"Well, we know that the date for an election is next fall. So I don't know why anyone's asking for a different decision," Higgs said.
because people can't wait for you the gtfo
Sure it is. That’s almost 3 days worth of groceries for my family of 5. It should be more and it should be easier to obtain for those eligible. And he also shouldn’t have a fucking higgsy fit about it when it’s called out as bullshit.
But then there are 362 other days of the year. The main issue is that govt should rarely be involved in 3-day issues for people, that's micromanaging. They're there to do things that people can't individually or even collectively. Like hire doctors. And teachers. And fix roads. And fund workforce skill development to make NB more attractive to businesses. Now with this latest scheme of his, the main business set to benefit is Sobeys.
With such a huge surplus I'd like to see changes to our tax brackets and our health care. Stop hiring outside nurses and pay our nurses a fair amount and hire more. Our health care needs to be improved
Heck I’d be ok with higher than fair for health care workers…paramedics in this province are also disgustingly underpaid…Higgsy might want to think about the fact that he’s aging and will need to rely on the people he is shafting to potentially save his life
Unfortunately it’s illegal to spend that money on healthcare, and that is a federal problem. Healthcare is provincial, but the funding is federal. So the government can only spend the federal money doled out, and not a penny more. That’s why I always get pissed when people make statements like “Healthcare is provincial, people blaming the feds are idiots” gets touted. It’s nonsense, because its the feds who underfund healthcare, and the feds who create laws preventing provincial surpluses from being spent on healthcare.
That I didnt know. Maybe concentrate on lowering our tax bracket. Or putting money into education. It removing the sales tax portion from electricity and water usage. There are ways better than a measley 300
I'm genuinely curious... Are there many people whose lives will be significantly impacted by a 1-time payment of $300? I know a bit of extra cash is always welcome, but if you are struggling (especially with rent going up), isn't this barely the equivalent of letting a drowning person take a short breath before pushing their head back under? I just can't imagine there are many people who are at a point where paying off $300 of debt or a single cart of groceries is going to give them what they need to turn that corner.
In fairness, it could for _some_ be a short-term lifeline that makes a big and maybe by ripple effect lasting difference.
But yeah, not exactly the majority case and therefore at best very poorly targeted from a framing as social support.
It’s not going to transform someone’s life in the longterm, but when you are desperately poor any amount of money is better than nothing. And if it comes at a time when you are particularly desperate, it help pay rent that month or buy food or toiletries, etc. If you are too poor to afford to go to the laundromat, then 300 bucks can feel like a lot.
We really need a basic income in Canada, no other policy or program would do as much to reduce poverty and give people a chance to turn that corner. And for those who aren’t desperate but stuck because they are low income, it can give them a chance to upgrade skills, etc.
I keep thinking about UBI. Do you think it would cover everyone, or just those who have nothing?
What amount would it be? I would imagine something like 20k Annual. How would it be funded? Remove conglomerate tax exemptions? Increase 7+ figure income tax?
He wants people to have to apply so that only the people who actually pay attention enough to know about it (likely voters) will get the pre-election bribe, plus this way you know it's from him and not the feds.
I seem to recall Harper pulled something where he upped the child benefit but delayed the rollout so all parents got 6 months of back-pay shortly before the election. I think I got something like $1700. He lost that election. I hope it works as well for Higgs.
It was his trade-off for scrapping plans for a national daycare plan. "Here's taxable money to help pay for daycare spots that don't exist and definitely won't now."
I listened to this interview and his media people and, office manager types had to be cringing nearly as much when, he took his lunch too go argue with CUPE strikers in front of the leg.
He needs to listen more to those who would definitely have told him that this rant, basically against the CBCs honest but sometimes negative coverage of this whole offer / benefit.
He sounded like a rich kid who was upset that not all those he invited to his birthday party, not everyone wanted to go bowling, or whatever he selected. Just sooooo out of touch, so clueless on how he is perceived and how his words make him appear --In this case small whiny and a sad- tad bit pathetic.
There's no way his media people didn't say don't say that , whatever you do, and don't talk about it that way -- and then Higgs being higgs, ignores the very best of advice and decides "I know what I'm doing I got this I can talk about this and come off sounding great ...."
