This is kind of interesting.....

 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/pro-sports-subsidies-1.3898261#cbcmb

 

"The Winnipeg Football Club, which owns the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, is entitled to $1.4 million worth of government assistance next year. That comes in the form a $1.4-million entertainment-tax refund, which is unchanged from 2016.

The Bombers are also exempt from paying city business taxes, thanks to the football club's non-profit status. The club also doesn't pay property taxes to the city or province because Investors Group Field is owned by the University of Manitoba. Educational properties are portioned at a zero-per-cent rate by tax assessors."

Edited December 15, 20169 yr by Noeller

1 hour ago, 17to85 said:

One can argue that stepping into power during a global recession and having to pander to the opposition in minority government situations led to those deficits....

Except that Harper didn't have a minority government for three of the five deficit years, and clung to power only by asking the pliable governor-general to do something never done before in Canadian history- prorogue Parliament when there was every reason to believe that Harper was going to lose a non-confidence motion.

1 hour ago, tracker said:

Except that Harper didn't have a minority government for three of the five deficit years, and clung to power only by asking the pliable governor-general to do something never done before in Canadian history- prorogue Parliament when there was every reason to believe that Harper was going to lose a non-confidence motion.

The opposition in 2008 were planning on forming a coalition government to oust Harper in a coup & at the time the recession had just got started. Harper had a completely different budget but was forced by the Libs, NDP & Bloq to rip it up & go from an austerity budget to deficit spending.

30 minutes ago, SpeedFlex27 said:

The opposition in 2008 were planning on forming a coalition government to oust Harper in a coup & at the time the recession had just got started. Harper had a completely different budget but was forced by the Libs, NDP & Bloq to rip it up & go from an austerity budget to deficit spending.

A "Coup?" Like the Conservatives and Reform untied to oust the Liberals? If it was the sole pressure of the opposition, then why did not Harper  impose a fiscally conservative budget regimen each year when he had a clear majority?

1 hour ago, tracker said:

A "Coup?" Like the Conservatives and Reform untied to oust the Liberals? If it was the sole pressure of the opposition, then why did not Harper  impose a fiscally conservative budget regimen each year when he had a clear majority?

The ReformaCons put that party before the people in several elections so not comparable at all. If you're going 5o slag Harper at least use the time he mused about using the ndp and bloc in a liberal minority situation

Let's take this to Gen Forum...

On 24/12/2016 at 10:44 AM, 17to85 said:

One can argue that stepping into power during a global recession and having to pander to the opposition in minority government situations led to those deficits....

And he continued to run them  half a decade out of the recession  with  a majority  government because? 

 

On 12/23/2016 at 6:23 AM, gcn11 said:

In principle the subsidizing of pro sport with tax dollars is not to my liking. In practical, knowing the buffoons and bloated bureaucracy would just waste this money on something to prop up their own weight makes me not care.

When our governments at the different levels fix their epic mismanagement of funds then I will be more adverse to them not getting more.

The inherent problem with a bureaucracy is that it is a government that takes care of itself first. There will always be some level of mismanagement as a result of this. In addition, government entities face the issue of a lack of competition to keep them in check - a poorly managed private enterprise will just go belly up in the free market.

Personally, I just can't wait until the Trudeau government honeymoon is over and the Bank of Canada finally admits the need to raise interest rates to stay competitive with our neighbors to the south. That is when things will really get interesting in both the real estate market because the millennial generation have some growing pains realizing how much debt they are actually in and the joy of watching the provincial governments (including our own) struggle to find ways to service our mountains of debt at higher interest rates.

23 hours ago, Fraser said:

And he continued to run them  half a decade out of the recession  with  a majority  government because? 

because spending rarely is done for one year only. You fund a program it's going to run for several years generally. I mean he coulda jacked up the taxes to pay for everything and not run a deficit, is that what people want? 

Honestly deficit is such a buzz word. Spending during a recession is good.