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Videodrome
Senior Member
I am seeing so many polls with the CPC under 30% now. It can't be considered an outlier anymore.
afransen
Senior Member
Is that O'Toole losing the benefit of the doubt? Surprised to see Trudeau doing well, given the heat he is taking for vaccine availability.
Northern Light
Superstar
Looking at the Polling Canada website, at the last 5 polls, 4/5 have the CPC under 30, with one outlier.
Canada polls | 338Canada
338canada.com
picard102
Senior Member
It's the CPC refusing to acknowledge climate change openly at their convention and the SoCon's of the party reminding people they are still pushing to change abortion laws.
Northern Light
Superstar
In this John Ibbitson column, he highlights that former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is calling for a new 'National Policy' to grow Canada's population to 100M by the dawn of the 22nd Century.
www.theglobeandmail.com
It’s time for Canada to focus on expanding our population
Brian Mulroney is calling on Canadians to embrace what he calls “a new national policy” that would commit this country to achieving a population of 100 million by the end of the century.
www.theglobeandmail.com
Richard White
Senior Member
In this John Ibbitson column, he highlights that former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney is calling for a new 'National Policy' to grow Canada's population to 100M by the dawn of the 22nd Century.
It’s time for Canada to focus on expanding our population
Brian Mulroney is calling on Canadians to embrace what he calls “a new national policy” that would commit this country to achieving a population of 100 million by the end of the century.
They should do what Hungary did which was pay people to have kids. They gave people large payments for having children in an effort to increase the population. It seems to be working because they are procreating like rabbits there.
Northern Light
Superstar
Uh, Hungary's fertility rate, according to this article, remains below Canada's.
It rose from 1.23 to 1.48 as a result of the incentives for more children. (2.1 children per woman is the number just to hold the population level constant over time)
'Baby machines': eastern Europe's answer to depopulation
Policies in Hungary and Poland are aimed at boosting birthrates. But will it help arrest population decline?
www.theguardian.com
Richard White
Senior Member
Uh, Hungary's fertility rate, according to this article, remains below Canada's.
It rose from 1.23 to 1.48 as a result of the incentives for more children. (2.1 children per woman is the number just to hold the population level constant over time)
'Baby machines': eastern Europe's answer to depopulation
Policies in Hungary and Poland are aimed at boosting birthrates. But will it help arrest population decline?
As someone who has family and friends there I can safely say that while it is lower than Canada there is something in the water. We can agree to disagree but I have seen the proof with my own eyes.
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Incentives aren't that effective - like @Northern Light has said, Hungary is still below the natural replacement rate. Quebec also tried encouraging births via supports - and it is still just around 1.6.
Anyways, BM isn't necessarily wrong about the benefits of having a larger population - but we might get there simply due to instabilities elsewhere in the world.
AoD
Anyways, BM isn't necessarily wrong about the benefits of having a larger population - but we might get there simply due to instabilities elsewhere in the world.
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afransen
Senior Member
We already pay people to have kids.
Richard White
Senior Member
Not like this. This is a LARGE payment unlike our baby bonus.
Northern Light
Superstar
As part of the measures, young couples will be offered interest-free loans of 10m forint (£27,400; $36,000), to be cancelled once they have three children.
as per: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47192612
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For comparison, the National Child Benefit in Canada, for a child under 6 is $6,765 per year which would equal over $40,000 by the the end of their 6th year.
Northern Light
Superstar
So CBC's french news arm has uncovered some sort of plan by a variety of interests, both domestic and international to build a Deep Geological Repository for nuclear waste in Labrador.
Unto itself, I have no issue with conversations about this idea.
However, there is something odd about this; not merely that the discussions have been quiet; but about the players, including former PM Chretien, and that fact those players either
'no commented', or appear to have been caught lying about their roles/involvement or those of other parties.
Its all rather peculiar.
Unto itself, I have no issue with conversations about this idea.
However, there is something odd about this; not merely that the discussions have been quiet; but about the players, including former PM Chretien, and that fact those players either
'no commented', or appear to have been caught lying about their roles/involvement or those of other parties.
Its all rather peculiar.
Jonny5
Senior Member
Mark Carney is now scheduled to be the keynote speaker at the Federal Liberal convention on Thursday evening. He's often bandied about as a potential star candidate for the party, and also as a potential leadership candidate some day post-JT. In a very "I want to be leader" move he also just published his memoirs with a very contemporary politics title "Value(s): Building a Better World for All" which is also notably a "Heather's Pick" at Indigo, so we know he's got some big Liberal donor money behind him should he go for it.