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Ottawa looking to sell a stake in photonics centre to attract private investment, Joly says (www.theglobeandmail.com)
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[–] 20 points 4 months ago (6 children)

I gave Carney a wide net because I knew he was conservative but still the "right guy for the job" right now. But privatization is crossing the line... Cuts can be uncut, taxes can be restored, but we're permanently fucked when we privatize.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Almost like he was obviously mot the right guy for the job at any point. Conservatives aren’t the right people to do much of anything, let alone run a country, and anyone that thinks being “fiscally conservative” actually helps is dumber than a sack of moldy potatoes. And now all those brain-dead morons are getting big regret feelings like this was all somehow a well-hidden surprise.

    Carney was bad from the start. He’s exactly what anyone should expect from a banker hired onto the Liberals.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    The problem was the alternative was a party full of American traitors and US citizens.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    The NDP were right there. Any complaint against them doesn’t mean shit fuck-all when the people makong them voted for the Liberals, the party which brought us not changing how our elections work because they hugely benefit from how unfair they currently are.

    In 2021, the NDP got over half the votes that the Liberals got. They have the support, they are a valid party, and unlike our two flavours of conservative party they at least try to make life better for us. Then you come along, and I think we’ve had this discussion before, and act like our only progressive option doesn’t even exist because it’s easier than accepting that you didn’t actually vote against conservatism, but instead you voted for it and against progress.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I 100% agree that we shouldn’t be privatizing our government services. I’m not sure that chip manufacturing and testing should be a government service.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago

    This should not be seen as a government service but rather a government asset. We funded research and development, we own it. The article goes into how it being owned by the government made more accessible.

    I worked in that area of research and in Ottawa. The government funds a lot of development, we should own it. It does not mean that burecrats run everything, for these facilities experts run them. But rather these technologies should be owned by us so we can benefit.

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