Ontario @lemmy.ca Sunshine @lemmy.ca 2d ago

Are we supposed to pretend Doug Ford’s $200 ‘rebate’ isn’t a pre-election bribe?

www.theglobeandmail.com Opinion: Are we supposed to pretend Doug Ford’s $200 ‘rebate’ isn’t a pre-election bribe?

Other premiers have sent constituents rebate cheques, but as a bonus from a surplus. Mr. Ford’s government is billions of dollars in the red

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I never got my license plate sticker "rebate"
Jeez, Ontario is cheap. In Alberta we got $400 each in 2006 as a bribe. Hold out for more folks.
- Yeah gotta get the bigger Lego sets
What's the biggest FU to Ford we can spend that money on? Should we just toss it to the NDP?
- Donate some to Fairvote so he can’t win anymore using first-past-the-post giving himself minority rule.
  
  I'm aware of this organization but other than raising awareness what does the organization do with the money donated to it and how open is it with its spending?
- Crowdfund bike lanes.
  
  $200 per person can get a lot supplies to enhance Ontario through tactical urbanism.
  
  Since there seems to be no end in sight for the Ford government's rampage, it's time for the people to make their communities better without government interference and overreach.
- 75% tax exemption on provincial political donations, so if you donate to the NDP you spend $50 and the provincial government sends $150 supporting them.
  
  http://www.ontario.ca/page/political-contribution-tax-credit-individuals
  
  So by giving that 200 check to the NPD. I'd be forcing the Ford government to also give money to the NPD?
- Kickstarter a bunch of criminal cases against him?
3 billion sounds like a good sum for housing the majority of GTHA's unhoused population.
- Is that where the 3bil of federal money he was supposed to spend on healthcare went?
  
  🤐
But you know how base will love it, until the leopards eat their face when they have to use public services and find out the hospital is closed.

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