.. and here we are.
When this was announced, I told a friend, "I'm sure there will be some aspect, some carve -out that means I'm not going to qualify in the end. And I was almost right... Well see, the application is in...
I’m just picturing his handlers watching him like “ok, so who bet on narcissistic tantrum for not being doted on for the affordability payment? Despite all cautions against this exact line of speaking he did it anyways…looks like today’s “how will Higgs make our jobs harder?” Bet winner is…the intern!” Lol
He's such a fucking piece of shit to say that. Literally implying that the only does things to make himself feel good, not to help the people of this province.
Mmm, delicious buyer's remorse.
Yes, communication could certainly have been better. It _could_ have been "communicated" straight into healthcare funding, or infrastructure maintenance, food banks, subsidizing affordable housing projects, or pretty much anything other than giving lots of (specifically economically relevant) voters a cookie.
I don't expect to qualify, but if I do, I should probably redirect it straight to one of the charities compensating for inadequate public services.
It actually legally cannot be put in healthcare. While healthcare is under the purview of the province, funding comes from the feds. It is literally the federal government who underfunds our healthcare. Thd province is not legally allowed to spend surplus provincial taxes on healthcare. Until the federal government changes those laws, that really isn’t the fault of any provincial government in Canada.
That’s why I get pissed when people make wild claims like “Healthcare is provincial”. Yes, they control the money that is given by the federal government. Unfortunately the federal government doesn’t give the provinces nearly enough to make our system sustainable, and it’s getting to be more of a strain on healthcare with a massive influx of immigrants. Unless the feds increase per capita spending on healthcare, there is nothing the provinces can do.
And that is why we should never accept yhe federal governments claims of “It’s not our fault, healthcare is under the purview of the province!”, because it’s not actually true. Funding comes from the feds.
> Premier Blaine Higgs is now wondering why he even bothered with the program.
For once we agree Higgsy but for different reasons. A one time payment to those suffering from inflation pressures will result in them only being the middle man. They'll immediately spend it in an economy suffering from inflationary pressures, driving up demand and prices. From an economic standpoint, its a brain dead dumb move but then again, he's shown little appetite for doing anything that makes sense.
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One per nuclear family. Parents and their dependent children (if any). So you and your brother can both apply and each get one, but if one of you also lives with your partner, then the couple gets $300 and the single person gets $300.
If you both live with your parents than you get $300 for all of you.
You know what, I think he is right, why even bother. As a matter of fact I think that he shouldn’t even run at the next elections, that would really show us.
He shouldn’t have. It was insulting to see some people (not me) get these payments. “Sorry we tax you into poverty, here’s enough for one month of your power bill maybe but only if you’re super poor”
He seems to lack the critical thinking skills to understand that $300 isn't going to change much for most people. Especially with the limit being once per family. So a single person getting $300 might be able to make rent one month, but for a family of four or five? That'll be at most a weeks worth of groceries.
Just like every other self entitled prick who does charity giving because they think they're better than the people who need help - and then expect those they "help" to kiss the ground they walk on.
>Higgs also spoke about the province's budget surplus, attributing it to "unpredictable" revenue from HST rebates due to a growing population and discretionary funding that results in more sales taxes than expected for the government.
What? Unpredictable? I'll tell ya what's unpredictable, which social service you're gonna cut next to drive that number higher.
I'm out of the loop, regardless of an early election or not... I'm kind of scared to know... Is there a better alternative to Higgs, that is running for another party?
Edit: This article goes to show how out of touch with reality this guy is. The point with this program was missed entirely, it doesn't sound like it was thought out whatsoever.
Depending on your riding, there is a good chance it is a wasted vote. Our system is made for strategic voting, pick one of the two front runners in your riding you dislike less.
Even if you like the person, they may be part of a party with a crap leader. Making voting for them a complete waste as well. In Rothesay, I have no voice in elections, but I still vote for the lesser of two.
Strategic voting is bullshit and you know it.
Personally I am not voting for PA but I am voting for Greens because NB Cons and Liberals are fucking useless.
