Canada for the most parts work for corporate interests before public interests, but will manipulate the data/headlines to sound like the oposite.
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The idea that commuters somehow owe restaurateurs and commercial leasing outfits anything gets my blood absolutely boiling.
Worse, all they did was redirect who gets the disposable income back to downtown restaurants and landlords. Not like the money wasn’t being spent elsewhere. And they did it at the expense of the environment and everyone else’s time. It literally did no good for the economy, it just helped specific businesses. And how often have we heard that it is not the business of the government to pick winners and losers? Let the downtown cores and commutes die. Businesses elsewhere will thrive, and the core will become something new.
Do they or do they not want socialism. I’m caught up in all the mixed messaging here.
This can also be seen by our failed anti monopoly laws and the recent bill c-18 hurting small media outlets compared to large media outlets.
Welcome to politics.
You’ve got to remember, the Hudsons Bay Company was here before Canada. We’re a blanket retailer with elections.
