Sunshine@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 22 days agoPoilievre says government should cancel Toronto-Quebec City high-speed rail projectwww.cbc.caexternal-linkmessage-square50linkfedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down12
arrow-up172arrow-down1external-linkPoilievre says government should cancel Toronto-Quebec City high-speed rail projectwww.cbc.caSunshine@piefed.ca to Canada@lemmy.caEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square50linkfedilink
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down8·21 days agoIt’s going to add $8,000 debt to every family in Canada.
minus-squareloonsun@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up4·20 days agoNot how government spending works
minus-squareSaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·20 days ago$90B is l’il PP’s number, the actual estimate is $30B less. This is how cons work, add a fake number to something they want to kill, then kill it. The long gun registry was $2B/yr under Harper, yet no one could explain why. Quebec had their own registry after that and it cost $5M/yr. Of course, the economic benefit to this corridor longer term will be a much bigger number.
minus-squareCanIFishHere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·20 days agoDo you think we will ever be told what the economic benefit is predicted to be, and then the actual number?
It’s going to add $8,000 debt to every family in Canada.
Not how government spending works
$90B is l’il PP’s number, the actual estimate is $30B less.
This is how cons work, add a fake number to something they want to kill, then kill it.
The long gun registry was $2B/yr under Harper, yet no one could explain why. Quebec had their own registry after that and it cost $5M/yr.
Of course, the economic benefit to this corridor longer term will be a much bigger number.
Do you think we will ever be told what the economic benefit is predicted to be, and then the actual number?