One trillion dollars. A one with twelve zeroes after it. A thousand billion dollars. It’s where Canada’s federal debt is heading in the next half year. We all knew the number was going to be jaw-dropping, but it turned out to be even worse than the even the most pessimistic predictions.
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Today’s deficits are nothing more than tomorrow’s taxes
s the numbers roll in, big government delivers more bad news. Finance Minister Bill Morneau and the Federal government are ringing in the new year by announcing deficits to the tune of $26.6 billion for this year and another $28.1 billion next year.
Canada’s debt crisis: Is the federal debt as bad as it appears?
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Coordinator Spotlight: Daniel Perry Regional for Eastern Ontario and the GTA
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Student Priorities for the Federal Budget
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Ryerson’s RSU President Impeached after Allegations of Mismanaging Student Funds
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin After weeks of the Ryerson Student Union spending scandal unfolding, the RSU board has decided to impeach RSU President Ram Ganesh. The impeachment followed several audits and investigations including some important work done by Rhino Party, a slate of Ryerson students who ran against Ganesh for the […]
Balancing budgets is not ideological: it’s just plain common sense
Whenever we hold a talk about balanced budgets on campus, there’s always one person in the audience to ask “But won’t this help the rich / hurt the poor?” While I always enjoy taking the time to answer this question during talks, after all, a large part of what we do at Generation Screwed is […]
Want to balance the budget? Start by cutting corporate welfare
For a government supposedly hellbent on “helping the middle and those working hard to join it”, Justin Trudeau and Bill Morneau sure seem to have a broad definition of what the middle class represents in Canada. From multi-million-dollar deals to help massively profitable foreign multinationals like Toyota create only a handful of jobs, to hundreds of millions spent […]
A Strong Start to 2017
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Governments at all level are currently under the erroneous impression that young Canadians want more government in their lives and don’t really care that much about deficits. Not only is that incorrect, but we at Generation Screwed are proving them wrong every day. This September, we […]
Academic Discourse: A Students Perspective
Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on linkedin Universities right now have a crucial question posed before them: where do we go from here? In an environment where faculty members are facing increasing public pressure, and administrations are asking for resignations when a professor provides commentary in a magazine. A flame has been sparked, […]
