Liberals steal $100k from family to give 50 people video games
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Not everyone who is collecting CERB is abusing the system. My girlfriend hasn't been able to get another job during this pandemic despite applying to lots of places and going to many interviews. There is far less capital now looking to hire labour than before the lockdown. Many businesses (especially small businesses) have went bankrupt. The Canadian wealthy prefer to invest in real estate and foreign enterprise rather than Canadian enterprise.
Be mad at Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford for destroying jobs. Don't be mad at CERB recipients because Justin Trudeau and Doug Ford killed their jobs. The Conservatives have no chance of winning Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes when they punch down rather than punch up. The poor are a growing segment of the Canadian population. The middle-class+ are a shrinking segment of the Canadian population. You can't expect people to vote Tory or PPC when so many Tory and PPC supporters show open contempt for the poor. Liberal and NDP policies have caused more harm than good. But you're not going to win the unemployed over to your side for showing contempt for them instead of trying to present them with solutions to their problems beyond "let them eat cake" remarks like get a job when the jobs are being destroyed by our government. Even under Harper, chronic unemployment and the housing bubble were problems in Canada. It's just that the problem has gotten worse now. The Liberal-Conservative duopoly has made things worse for the poor, not better. Donald Trump won Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan, Ohio, etc. in 2016 because he showed empathy towards the poor.
I agree with you.
BUT, if you live in a major city, there are many many jobs out there, just maybe not in your preferred sector of the economy.
In Montreal the trades are very very busy, and there's plenty of unskilled factory/warehouse jobs sitting unfilled. If you can drive a school bus, operate heavy equipment, drive a truck, or dig a ditch, you can be working tomorrow morning and the interview will be to check if you have a pulse and can count to three. Heck, even the two grocery stores within walking distance of here are desperate for workers. And they pay pretty good too.