Pension plan math: If Alberta Leaves The Canadian Pension Plan Ontario has some serious problems – November 18, 2019,
Another great article was written on NationalPost, I appreciate the work they’ve been doing lately, It makes me want to write less. I love great Canadian writers, I love all of you who provide the necessary information to at least educating the public as to what’s going on. I have my opinions, but I prefer great Canadian writers who give alternative views that help me to expand my own thinking. Well, well, well the topic of discussion is something I personally I have to do some more research into, because I completely overlooked some of the points that this article made very clear.
If you’re in business, you’re well aware of CPP, I’ve paid a lot into CPP and quite frankly every time I do it, I feel like I’m burning Canadian money. I close my eyes and pay, that’s how I view CPP, I love my country, I love my country, I love my country are the words I utter to myself whenever I send the government my money, but if Alberta pulls out of the CPP, I have to be honest, like many Ontarians who are aware of the seriousness of what’s going on, I have to be honest, with every passing day, I’m thinking about moving to Alberta. I already have a date scheduled where I’m going to visit all of Alberta’s major cities and get a feeling of what it’s like being an Albertan.
Although we’re in the early stages of Wexit or whatever might evolve from Wexit, I know this western separation movement isn’t going anywhere, it might get suppressed? But it’s real and it’s going to grow internally, which is bad for Canada long-term if it’s not addressed, because here’s the main problem I don’t think Canada is understanding about Wextit, historically there are economic downturns for whatever reason and if an economic downturn hits Canada, regardless of who is the Prime Minister, Western Canadians will have every right to be upset if their standard of living goes down when it shouldn’t have too.
Now, Pensions is a serious issue and I have to call it for what it is because a lot of my family works in health care. There are a lot of people, right here in Ontario getting unearned retirement benefits. Because of mass migration, under family reunification, sure it’s not under the banner of CPP, but because of the where tax dollars are going in the event Ontario has to restructure retirement benefits, a lot of these provincial welfare schemes that exist in Ontario will have to be put into question. Because people who contributed have a right to collect and if benefits are cut for elderly people on fixed budgets, well, in several U.S States, there’s a huge pension crisis, it doesn’t make mainstream media news because there’s no easy fix for it.
In Canada, similar to American, a lot of public sector workers have wages and pensions that keep up with inflation, now, when the Private Sector realizes that it will have to pay more into CPP, what tends to happen is those businesses LEAVE! In America as an example, Chicago and Detroit have a huge problem attracting investment, while at the same time there’s an exodus of people and businesses leaving. Now, Jason Kenney hasn’t made Equalization payments a major topic yet, but I guarantee you that the Separatists will apply pressure to Jason Kenney to make equalization payments a priority because the flaw in Kenney’s CPP plan revolves around equalization.
I don’t think CPP is going to suppress the separatists, it’s unlikely, in fact, it might make things worse, once Trudeau and the Leftists respond in their usual arrogant manner. As the Leftists continue to try to poke holes in Jason Kenney’s bad negotiation tactics, I suspect Western Canadians might turn their anger on the Conservatives. This is what Maxime Bernier thought he could tap into, but because Maxime Bernier, in my opinion, isn’t taking the right approach, something more organic might be brewing in Western Canada, something that will manifest potentially in way no one can predict right now.
I’ve stated in prior posts, that I thought Western Canadians would turn on Andrew Scheer after he lost the election, this hasn’t happened yet, but personally don’t like the words I’m hearing coming out of Jason Kenney’s mouth. He’s compromised, I see it perfectly as well as many other business people see it perfectly. Now, what I don’t know is if Albertans are okay with this. Kenney is taking the long term approach, the moderate approach and what I’d call the silly approach.
But Western Canadians did vote Conservative in 2019, so maybe they’re okay with what Kenney is doing, but long term Alberta removing itself from CPP won’t mean much in the event Ottawa finds a way to take from them in other ways. Now personally I think Alberta would have been better off supporting Maxime Bernier, however, I don’t think he is addressing their needs in a manner they understand.
The separatists, on the other hand, appear for the most part to be attacking the right issues and even if the separatists do things incorrectly, I think they’ll be praised for the effort, because you have to remember, this is brand new, Rome wasn’t built in a day, but the more agree people get, the more resourceful they tend to be also, when you’re passionate about something, a mistake is a mere stepping stone towards your end goal.
Wexit or Western Separatism doesn’t have to be perfect, it just has to work, it needs an objective, during a Speech, I think Maxime Bernier missed the point, which is that Western Canada is paying the bills, what is currently Wexit and Quebec separatism aren’t the same. They’re vastly different, Alberta doesn’t owe Canada anything, they’ve never used the government to get political perks, it’s actually been the opposite, but you see in Quebec, their separatists often use language that makes things seem like they’re paying their fair share. If Quebecers were paying their fair share, there wouldn’t be any western separation talks because the argument would sound ridiculous, the reason Wexit has life is that if you look at the details you can clearly understand what Western Canadians are upset about.
When a spoiled child reaches adulthood and screams at their parents I’m leaving because you’re not giving me everything I want, only the emotional connection the parents have with the child stops the parents from bursting out in laughter. The real world is a harsh place, if you go to a 3rd world nation in which public services are avoided like the plague, you will thank the private sector for allowing Canada’s Public Sector to look like it’s efficiently run. Canada’s public sectors, namely eastern Canada’s public sectors exist in the manner they do because of Western Canada. Forget a third world country, consider visiting some U.S States and observe their public sectors.
It’s a disaster and you might think oh it’s a disaster because Canadians do it better, no it’s a disaster because in the United States Equalization payments do not exist! You want a flourishing public sector in the United States, then your State better attract private investment. This in case you’re wondering is one of the major reasons why American politics are so polarising, Republican supporters cry when Democrats win, why? Because they know Democrats are going to ruin the country. People forget the Democrats used to be aligned with the KKK, the Ku Klux clan didn’t just terrorize minorities, they terrorized minority sympathizers.
All forms of collectivism revolve around controlling how you talk and who you talk to. The reason the White majority started to align with the Republicans is that if you want peace, the government or any form of militia can’t have control over your life. Live free or die! The Federal Liberal Government militia is basically making life difficult for Western Canadians and I’m not sure how this will end up, but as more and more information is revealed, the obvious truth of who needs who more is going to start to show itself, worse still is the fact that if Alberta gets more autonomy, more and more Canadians will more than likely move there. A lot of Quebecers ended up in Ontario, once the realization of what the Bloc wanted became obvious to freedom-loving Quebecers. Well, the same thing might happen to Ontario in the event Alberta gets more and more autonomy. I’ve already told my family doesn’t rule out daddy moving to Alberta. Consider reading the article below, it’s a great read!
Pension plan math: If Alberta sneezes, Ontario will need the Kleenex | nationalpost.com
Interesting times ahead!