• Revan343@lemmy.ca
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    9 months ago

    Don’t most crown corporations even turn a profit anyways? Just not the obscene profit private companies want

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      9 months ago

      And that profit goes into the government coffers which means lower income taxes and the crown corporation becomes a type of tax based on usage.

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        9 months ago

        Yep. Why Canada sold CN Rail to the south of the border is fucking beyond my comprehension

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          9 months ago

          We keep flip flopping between two parties that believe opposite things when it comes to how a country should be managed and that’s what happens in most provinces too 🤷

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            9 months ago

            I wouldn’t say they believe opposite things; we keep flip-flopping between a pro-business party and an extremely pro-business party