Oh god not another common sense revolution. We're still trying to swallow the common sense turd nuggets shat by Ford in Ontario.
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2023
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You mean by Mike Harris, some 25 years ago.
We’re still reeling from all that common sense, with the amalgamation of Toronto leading to a bigger, more expensive, more inefficient, and more dysfunctional government.
And lets not forget the common sense turd that was the privatization of the 407, an absolute cash cow that generates $1B / year in profit, was built on taxpayer funds, and is now worth 10X what it was sold off for.
I'm pretty sure the amalgamation of Toronto was specifically intended to allow the outer "GTA" to swamp and override anything that urban Toronto wanted to accomplish. What you call inefficient and dysfunctional is just operating according to plan.
For what it's worth ( not sure how much it is) I believe the Canadian Pension Plan now owns a large chunk of it
Anyone else remember the 'Common Sense Revolution' in Ontario? Those old enough to remember Harris/Eves will recall that their 'Common Sense' was mostly 'Nonsense.'
"Common sense" is just dog whistle for "my feelings are more important than your facts" anti-intellectualism. It's permission to disregard any evidence in favor of what feels right.
We'll just eliminate waste and inefficiency to balance the budget. It's only common sense!
We'll cut the red tape and sacrifice the green belt to fix housing. How could it fail!
We'll reduce bureaucracy and skip the environmental reviews. The economy will trhive!
We'll abolish the carbon tax and give money to oil companies to fix climate change. No problem!
Government is too EZ, why can't these Liberals get it right
Common sense is such a bad way to manage a country as there are many things where studies go against what is common sense (especially conservative common sense).
Not opening injection centers to not increase drug usage, that's common sense for conservatives. Reality is that legalization and offering services to help people with their addiction are the best way to prevent the major issues caused by drugs!
Your delegates rejected common sense in favour of harming gay people.
Not my delegates... I'm not a member.
Freeist country, 'cept the govt finking to your asshole dad that your transgendered.
Schools to stop sex education, all you need to know is in the Bible. Chastity rings kids.
Fuck science... again. Those woke assholes won't know what hit them.
Guns for everyone, we're all adults right? The kids can get guns too. Hey why don't we allow kids to buy guns without their parents permission?
Speaking of kids, get back to work. Let's make it easier for you to work like an adult without your parents consent. Cause govt shouldn't interfere.
Fuck the CBC
Right to work laws everyone. These unions are messing everything up.
Subsidize the oil industry to develop green energy. We'll cut healthcare to pay.
Oh and the carbon tax. Fuck that, look I lowered the price of beer but a whole dollar for 1 year. Whoopie!!