“To balance or to pay for these types of additional spending there would need to be severe cuts to the public service, significant cuts,” Giroux said.
This is a lie.
It’s worse than a lie really. Behind this claim are two decisions that the Liberals have made in advance so that they can present this with the frame that cuts are “necessary”:
The spending is required, despite not having it in the budget.
The budget may not be increased through taxing the rich.
In other words, Carney wants a pony and rather than make his rich friends pay for it, he’s going to screw everyone else.
The party has clearly shifted right under Carney, but conflating them with the Conservatives isn’t just inaccurate, it’s dangerous. Yes, there’s overlap on some issues, but the Conservatives are far more extreme. We’ve seen what happens when we treat two parties as the same despite glaring differences: it only helps the worst actors.
What we need now is relentless pressure for left-wing policies and holding our politicians accountable.
This is a lie.
It’s worse than a lie really. Behind this claim are two decisions that the Liberals have made in advance so that they can present this with the frame that cuts are “necessary”:
In other words, Carney wants a pony and rather than make his rich friends pay for it, he’s going to screw everyone else.
So yeah, conservatives.
The party has clearly shifted right under Carney, but conflating them with the Conservatives isn’t just inaccurate, it’s dangerous. Yes, there’s overlap on some issues, but the Conservatives are far more extreme. We’ve seen what happens when we treat two parties as the same despite glaring differences: it only helps the worst actors.
What we need now is relentless pressure for left-wing policies and holding our politicians accountable.