Me every time I see a Liberal Party ad telling me I have to vote for them to stop the conservatives from getting in because the Liberals failed to fix our electoral system like they promised:
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Me every time I see a Liberal Party ad telling me I have to vote for them to stop the conservatives from getting in because the Liberals failed to fix our electoral system like they promised:
I feel like the fix your own country stuff relating to medicine is kind of similar to anti-immigrant rhetoric. It feels kind of icky to act as if a sick or disabled person from Canada is more deserving of healthcare than an American.
You have a healthcare system already. It has the capacity to provide for all of its citizens. You have drug companies. The US government could reign them in and regulate them as every other country does.
We are separate countries. Canada doesn’t go around and demand that Mexico or countries in Europe take care of our citizens health needs, so why should Canada be forced to fix the USA’s mistakes (and the US is a far richer country than Canada is by the way).
Canada has a finite supply of medicine, and Canada cannot supply the US’s needs and Canada’s needs at its current level. This is what Doctors, Nurses and Pharmacists are saying, not me a lone blogger. 15 health groups wrote to the Canadian Government asking them to protect Canada’s drug supply, so we literally don’t run out of drugs.
If Canada had a large stockpile of excess drugs I’d be more than willing to share it with whoever needs it, but this isn’t the case.
This has no parallels to refugees. Canada has the immediate capacity to take in more refugees (low population, huge land area, areas of high unemployment, high GDP, low birthrate, etc).
Stockpiling drugs at relatively cheap prices is not easy and its only because the government has been resisting big pharma’s pushes for a complete free market a la the USA that we even have our current prices (which by the way are still the 2nd most expensive in the world). Also its not cost effective to stockpile excess drugs (all of which will expire eventually). That’s why Canada only has a bit more than the needs of our current population and not 300 million peoples worth of drugs. There is zero reason to stockpile medicine for 350 million people when your population is only 37 million.
Also if the US wanted us to be their source of cheap drugs they should have had given us years of warning not just springing it on us like hey we’re going to demand you sell us drugs, k thanks.
It’s absolutely wild that Americans think they’re entitled to Canadian medicine that exists for Canadians because of a deal negotiated between the Canadian government and pharmaceutical companies to ensure that Canada has enough medicine for all Canadians.
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The NDP leader released this party's new platform Sunday in Hamilton
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he rejects Liberal claims that his party’s new platform isn’t realistic.
The NDP unveiled a plan Sunday that promises, among other things, to reform Canada’s health-care system to include universal pharmacare as well as coverage for vision, dental, mental health and long-term care.
Singh spoke to As It Happens host Carol Off about his party’s platform heading into the October federal election. Here is part of their conversation.
I am asking about the pharmacare coverage … because, at the same time the Liberals say they’re going to do something quite similar. How do you distinguish yourself from the Liberals on what seems to be their central plank of their platform?
Actually, the Liberals have no plan. They have not released any plan whatsoever to indicate that they’re going to bring in universal pharmacare. At most, the finance minister has alluded to a patchwork system, which is not at all what our plan is. Our plan is a plan to cover every single person in our country.
But I think [Finance Minister Bill] Morneau is saying that he is looking to be fiscally responsible and if there is going to be something, it has to be within reason. … What you’re offering is pretty expensive, don’t you think?
I think that Finance Minister Morneau’s claim is ridiculous. He’s prepared to spend $15 billion on a pipeline. He gave $14 billion way to the largest corporations last year in the fall economic statement. And we’ve just heard from the Parliamentary Budget Office that billions of dollars, hundreds of billions of dollars, have not been contributed because the CRA under this Liberal government has not done its job to ensure that the wealthiest, the richest corporations aren’t paying their fair share.
So I reject that assertion that Canadians are told that they can’t have something like universal pharmacare when every other country in the world that has a universal health-care system also has medication included.
We can do it, and we’ve laid out a plan to do it. We’re going to ask the richest of the one per cent — those who have $20 million or more in personal fortunes — we’re going to ask them to contribute one per cent. And with that, we will absolutely cover the cost of this plan.
