As a fellow Canadian, I found this article both throughly enjoyable, but severely depressing. Its accuracy was pin point, and, sadly, there is no solution.
I voted PPC for the first time last election, knowing it was a throwaway vote, but still.
But, I lost any sense that there would be a political solution after Covid. I lived in downtown Toronto, with a rare but nice old apartment with a somewhat (at the time) affordable rent (1300 a month).
I lost my hockey coaching job and teaching job with the vax mandates, and soon, Toronto became insufferable.
During this time I moved to northern Manitoba to adopt a cowboy/ranch life, and wrote a book called, ‘Gradually, Gradually, Suddenly: The Coming Financial Collapse and the Hope of Jesus Christ.’
Long story short, my point is that, aside from fleeing the major city centres for far out and remote living spaces (it is a big country after all) there will not be any financial future in Canada.
Places like remote Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, or the northern territories have ample land and homes that are within affordable range, but the problem with these places (as I know too well) is that they’re so remote it’s hard the establish relationships in community, you don’t have access to the basic stores or entertainment (hockey rinks, cinemas, etc) and it’s fairly lonely.
It is so beyond words heartbreaking and disgusting what has happened to our country.
The leaders that did this and allowed this to happen will never ever ever be forgiven.
Accurate and pragmatic view of Canada in current year.
My advice for people staying (like my family), develop strong, STRONG local connections with like-minded people. Trade with one another, do work for one another, take care of each other's children.
The institutions and government are lost. Act accordingly.
Call me naïve, but I'm bullish on the country. I'm hopeful (but not convinced) that Pierre and the CPC will implement more robust, consequential policies than they're letting on. While Canadians won't speak up and speak about the medicine that needs to be taken, I believe this silent majority (now huge) understand more than a few radical things will need to be done to right the national ship.
In the coming election, whenever that may be, they'll be given the largest mandate since Diefenbaker. Among other things, I hope the CPC prioritizes a significant reduction in the size of the federal bureaucracy, reduces immigration below the levels the punditry seems to be suggesting, increases defence spending at a much faster pace, rolls back parts of the entrenched DEI madness, and last and most importantly, they need to figure out a way to increase Canada's productivity. No small task, I know.
If they can do all of these things and get the deficit under control, Canadians will get behind them and stay behind them, preventing Trudeau 2.0 in 2029. I guess we'll see.
As a fellow Canadian, I found this article both throughly enjoyable, but severely depressing. Its accuracy was pin point, and, sadly, there is no solution.
I voted PPC for the first time last election, knowing it was a throwaway vote, but still.
But, I lost any sense that there would be a political solution after Covid. I lived in downtown Toronto, with a rare but nice old apartment with a somewhat (at the time) affordable rent (1300 a month).
I lost my hockey coaching job and teaching job with the vax mandates, and soon, Toronto became insufferable.
During this time I moved to northern Manitoba to adopt a cowboy/ranch life, and wrote a book called, ‘Gradually, Gradually, Suddenly: The Coming Financial Collapse and the Hope of Jesus Christ.’
Long story short, my point is that, aside from fleeing the major city centres for far out and remote living spaces (it is a big country after all) there will not be any financial future in Canada.
Places like remote Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, or the northern territories have ample land and homes that are within affordable range, but the problem with these places (as I know too well) is that they’re so remote it’s hard the establish relationships in community, you don’t have access to the basic stores or entertainment (hockey rinks, cinemas, etc) and it’s fairly lonely.
It is so beyond words heartbreaking and disgusting what has happened to our country.
The leaders that did this and allowed this to happen will never ever ever be forgiven.
Accurate and pragmatic view of Canada in current year.
My advice for people staying (like my family), develop strong, STRONG local connections with like-minded people. Trade with one another, do work for one another, take care of each other's children.
The institutions and government are lost. Act accordingly.
An excellent, thorough piece.
Call me naïve, but I'm bullish on the country. I'm hopeful (but not convinced) that Pierre and the CPC will implement more robust, consequential policies than they're letting on. While Canadians won't speak up and speak about the medicine that needs to be taken, I believe this silent majority (now huge) understand more than a few radical things will need to be done to right the national ship.
In the coming election, whenever that may be, they'll be given the largest mandate since Diefenbaker. Among other things, I hope the CPC prioritizes a significant reduction in the size of the federal bureaucracy, reduces immigration below the levels the punditry seems to be suggesting, increases defence spending at a much faster pace, rolls back parts of the entrenched DEI madness, and last and most importantly, they need to figure out a way to increase Canada's productivity. No small task, I know.
If they can do all of these things and get the deficit under control, Canadians will get behind them and stay behind them, preventing Trudeau 2.0 in 2029. I guess we'll see.