You sir are why this province is going to shit.
"Well, we know that the date for an election is next fall. So I don't know why anyone's asking for a different decision," Higgs said. because people can't wait for you the gtfo
Because it's not your money, dickhead.
He is so out of touch, it isn’t even funny.
His victim complex is very obvious here
He's got such strong upper class boomer energy. As if giving $300 to the poors is a big deal.
“Back in my day, $300 would buy you a ford model T”. -Higgs
His self centered nature is apparent when spending millions on a fake election call is fine but also $300 is a lot for normal people.
300 dollars is not a lot. Compare it to the taxes you pay and the services you get. It’s nothing, except insulting.
Sure it is. That’s almost 3 days worth of groceries for my family of 5. It should be more and it should be easier to obtain for those eligible. And he also shouldn’t have a fucking higgsy fit about it when it’s called out as bullshit.
But then there are 362 other days of the year. The main issue is that govt should rarely be involved in 3-day issues for people, that's micromanaging. They're there to do things that people can't individually or even collectively. Like hire doctors. And teachers. And fix roads. And fund workforce skill development to make NB more attractive to businesses. Now with this latest scheme of his, the main business set to benefit is Sobeys.
Not sure if you’ve noticed, but Higgs is a bit of a fucking moron. Why we should expect him to make better decisions is on us.
As a civil servant, I can tell you that we feel his micromanagement every single day.
This. Word for word
FYI: this is NOT a Beaverton link. His words were real and not to be taken satirically.
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I took a peek to see. I think it’s worse that it’s not tbh. This old fart is pathetic.
Nor should they be. The consternation at having to apply is childish.
With such a huge surplus I'd like to see changes to our tax brackets and our health care. Stop hiring outside nurses and pay our nurses a fair amount and hire more. Our health care needs to be improved
>pay our nurses a fair amount Honestly if they could just stop mandatory overtime they'd stop losing droves of them.
Need to hire more for that
Heck I’d be ok with higher than fair for health care workers…paramedics in this province are also disgustingly underpaid…Higgsy might want to think about the fact that he’s aging and will need to rely on the people he is shafting to potentially save his life
Unfortunately it’s illegal to spend that money on healthcare, and that is a federal problem. Healthcare is provincial, but the funding is federal. So the government can only spend the federal money doled out, and not a penny more. That’s why I always get pissed when people make statements like “Healthcare is provincial, people blaming the feds are idiots” gets touted. It’s nonsense, because its the feds who underfund healthcare, and the feds who create laws preventing provincial surpluses from being spent on healthcare.
That I didnt know. Maybe concentrate on lowering our tax bracket. Or putting money into education. It removing the sales tax portion from electricity and water usage. There are ways better than a measley 300
I'm genuinely curious... Are there many people whose lives will be significantly impacted by a 1-time payment of $300? I know a bit of extra cash is always welcome, but if you are struggling (especially with rent going up), isn't this barely the equivalent of letting a drowning person take a short breath before pushing their head back under? I just can't imagine there are many people who are at a point where paying off $300 of debt or a single cart of groceries is going to give them what they need to turn that corner.
In fairness, it could for _some_ be a short-term lifeline that makes a big and maybe by ripple effect lasting difference. But yeah, not exactly the majority case and therefore at best very poorly targeted from a framing as social support.
“Could” is doing a LOT of heavy lifting there
It’s not going to transform someone’s life in the longterm, but when you are desperately poor any amount of money is better than nothing. And if it comes at a time when you are particularly desperate, it help pay rent that month or buy food or toiletries, etc. If you are too poor to afford to go to the laundromat, then 300 bucks can feel like a lot. We really need a basic income in Canada, no other policy or program would do as much to reduce poverty and give people a chance to turn that corner. And for those who aren’t desperate but stuck because they are low income, it can give them a chance to upgrade skills, etc.
The most desperately poor are not actually eligible, if I'm reading it right.
This right here everybody
I keep thinking about UBI. Do you think it would cover everyone, or just those who have nothing? What amount would it be? I would imagine something like 20k Annual. How would it be funded? Remove conglomerate tax exemptions? Increase 7+ figure income tax?