There’s so much benefit from the system and I reject any assertion that it’s not achievable. It is achievable.
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Ok but Jagmeet killed this whole damn interview.
You’ve also promised that your pharmacare coverage will be available next year. The Liberal health minister says that’s simply not realistic. What do you say to that and to the Liberals saying that you can’t possibly deliver this next year?
The Liberals are going to say that because they don’t have the courage to deliver it and they want Canadians to just settle for substandard service. We have all the infrastructure in place right now. The federal government purchases medication already. Each provincial government purchases medication, because when you go to a hospital your medication is covered.
There’s already systems in place. What we’re saying is that we can actually combine the existing structures, use what we already have, and build it better — and we can deliver the system for all.
You’re pledging $15 billion over four years for a climate plan. But at the same time, we can’t seem to find out where you sit on the natural gas development in British Columbia,the liquefied natural gas. What is your view on that? Are you supportive of that project?
British Columbia has a plan, and they have a plan that incorporates all of their measures into their plan to reduce emissions. So I’m confident in the fact that they’ve got a plan.
My problem is that the federal government does not have a plan. They don’t have a plan and now they’ve approved a pipeline, which will dramatically increase our emissions. They’ve got no plan to incorporate this massive increase in emissions into a national climate change plan.
I’m pretty sure that everyone noticed you didn’t answer the question there, so I’ll ask again. Will you go ahead with …
I said very clearly that British Columbia has a plan.
But no, would you go ahead with a liquefied natural gas development in B.C.?
No, let’s not let the viewers be misled. I said very clearly British Columbia has a plan that incorporates all of their emissions into a reductions plan.
If in an election, the possibility that there will be a Conservative minority … what willingness might you have to go into some kind of left coalition with other parties?
I’m absolutely open to working with anyone who wants to support my plan to bring in universal pharmacare, anyone that’s willing to work with me to bring in our climate action plan that protects jobs and reduces emissions. I’m willing to work with any progressive partner that wants to work with me to implement things like proportional representation and our expansion of the health-care system.
So anyone who’s willing to work with me on these progressive values, I’m ready to sit down work and with them. I strongly doubt that that’s going to be anyone that’s in the Conservative Party.
Could you see yourself in a coalition with Justin Trudeau?
I don’t want to presuppose the outcome of an election that’s four months away. I think Canadians expect that a leader of a national party is running to become prime minister and that’s what I’m going to do.
But, as I said before, I would be willing to work with anyone who wants to work with me to implement these important changes that Canadians want to see happen.
Just finally, I want to ask you about campaigning in Quebec, because Quebec has been very important. [Late NDP leader] Jack Layton was so successful there. It has been an important base of new support for the NDP. At the same time, the government has passed a law that would make it illegal for you to be a policeman or a teacher if you were wearing your turban.
Or a judge.
Or a judge, yes. So how do you campaign in that province, given the popularity of a law that would actually make it difficult for you to work there?
It’s not something that’s unanimous. There’s many Quebecers that … shared the sadness I had when Bill 21 was passed. There’s many Quebecers that shared my sadness that young people who dreamed of becoming a teacher now can no longer become a teacher. Or young people that wanted to serve their communities, to serve their cities by protecting them, can no longer do that. Or people that dreamed of being a judge one day can’t do that.
A significant number of Quebecers elected representatives who voted against this bill and parties have come out against it, municipal parties and provincial parties in Quebec.
This doesn’t speak to the openness of Quebec, the history of Quebec being a progressive place that has solidarity with fellow citizens that results in some of the best social programs in any province.
I’m going to speak to those Quebecers who say this is not our values, this is not what we want to see happen and we’re saddened by it.
They try to undermine him so much. They underestimate him and are just waiting to knock him down, because they think that he’s like Trudeau; that he’ll trip over his words. He doesn’t. He knows what he needs to say and he says it, and he’s not playing their games, and I’m so fucking here for it.
