote and struggling to find anyone to support)

    Canada sometimes suffers from living next door to one of the worst healthcare systems in the world. ( By far the most expensive and 32nd in life expectancy last time I looked ) . It makes Canadians real jumpy about changes to healthcare. I love our system but there are definatly weaknesses that need addressing.

  7. Canadian Politics

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    13 minutes ago, Tracker said:

    Stefanson was, I believe, the minister of health who made all the major cuts there that led to the lack of capacity to respond to the COVID, not to mention increasing wait times on knee and hip replacements from 12-15 months to 2 1/2 years + where it is now. She is going to have to wear that.

    I'm not arguing her merits .I'm simply saying they will have a shot if she come across a little more central than Pallister. The general public will tend to blame him. But again if this becomes a shite show she doesn't stand a chance.

  8. Canadian Politics

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    1 hour ago, Tracker said:

    The PCs were pretty much guaranteed to lose the next election, which probably one of the reasons Pallister not only bailed but has also sold his house in Winnipeg.  With this internal blood-fuel so closely resembling Trump's hiss-fit debacle it will likely increase the magnitude of the pending loss. Landslide election wins rarely make for good government, though. 

    I kind of agree but the PCs do have a chance if Stefanson can come across as a more reasonable, less hardass leader. Having 2 years to " change the image " gives them a chance. But an internal squabble is a death sentence.

  9. Canadian Politics

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    39 minutes ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

     

    She has adopted Salinger's " if I can't have it , no one can " plan. Blowing up your party and immersing it in a internal war will put the opposition back in power. But that's not what she cares about. She cares about Shelly Glover. 

  13. The Environment Thread

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    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/oct/27/climate-crisis-villains-americas-dirty-dozen

    Every time I read articles that reference billions of dollars I like to remind myself that no human has ever or can ever count to a billion. If you could count  each  number in a second ( which you can't) and could count 24 hours a day ( which you can't) it would take 32 years. Whether it's money of the rich and powerful or the spending of governments (The US spends close to 780 billion on its military and have a 22 trillion dollar debt ) these numbers are insane. .It would take 32,000 years to count to a trillion by the above  mentioned method. 

    Lol, I almost lost my point. I feel like such a pawn reading articles like this.  The rich and powerful also treat the earth like a pawn. Just  things to use to get more of what they already have.

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