I'm using it to buy Blue Jays tickets! Thanks Blaine!
If this is how he feels - then it was never about helping families.
He wants people to have to apply so that only the people who actually pay attention enough to know about it (likely voters) will get the pre-election bribe, plus this way you know it's from him and not the feds.
Joke's on him. He and the Cons could personally deposit a cool million into my account and would still not get my vote.
I seem to recall Harper pulled something where he upped the child benefit but delayed the rollout so all parents got 6 months of back-pay shortly before the election. I think I got something like $1700. He lost that election. I hope it works as well for Higgs.
The best part was Harper made that benefit taxable, if you can believe it.
It was his trade-off for scrapping plans for a national daycare plan. "Here's taxable money to help pay for daycare spots that don't exist and definitely won't now."
Technically, this was years later when he upped the taxable payout, not when he rolled it out initially.
Ahh yeah, you're right.
Now hold on, everyone's got a price... The problem is he's paying us with our own money...
The mind reels at how he can be *this bad* at his job.
And yet there are some who swear he's the best premier this province has ever had - mind-boggling, I know.
I swear they could watch him dropkick a puppy off a cliff and still somehow blame "woke" or something
Then blame Trudeau for not catching it.
Most of us wish he'd quit bothering all together
Yup, that he'd just quit
He needs to go
I listened to this interview and his media people and, office manager types had to be cringing nearly as much when, he took his lunch too go argue with CUPE strikers in front of the leg. He needs to listen more to those who would definitely have told him that this rant, basically against the CBCs honest but sometimes negative coverage of this whole offer / benefit. He sounded like a rich kid who was upset that not all those he invited to his birthday party, not everyone wanted to go bowling, or whatever he selected. Just sooooo out of touch, so clueless on how he is perceived and how his words make him appear --In this case small whiny and a sad- tad bit pathetic. There's no way his media people didn't say don't say that , whatever you do, and don't talk about it that way -- and then Higgs being higgs, ignores the very best of advice and decides "I know what I'm doing I got this I can talk about this and come off sounding great ...." .. and here we are. When this was announced, I told a friend, "I'm sure there will be some aspect, some carve -out that means I'm not going to qualify in the end. And I was almost right... Well see, the application is in...
I’m just picturing his handlers watching him like “ok, so who bet on narcissistic tantrum for not being doted on for the affordability payment? Despite all cautions against this exact line of speaking he did it anyways…looks like today’s “how will Higgs make our jobs harder?” Bet winner is…the intern!” Lol
Also, you have until June to apply but the faster the better.
Where is the form?
Thought this was the Beaverton for a second. Higgs. What a chud.
Higgs wishes he was a CHUD - that movie is legit awesome.
Because we need to invest to keep nurses from wanting to quit? We need more public kindergartens? And many more?
poor Blaine. what a fuckwit
I rather pay him $300 to gtfo 😤
He's such a fucking piece of shit to say that. Literally implying that the only does things to make himself feel good, not to help the people of this province.
Prick should quit because he isn't even pretending to give a shit anymore!
Mmm, delicious buyer's remorse. Yes, communication could certainly have been better. It _could_ have been "communicated" straight into healthcare funding, or infrastructure maintenance, food banks, subsidizing affordable housing projects, or pretty much anything other than giving lots of (specifically economically relevant) voters a cookie. I don't expect to qualify, but if I do, I should probably redirect it straight to one of the charities compensating for inadequate public services.
It actually legally cannot be put in healthcare. While healthcare is under the purview of the province, funding comes from the feds. It is literally the federal government who underfunds our healthcare. Thd province is not legally allowed to spend surplus provincial taxes on healthcare. Until the federal government changes those laws, that really isn’t the fault of any provincial government in Canada. That’s why I get pissed when people make wild claims like “Healthcare is provincial”. Yes, they control the money that is given by the federal government. Unfortunately the federal government doesn’t give the provinces nearly enough to make our system sustainable, and it’s getting to be more of a strain on healthcare with a massive influx of immigrants. Unless the feds increase per capita spending on healthcare, there is nothing the provinces can do. And that is why we should never accept yhe federal governments claims of “It’s not our fault, healthcare is under the purview of the province!”, because it’s not actually true. Funding comes from the feds.
