#1990s canada

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Canadian Kool-Aid Lemonade Soft Drink Mix

1990s

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Rae Days: Lessons from the Social Contract 30 years later

<p>The legacy of the Social Contract is one of betrayal. The NDP sold out its union base to appease capital – pleasing no one in the process

Great history of Bob Rae and the NDP in power in Ontario in the early 1990s. My parents still feel betrayed all these decades later. "Deficit mania In its first two years of power, the NDP had brought in important labour law changes, raised the minimum wage, raised welfare rates, invested in housing, and raised taxes on higher income earners. 

At the same time, the government was laying the groundwork for severe austerity. In January 1992, Rae took to television to tell Ontarians there were unsustainable deficits ahead and action needed to be taken. The NDP’s main focus was to get the deficit under control.

Either the NDP was going to push forward real substantive changes to how the economy works and for whom, or it was going to appease the economic forces in power. Rather than take on the big business agenda head-on, the NDP in government was pulled into managing the economy. And, first and foremost, this meant placating business interests and creating a stable climate for investment and business. 

It should be noted that much of the hew and cry about the deficit and impending debt wall was baseless. The government claimed that the deficit would be $18 billion by 1995, an over-the-top projection. The real figure was almost half of that. Ontario still had access to financial markets; there was little concern about its long run debt to GDP ratio. 

The NDP was viciously attacked by the rightwing and under siege from the big business lobby but there is little to suggest that Ontario was facing an actual fiscal crisis. The net debt-to-GDP ratio under the Rae government was lower than any subsequent government in Ontario. 

To get the deficit under control, the NDP opted to not go after the rich and powerful. Both a wealth tax and an inheritance tax were dismissed early on. The NDP was also not going to substantially raise corporate taxes. The government was more comfortable bailing out corporations, opening casinos, and doing big pharmaceutical companies favours, at the taxpayers’ expense.' - David Bush, "Rae Days: Lessons from the Social Contract 30 years later." Spring Magazine. July 7, 2023.

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There were moments of gold And there were flashes of light There were things I'd never do again But then they'd always seemed right There were nights of endless pleasure It was more than any laws allow

Baby, baby If I kiss you like this And if you whisper like that It was lost long ago But it's all coming back to me If you want me like this And if you need me like that It was dead long ago But it's all coming back to me It's so hard to resist And it's all coming back to me I can barely recall But it's all coming back to me now

When we parted over six years ago, and it was so hard to walk away from each other’s life, the most pain we felt was when we did not speak to one another at all... We’d hurt each other, in different ways, but not having her in my life anymore was the most cruel. It was difficult for her too, because after some long, lonely months, we started chatting again. We became friends, actually. And it felt good, so good. I cannot stop loving her, and she cannot stop loving me. We have been friends for some years, until we met again. And fell in love again. As madly and deeply as the first time. And she “[forgave] me all this” and I “[forgave her] all that” and we’re happy. So happy. Even when we’re far, far away from each other; like we are right now.

But when she rings me and plays It’s All Coming Back To Me Now on the phone, and I can’t help the tears because I love her, because that song, because Céline’s voice..., I remember how wonderful my girl is, how fucking happy she makes me, and it is all worth it...