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    Kanada ist eine Nation der Geizhalse

    https://open.substack.com/pub/davidmoscrop/p/canada-is-a-nation-of-cheapskates?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=1j3aab

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    1. R4t10nal_Th1nk3r on

      Yes we are cheap, at least that the way it comes across when we complain that our elected officials stay at a 5 star hotel or ordered a $18.00 OJ. We should have an official residence for our PM, no matter which party formed government

    2. operatorfoxtrot on

      Canadians have been told to hate their government for 40+ years. Every bit of government spending is considered an indulgence. All our political parties run on how awful this country is. We didn’t start the fire but we are being engulfed in it.

      All of this is just an opinion of course.

    3. Sensitive-Minute1770 on

      this is what happens after being brainwashed about how „any public spending is bad, regulation bad, public option bad“ etc I’m so sick of how much we hold ourselves back because we expect the ‚free market‘ (which doesn’t exist) to solve things (it never has). We need a massive wealth tax, an increase in public infrastructure, and nationalized industries where there essentially can be no consumer leverage (telecom, transit, health, education)

    4. UnionGuyCanada on

      For decades the Conservatives railed against spending a cent on the mansion of the PM, all while they lived in an almost equal mansion as Opposition leader. 

        Blame mindless attacks, not the average Canadians.

    5. hardk7 on

      This is the result of decades of right wing and media voices implying that all public spending is suspicious, and much of it is waste and frivolous. It’s to the point that we can’t even stomach the small expense of maintaining a residence for the elected leader of a top 10 global economy. It’s pretty absurd.

    6. AlanYx on

      The core problem isn’t the cost of this specific renovation, it’s that the cost of delivering public projects like this has grown uncontrollably. The 2008 Auditor General’s report estimated the cost of renovations at $10 million. Now the CBC is reporting that the cost is „likely north of $100 million“ (https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/carney-rideau-cottage-1.7523728). There’s been some inflation in the interim, but ballooning costs like this point to some systemic underlying issue with procurement.

    7. Nate33322 on

      Of course it’s a result of four decades of the right but also the left (Liberals & third way new democrats) railing against public spending, taxes, and the government taking an active role in economic issues. While arguing for increased privatisation, lower taxes and cuts to government spending.

      We’re one of the worst offenders of this mentality and it’s extremely frustrating.

      As an aside as traditional Tory it’s particularly disappointing to see the conservative party holy adopt liberal economics and go all in on this fiscal conservatism while abandoning the more interventionist approach that was the strong suit of historical conservative like Davis (and predecessors), Diefenbaker and R.B. Bennett.

    8. Nimelennar on

      How about this: pay the damn bill to fix it up and maintain it, but add a caveat that no one who is/was a Member of Parliament when the bill is passed shall reside there if/when they are elected Prime Minister.

      There. There is now zero self-interest for anyone voting to pay to fix the place up, but **some** future Prime Minister will eventually get a residence worthy of the title.

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