Monday, September 16, 2019

the next section is called 'renewing the social contract' and is a series of commitments to the social safety net in a social democracy. canada's system is largely functioning, so these commitments are largely just upholding the status quo, if suggesting ways to improve it, and ultimately promising to maintain it.

while we need more investments in housing, the big novel proposal is the gai, and the details are scant. it's mentioned that the intention is to be livable, and that's what you want to see, but some more details would be nice. and, if the answer is "we'll work out the details in committee", you should interpret it for what it is - aspirational.

these are otherwise the nuts and bolts of governing in canada, kind of thing, and i have nothing but support across the board for all this stuff.