I’m gen X. I’m an economist. I won’t vote Liberal this election: the last decade has shown they can’t govern.
Janice Williams
26K posts
Janice Williams
@VoteYYJWilliams
Economist, small business owner, mother, step-mother. Canadian. Realist. Moderate. Spill ink, not blood. Political observer. Currently recalibrating.
Victoria, BC
Joined July 2022
- Will Mark Carney make history? He could be Canada's shortest serving Prime Minister....
- The adopted son of two teachers one of who came out as gay, with the immigrant wife and a non-verbal child and decades of public server was just passed over for *checks notes* an older white banker who decided to return to Canada to be PM.
- I’m in the club of economists who won’t vote for Carney. Apparently I’m in very good company.Mark Carney fires back at critics of his economic plan—doubling down amid concerns it could raise 🇨🇦 debt. He contrasts his vision with the CPC’s sharp-cutting platform: “Trevor Tombe is wrong.” “I have more experience than he does.” Carney’s message is clear: trust the resume,
00:00 - News flash: most business owners don't have pension plans. What they have is a business that they were planning to sell when the time comes to retire. The capital gains hike is a direct attack on the retirements of those who spent their careers building the Canadian economy.
- I’ve got a MA in Economics - I plan on voting Conservative next federal election. Tell me again how his supporters are uneducated?.@PierrePoilievre applies a MAGA republican campaign tactic, he targets voters of lower intelligence. In #Canada, research indicates the more education a person has the less likely they are to support Poilievre. #Poilievre followers, do the math - if you can. 🤷♂️
- If you wouldn’t vote for Trudeau: Don’t vote for Carney.
- I wasn’t immediately sold on Pierre Polievre - I preferred Erin O’toole by a long shot, but here’s the thing: he’s won me over…
- Funny thing - if Carney doesn’t win, I have a hard time believing he’ll accept the job of “leader of the opposition”….I legitimately think Mark Carney will be a good Leader of the Opposition, in a CPC majority Parliament led by PM Poilievre.
- If you’re trusting the government that the capital gain tax change only effects 40,000 Canadians and that they’ll build 4 million homes in a few short years - you may need to brush up on your critical thinking skills.
- Imagine for a moment that the Federal Government announced a plan to tax monies withdrawn from an RRSP at a rate 33% higher than current rates. How outraged would you be? Do you understand the outrage from business owners now with respect to capital gains?
- Nearly $80 for $10 of gas - carbon tax being nearly $18…tell me again how carbon taxes are not inflationary.
- If you'd vote for Trudeau, then go ahead, vote for Carney, he's a carbon copy. But if you were tired of the arrogance, condescension, ethical lapses, and general sliminess - make a different choice.
- A $10k deposit, forfeited if a candidate fails to secure 2% vote share would stop a lot of stupidity on ballots.
