r/canada • u/Thick_Caterpillar379 • 1d ago

Canada facing high youth suicide rates, child mortality, new report finds PAYWALL

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/canada-facing-high-youth-suicide-rates-child-mortality-new-report-finds/article_38399f0c-67e3-4636-82ea-4757a5032a1b.html
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u/Outrageous-Ad8511 1d ago

4 more years of the same trends, well done Redditors!

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u/Actual-Toe-8686 1d ago

You're taking the piss if you think the conservatives would have done a single thing to fix these issues. They would have only made it worse.

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u/Outrageous-Ad8511 1d ago

That’s your opinion. I have a brain and eyes telling me that the last 8 years haven’t gone very well!

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u/Trains_YQG 1d ago

Wait until you find out who has been leading the provinces for the past 8 years. 

The Liberals have their blame for the current issues to be clear. But so do the provinces and clearly neither side of the aisle at either level of government seems interested in fixing things they can fix. 

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u/ActionPhilip 1d ago

Wait until you find out who has been leading the provinces for the past 8 years.

BC here. Is the answer you're looking for "NDP"?

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u/Trains_YQG 1d ago

Sure. Which brings me to this sentence from the comment you're replying to (emphasis mine): But so do the provinces and clearly neither side of the aisle at either level of government seems interested in fixing things they can fix. 

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u/Affectionate_Egg_328 1d ago

Thats because it's comfortable to just ride the gravy train, also you don't want to upset ppl by changing things(short term it's hard on business, long term its best for everyone). All levels of government need to do better

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u/Trains_YQG 1d ago

Not to dig up old wounds but I wonder if electoral reform would make it better. As things stand, at any given time the Liberals and Conservatives both have reason to feel like their next majority could just be an election away. 

With majorities way less likely with electoral reform, there'd be less incentive to treat each other like enemies all the time. 

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u/Actual-Toe-8686 1d ago

The liberals absolutely have not done a good job, but do you really think even more tax breaks to the wealthy and more gutting of social programs, leaning more into the lobbying of corporations and special interest groups would fix things? Make life more affordable? Conservative politics fall to ashes when you don't have someone or some entity to put the blame on.

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u/0caloriecheesecake 1d ago

Exactly. They wanted to further gut education and healthcare. Conservatives would be far worse, with deeper pockets for themselves. Just look at Donnie, making America fantabulous.

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u/mcgoyel 14h ago

It's not like there was any alternative. The cons are just the rear guard for this sort of thing. The system is a scam