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applegrove

(123,448 posts)
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 07:45 PM Jan 2018

Liberals hatch plan to stop Trumpism: fix income inequality

https://www.thestar.com/amp/opinion/star-columnists/2018/01/05/liberals-hatch-plan-to-stop-trumpism-fix-income-inequality.html?__twitter_impression=true

By SUSAN DELACOURT at the Toronto Star

"SNIP.......


In The Economist’s special New Year’s issue, “The World in 2018,” Freeland has penned an article about how Canada plans to battle global trends toward nationalism and protectionism.

She calls it “progressive internationalism” and describes how Canada will be pursuing this idea in 2018 on two tracks: internationally, in the realms of human rights, immigration and freer trade; and domestically, with fairer taxation and improved labour standards here in Canada.

The two tracks work together, Freeland says. Canadians won’t support immigration, rights and trade if they feel they’re paying an unfair price at home.

“Progressive trade is not a feint or a frill,” she writes. “It is fundamental to the furtherance of a trading system that will enjoy popular support.”


.......SNIP"
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Liberals hatch plan to stop Trumpism: fix income inequality (Original Post) applegrove Jan 2018 OP
Sounds good in theory True Dough Jan 2018 #1
Kind of implies income inequality in the US made voters turn on each other applegrove Jan 2018 #2
Very progressive concept by minister Chrystia Freeland. I first learned of her appalachiablue Jan 2018 #3
Cept she's been fighting for the rights of the 1% since being elected Cedar_son Jan 2018 #5
Gimme a break, Delacourt is a Liberal stooge and you can't count on anything from Freeland Cedar_son Jan 2018 #4
You know that inequality is decreasing in canada as we speak and that applegrove Jan 2018 #6
Ha! Unless it's the trusts belonging to their finance minister. Cedar_son Jan 2018 #7
Morneau cleared of both counts. He did not do anything illegal. applegrove Jan 2018 #8
Pfff. By an ethics commissioner who has barely found a single thing wrong with anything Cedar_son Jan 2018 #9
I love the liberals. I'm voting for them again. No amount of put on disgust applegrove Jan 2018 #10
How about some reality? Cedar_son Jan 2018 #11
Liberals have changed development aid agenda to focus on women and applegrove Jan 2018 #12
Yes. It's that kind of token gesture they do to fool people Cedar_son Jan 2018 #13
It is a huge gesture. applegrove Jan 2018 #14
It's not that huge, considering our foreign aid has actually shrunk under Trudeau Cedar_son Jan 2018 #15
I'm done. applegrove Jan 2018 #16
Of course you are. You're hearing the truth about trudeau and it's uncomfortable. Cedar_son Jan 2018 #17

applegrove

(123,448 posts)
2. Kind of implies income inequality in the US made voters turn on each other
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 08:07 PM
Jan 2018

and 1/2 went racist/nationalist. Disraeli and all. I wonder if that was intentional on the part of the GOP? Probably. That implies they always knew trickle down was bullshit and would result in inequality then anger at 'the other' in the base. And people voting against their own best interests.

appalachiablue

(42,984 posts)
3. Very progressive concept by minister Chrystia Freeland. I first learned of her
Fri Jan 5, 2018, 08:42 PM
Jan 2018

from reading 'The Rise of the New Global Elite' she wrote for The Atlantic in 2011. Quite an impressive eye opener.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/01/the-rise-of-the-new-global-elite/308343/

 

Cedar_son

(50 posts)
5. Cept she's been fighting for the rights of the 1% since being elected
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 09:44 PM
Jan 2018

"The working class can kiss my ass, I'm in the boss's chair at last" is Freeland's tune.

 

Cedar_son

(50 posts)
4. Gimme a break, Delacourt is a Liberal stooge and you can't count on anything from Freeland
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 09:40 PM
Jan 2018

And if Trudeau gave two shits about inequality he wouldn't have loosened the restrictions placed on the TFW program, looking to privatize literally ANY new infrastructure project and be searching for a China FTA.

Honestly people.

applegrove

(123,448 posts)
6. You know that inequality is decreasing in canada as we speak and that
Sun Jan 7, 2018, 09:49 PM
Jan 2018

the liberals have gone after trusts that hide money from taxes?

 

Cedar_son

(50 posts)
7. Ha! Unless it's the trusts belonging to their finance minister.
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 10:45 AM
Jan 2018

The only reason inequality has made any kind of a change is largely due to the Childcare benefit. I think the benefit is a good idea to help people out of poverty, but it is NOT the government battling inequality by any measure and does not give them bragging rights that they are solving inequality. It is actually the government subsidizing their rich friends underpaying and hoarding money. It's just buying silence on inequality.

You know all those jobs they are boasting were created? the majority are part time.

The liberals still won't go after offshore tax havens and you won't see a significant increase to any corporate taxes with Morneau as finance minister. It has been only a slight deviation from the direction Harper had us going.

 

Cedar_son

(50 posts)
9. Pfff. By an ethics commissioner who has barely found a single thing wrong with anything
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 06:16 PM
Jan 2018

the "he didn't break the law" excuse is becoming a tired and pathetic excuse by Canadian politicians. There's a moral standard politcians also should meet.

applegrove

(123,448 posts)
10. I love the liberals. I'm voting for them again. No amount of put on disgust
Mon Jan 8, 2018, 06:22 PM
Jan 2018

is going to change my mind.

 

Cedar_son

(50 posts)
11. How about some reality?
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 08:19 AM
Jan 2018

Dude. They are pretty much the Tories with a better front man. The Infrastructure Bank? Good god. It's the largest privatization scheme in the history of the country. The Tories never would have gotten away with it. Not to mention their constant picking on British Columbia's environment.

They expanded the TFW program after the Tories were forced to reign it in, they broke their promise on electoral reform, they broke their promise on a second, proper, environmental review of the Trans Mountain pipeline, they are ethically challenged, they have no concept of how dangerous China is, all their "progressive" moves on gender equality are for show as they support regimes abroad that oppress women, they flunked on reconcilliaction.

It goes on and on. Canada is currently in a leadership crisis. Our best hope was Mulcair and the rank and file NDP dummies screwed that up. Now we have a muppet for Bay St., A low-substance flashy dresser and some WASP from Saskatchewan to chose from. Canada is in trouble.

 

Cedar_son

(50 posts)
13. Yes. It's that kind of token gesture they do to fool people
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 05:49 PM
Jan 2018

Into thinking they're progressive.

"Hey look, gender parity in cabinet everyone!" As they keep Harper's climate change targets. Let's demand more!

 

Cedar_son

(50 posts)
15. It's not that huge, considering our foreign aid has actually shrunk under Trudeau
Tue Jan 9, 2018, 06:59 PM
Jan 2018

And it doesn't affect Canadians.

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