“British Columbia has a plan.” “You didn’t answer the question.” “I did.” “But what about British Columbia?” “Stop playing with me.”
And he’s not opening himself up to any tricks either. God, I love this man so much–he called out the Conservatives and called the Liberals cowards, and we need him so badly.
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fuck (and i cannot stress this enough) the blues
i, personally, would love to calm down, and yet
june 9, 2019 ‹ bruins @ blues • game 6 › LOCAL RAT SCORES FIRST
I literally cannot understand how blues fans are acting like this at normal hockey plays when they won their last game on two missed calls
everyone: are you in school? Have you graduated? What are you doing with your degree? Where do you work? What do you plan on doing, long term? What’s your ideal career? How are you saving money? Are you still living at home? When are you moving out? Are you still single? Are you meeting anyone? What–
me:
the floor is keeping your helmet on
Why is it when something happens, it’s always you three? Believe me, professor, I’ve been asking myself the same question for six years.
As the Canadian election is coming up in October I just wann throw out a post to ask all my fellow Canadians to please vote and make sure Andrew Scheer doesn’t get elected because he’s Anti-abortion and may cause what’s going on in the southern US to happen in Canada :(
Im not old enough to vote but fuck im so close and i live here so i care
If you’re not old enough to vote yet make sure your friends and family who are old enough register and vote. Every vote matters and it does make a difference
Also if you’re not old enough to vote you can still donate and volunteer for your party of choice.
The NDP in my view is the best party to support (pro-choice, supports increasing social systems, improving healthcare, fighting climate change, etc) so here’s how you can help them:
Donate:
https://secure.ndp.ca
Volunteer:
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I know someone is going to make a comment going something like this “you’re fear mongering, it’ll never happen here”.
First off, its possible for a government to remove funding from abortion providers, or to refuse to cover the cost of abortion pills, or make abortion harder to access even if the government doesn’t ban anything. Its also possible for the government to explicitly fund anti-choice groups, helping them to grow.
Additionally, Andrew Scheer has spoke favourably of denying funding to universities if they bar speakers on free speech grounds, which could force universities to allow anti-choice groups to spread their rhetoric unopposed.
First read about the social Conservative views of Andrew Scheer, the Conservative Party of Canada leader (currently either in 1st or 2nd place in the polls). And yes, he has said he won’t re-open the Abortion debate, but with toxic views like this I don’t want to give him the benefit of a doubt, lest he change his mind (because with a majority government he could change a lot of policies without opposition and I’m sure anti-choice groups will be lobbying him hard to make changes):
Anti-abortion group sponsoring event attended by Scheer, other high profile Conservative MPs
Andrew Scheer’s Ties to Rebel Media Are Now Impossible to Deny
Andrew Scheer “I Dont Believe In Same Sex Marriage” (2016)
Andrew Scheer - Gay Pride Is Way Too Politicized & Won’t Go To Parade
Andrew Scheer will oppose transgender rights, fight gun regulations
‘We won’: anti-abortion groups declare victory after Andrew Scheer named new Conservative leader
Andrew Scheer and the anti-abortion movement in Canada
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Now read, theses articles:
Alabama is closer than we think
Abortion may be legal in Canada but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to access (and this is with a Liberal government in charge)
Update:
Read this NOW:
Andrew Scheer Told Anti-Abortion Group He’d Let Conservative MPs Reopen the Abortion Debate
The article above only has 65 notes, so I’d appreciate if people could share that post, as well as this one.
i’ve been staring at this gif of the rock rolling his eyes for like 5 minutes
it’s such a perfect eyeroll. like it’s not sloppy or anything. his eyes make a perfect half rotation followed by a quick look of ‘whatever’ in one smooth motion.
and the look directed at the camera right after.
so much sarcasm. so much sassiness. 10/10.
this is my aesthetic.
the worst part of the playoffs is the increasing number of days with no hockey.
like, what am I supposed to do on a Friday night without a game to watch? have a social life? unrealistic.