Taxation and the middle class

[plam]

Well, Poilievre becoming PM can't be any worse than another 4 more years of William H. West. I don't plan to bother voting again, but I also don't expect to see any difference no matter which clown we elect. This country is cooked.

That's just not true. Here, let me give you a list of the things that NZ's right-wing Coalition of Chaos has done in the year since it's been elected. Same thing will happen in Canada and will make peoples' lives worse. And with Jagmeet Singh's no-carbon-tax pledge I certainly can't vote for the NDP.

* reversed the globally-praised smoking ban with rising no-smoking age, leading to increased health costs down the line
* re-raising speed limits in cities so that more people will be killed by cars
* forcing municipalities to hold referenda, at great expense, to confirm their decisions to add Maori wards to councils
* putting in place unaffordable tax cuts that benefit rich people only
* reinstating the $5 copay for prescriptions during a cost-of-living crisis
* reinstating no-cause evictions
* pushing through a bill for fast-track approvals for building stuff contrary to the equivalent of the Environmental Assessment process
* getting rid of a plan which would have assured financing for water infrastructure reconstruction
* introducing the "Treaty Principles Bill" which aims to unilaterally change the conditions of the Treaty of Waitangi between the Crown and the Māori, which is New Zealand's founding document, thus destabilizing the country's constitutional order
* cancelling an order for ferries between the North Island and South Island, which is a completely essential piece of infrastructure for NZ, and not having an alternate plan