BTW, this is because childcare in Quebec is like a fifth of the cost in ROC: "the employment rate for mothers of kids age 5 or younger has spiked 16%, from 64% to 80%" ROC: 4% increase in same group.
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They get 10 billion from Alberta annually to pay for it so cut the bullshit that Quebec is some kind of success story
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Read the article , the program pays for itself.
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Everything Quebec does is paid for by a pool of tax dollars to which Alberta contributes 10 billion annually without that gift there would be no free daycare
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Alberta has been sitting on billions in oil money& chose2have zero sales tax and send cheques to every man woman and child.Alberta could easily have paid for this themselves had it been a priority.I guess low taxes so everyone can have a snowmobile, truck,boat is more important.
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If people want to have kids and send their kids to daycare they can pay for it themselves, why should I have to pay income tax dollars to accommodate a two income family ? So they can buy a truck, boat or asnowmobile ?
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Why pay income tax for anything? Roads, hospitals, schools, food safety regulators, pensions.
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Other people’s kids are your future politicians, doctors, caregivers - making decisions that will affect you directly. Everyone benefits.
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That doesn’t mean it’s my responsibility to help their parents save money on daycare ... I’m sure their parents would also like me to pay for their dental coverage.
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good thing other provinces are sending Quebec billions of dollars in equalization payments to cover the cost of the lavish childcare programs.
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Equalization fund distribution has nothing to do with the name of a province.
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Yes. You can thank Alberta oil and taxpayers for that.
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Quebec's childcare program was introduced some 20 years ago.
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And Alberta has been paying for it the entire time.
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Yea. Alberta pays for everything. No other province is profitable and we would be nothing without Alberta!pic.twitter.com/A1oIHHmXk1
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A ton of money went out of the province. A ton. However its been years since Quebec has stood on it own two feet.
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Much the same as I am a healthy person paying healthcare costs for others. This is how we look after each other. Don't be petulant about it.
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*stolen from Fixed that for you.
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Paid thru Quebec's income tax.
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$50.3 billion from Alberta taxpayers and only spent $28.5 billion in Alberta — a net transfer to Ottawa of $21.8 billion. Meanwhile,the federal government generated $53.7 billion from Quebec taxpayers and spent $70.1 billion in Quebec — a net transfer to Quebec of $16.4 billion
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