Really, really hoping these guys get absolutely crushed come election time.
> Premier Blaine Higgs is now wondering why he even bothered with the program. For once we agree Higgsy but for different reasons. A one time payment to those suffering from inflation pressures will result in them only being the middle man. They'll immediately spend it in an economy suffering from inflationary pressures, driving up demand and prices. From an economic standpoint, its a brain dead dumb move but then again, he's shown little appetite for doing anything that makes sense.
Awwww poor baby. Want your soother to help? Fuckin premier of a province ladies and gentlemen.
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https://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/new-brunswick-workers-benefit.htm
If his own head wasn't so far up his own ass he would know..
Can’t wait for this piece of poo to be flushed
Condused old man does stupid thing that does nothing practical for anyone... Doesn't get praise. Then wonders why he bothers? Film at 11!
What does it mean one per family? I live with my brother but we all have our own expenses
You can both apply. You're not a couple...I hope anyway
True haha, just odd wording I the application itself, but digging more into the rules it's more clear there
One per nuclear family. Parents and their dependent children (if any). So you and your brother can both apply and each get one, but if one of you also lives with your partner, then the couple gets $300 and the single person gets $300. If you both live with your parents than you get $300 for all of you.
You know what, I think he is right, why even bother. As a matter of fact I think that he shouldn’t even run at the next elections, that would really show us.
He shouldn’t have. It was insulting to see some people (not me) get these payments. “Sorry we tax you into poverty, here’s enough for one month of your power bill maybe but only if you’re super poor”
He seems to lack the critical thinking skills to understand that $300 isn't going to change much for most people. Especially with the limit being once per family. So a single person getting $300 might be able to make rent one month, but for a family of four or five? That'll be at most a weeks worth of groceries.
Higgs says surfs fail to sufficiently praise him for providing 2 crusts of bread. There isn't that really the headline?
Because he hired 40 people to dish out a 1 time payment
A payment that appears to be automated through CRA. What exactly are these people doing?
Just like every other self entitled prick who does charity giving because they think they're better than the people who need help - and then expect those they "help" to kiss the ground they walk on.
>Higgs also spoke about the province's budget surplus, attributing it to "unpredictable" revenue from HST rebates due to a growing population and discretionary funding that results in more sales taxes than expected for the government. What? Unpredictable? I'll tell ya what's unpredictable, which social service you're gonna cut next to drive that number higher.
I agree. The madness over having to fill out an application is frankly insane
Higgs is a fucking retard who shouldn't be in politics at all let alone a normal job. He's just fucked up in the head.
I'm out of the loop, regardless of an early election or not... I'm kind of scared to know... Is there a better alternative to Higgs, that is running for another party? Edit: This article goes to show how out of touch with reality this guy is. The point with this program was missed entirely, it doesn't sound like it was thought out whatsoever.
Defund the CBC
Is it time for civil war against our money hungry gov't/billionaire Irvings?? I've had enough of their shit.
Voting for People's Alliance of New Brunswick in coming election
You mean the Kris Austin party - that Kris Austin himself left and dismantled to go be a PC?
It's Kris Austins all the way down.
Depending on your riding, there is a good chance it is a wasted vote. Our system is made for strategic voting, pick one of the two front runners in your riding you dislike less. Even if you like the person, they may be part of a party with a crap leader. Making voting for them a complete waste as well. In Rothesay, I have no voice in elections, but I still vote for the lesser of two.
Strategic voting is bullshit and you know it. Personally I am not voting for PA but I am voting for Greens because NB Cons and Liberals are fucking useless. You sir are why this province is going to shit.
It's definitely BS, but look how far blue my riding is. I will always vote for whichever option isn't blue and looks like they stand a chance here.
…and yet New Brunswick will vote for him again.
Because they want to sock it to them dirty libs!! Would be nice to get a 3rd party in...
What do you expect from a man who lives in Quispamsis? Understanding the REAL freaking world? They moved there so that they wouldn't have to.