12-29-2025, 10:01 AM
(12-22-2025, 10:45 AM)bravado Wrote: I think that if we want nice, reliable public services, they have to be financially sustainable. You should have to pay ~something~ to use a nice and reliable service, or else it won't be that way for very long.
There might be some value in means-testing these sorts of programs, but we really need to get used to the idea of "nice things cost money". Without any means-testing, it's pretty clear: seniors are the wealthiest cohort in Canada (by quite a lot) and getting wealthier faster than all the others. This is a strange proposal to subsidize the wealthy under the guise of accessibility.
As for time of use... even an empty bus needs to be paid for by somebody.
By somebody you mean taxpayers? Who else really?
Too bad our government is too busy handing out $2.5B to Zelenskyy (who is under serious corruption allegations for some time now)