Let’s call out these fees for what they are: BRIBES.

That’s the worst part about these fees: They still charge the public healthcare system. In effect we’re all paying for a small number of people to get priority service because they slid $5000 to the doctor under the table.

I know that not everyone who pays the fee is complicit. Some people are easily fooled by the “membership” wording, and desperate for medical care.

That being said, the clinics that ask for these bribes know exactly what they’re doing, they’re asking their customer to slide them money, outside the system, for preferential treatment. Doctors asking for bribes is disgusting behavior and we need to be clear that we all know what they’re doing, and we’re not fooled by “memberships” to access care we already paid for.

Canada actively tries to find skilled immigrants in other countries, often countries with no concept of Canadian winters. I’m not saying that immigrants deserve “extra”, I’m saying if we’re going to spend money to try and bring in these highly skilled immigrants, we might as well ensure we keep our investment by preparing them for their first winter.

Sexism is already a problem we’re actively dealing with in Canadian society. We’re going to keep dealing with it, immigrants or not, until it’s no longer a problem (hopefully sooner than later). You’re acting like we’re just letting them be sexist when in your own examples they keep getting fired for their unacceptable behaviour. Eventually, everyone from “sexist immigrants” to “sexist rednecks” are going to learn what is and isn’t accepted in Canadian society.

None of this rhetoric actually supports your racist, anti-immigrant attitude. We’re neither importing a new problem, nor are we allowing immigrants to break our social contract without facing appropriate consequences.

This isn’t a membership, it’s a BRIBE. The doctor is billing the public healthcare system, but giving preferential treatment to patients who slip him an extra 5k under the table. Maybe the patients are fooled by the “membership” language, but the doctors doing this know EXACTLY what they’re doing. Absolutely disgusting.

I think it’s even dumber than that. If you really value something as a holy divine relationship that serves as the foundation of a loving family home, why would you force people into it who aren’t happy in it.

As society quickly fills with these unhappy households, all of their children learn that for all its divine protection, marriage is a terrible arrangement. That completely undermines the sanctity of marriage. That or it tells everyone that marriage, and God by extension, is a cruel arrangement meant to cause as much suffering as possible.

These people don’t actually believe in what they say. This isn’t news if you see how they treat the poor.

LMAO as if

‘I know where you live, I know when you’re home, I know when you’re away, and I’m going to do something Sudbury will be remembered for.’

Is just cool things to say and not in direct contravention of https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/c-46/section-264.1.html

264.1 (1) Every one commits an offence who, in any manner, knowingly utters, conveys or causes any person to receive a threat

(a) to cause death or bodily harm to any person;

(b) to burn, destroy or damage real or personal property; or

(c) to kill, poison or injure an animal or bird that is the property of any person.

That’s not what I said. That’s also not what the report said. You’re arguing with yourself at this point.

The report says at the beginning of covid costs dropped, but prices didn’t, with the difference going to profits. Then when costs went back up prices went up maintaining the existing profit margins. That’s a “price ratchet” and you can easily figure out what happens after a few cycles. Somehow the bank of Canada concluded this isn’t a factor in inflation because they looked at both parts of the price ratchet separately instead of together.

Yup, it’s super easy to blame the costs and shrug when you’re the one that controls most of the costs. Vertical integration is how companies create monopolies without running afoul of monopoly laws. Regulations need to catch up to modern behavior.

Unless you printed the money yourself you’re not “self made” you got your money from other people. To get that money you depended on a society that is wealthy enough and connected enough to be capable of giving you millions of dollars in exchange for whatever you’re selling. Most of that capacity, both in baseline social wealth (health, education, and stability) is paid for through taxes. TAX THE RICH UNTIL THEY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE.

This is awesome! Such efficient use of material.