Tom Mulcair: Avi Lewis hat mit seinen Plänen, von Pharmazeutika bis hin zu Lebensmitteln alles zu verstaatlichen, etwas vor
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/article/tom-mulcair-avi-lewis-is-on-to-something-with-his-plans-to-nationalize-everything-from-pharmaceuticals-to-groceries/
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Avi Lews is on ~~to~~ something with his plans…
ftfy.
I’m intrigued by the NDP non-profit grocery stores. They’re proposing prices 30% lower than the chains which we could all use about now.
lmfao…seems Tom is falling off the rocker. Nationalizing everything would be an utter disaster, there’s no way to pay for it, not even if they get their wet dream of taxing the rich at 100% passed…the moment you go full socialist, the country will collapse.
He has the privilege of saying whatever he wants, since he and his party are irrelevant (much like Tom Mulcair and his beard). Anyhow they will never have to implement any of their nonsense, so…. yeah.
The fundamental problem with that always boils down to the sane thing: governments are really, really bad at running businesses.
Letting private companies jack up costs on necessities to cause consumers hardship while raking in record profits is probably one of the worst things we are allowing right now
Try TAXING the RICH as well.
Carney suggested he might do it but nothing so far. I guess that he is one of the very wealthy so…
Oh ffs…
I honestly thought this was an April fools headline.
Mulcair is a frenemy.
Read between the lines. Points out Lewis is nearly 60 and relying on young people “who tend to vote less and that could prove a challenge.”
He adds Lewis is “pandering to very old ideas about scrapping capitalism comes at a cost.”
Also: “Lewis seems to have a very high opinion of his opinions and the talks he’s proposing seem, for now, to be more like an invitation to listen to him explain why he’s right.”
Says leaders have to listen: “That’s what political leadership is about. Not convincing others that they’re wrong.”
Says Lewis “wants to hobble the resource sector as well.”
And who would qualify to shop at these grocery stores? Most likely not the middle class, I’ve been struggling to make ends meet for a while now, but I make too much for any of the relief hand outs
On something seems more likely.
Canada is in the rut of complacency. We are too used to oligopolies. I want a public non profit option. If the private sector option is the better value then I will support it. I’m tired of the entrenched incumbent advantage.
„Onto something“ or „on something“. Given that line of magical thinking, I’d guess shrooms or LSD.
I would absolutely support a nationally owned, and operated, „*Canada Brand*“ line of products. Everything from food, to cars, to phone service. Just a basic option, affordable to everyone, that the market will have to compete against.
The ndp will never be elected so it’s all moot
who was it that said „Nothing was ever made better by getting the government more involved?“
I’d love grocery prices to come down, but I don’t see that happening with a government run store. Cutting 30% off the top when they don’t have nearly that margin means they need to find savings elsewhere, which is the opposite of what a union, lower suppliers purchasing power corp would have.
Happy to be proven wrong, but I don’t see the math adding up.
I think he meant „he is on something“
Will it have equity based pricing?
I will take things that will never happen for 500. This will just lose NDP more votes.
Avi Lewis doesn’t have a way to make plans like this logistically feasible. Inflation will rise 1000% if the NDP ever came into federal power.
Will you be allowed to cut in line at the National grocery stores if you have an equity card?
Won’t happen. Lobbying has taken over our government. You can’t win without pleasing or giving kick backs to donors. This is the Canada we live in
I’m surprised at all the people claiming that grocery prices in Canada are absolutely normal and that there isn’t any gouging.
I don’t see farmers making 2x more money despite butter and meat skyrocketing. Same with fruits and vegetables.
All I see is corporations making more money year over year.
While at the same time, food remains affordable in other countries outside North America.
If only Mulcair had the opportunity to support these policies as NDP leader. Oh right, he did. And he chose to be milquetoast Liberal instead.
Air North
Nationalize pharmaceuticals and groceries? That’s a sound idea. I grew up in Communist country and let me tell you how idiotic this idea is.
Never gonna fly and I’m glad that federal NDP is becoming an irrelevant annoyance. What a BS.
On to something? You mean becoming Venezuela? Let’s not do that. Why do these types of people never learn.
So let me get this straight. Some people want the Government… the entity generally accepted as least-optimized and least efficient-run entity in the country, to nationalize groceries? They think they can run grocery stores more efficiently than the businesses whose sole goal is to be the most efficient?
LOL.
Tell me you don’t know anything about economics and business without telling me.
It’s pretty close to communism
Mulcair is being very balanced, respectful and acknowledging in the face of Avi’s disrespectful, divisive comments about Mulcair.
I do not share Mulcair’s optimism that Avi is onto something.
Don’t forget to nationalize resources while he’s at it.
Cuba and Venezuela type grocery stores! Great plan!!!!