As well it might. It wants to increase sales tax in order to improve the well-being of “those who really struggle financially”. I’m surprised this hasn’t occurred to anyone before: take more money away from the impoverished to improve their lot; a lie so audaciously brazen everyone thinks it clever.
The increase in sales tax is to be used to fund more public transport – a worthy endeavour, no doubt, but one which the poor will not enjoy because their taxes have gone up and they won’t be able to afford it.
This is known as eco-justice, the latest Anglican replacement for the long outmoded pie-in-the-sky, fundamentalist fantasy of eternal salvation through faith in Jesus Christ. Who needs that when there is public transit?
Still, there’s probably no sales tax in hell, so it could be an improvement over living in Vancouver.
From here:
As Metro Vancouver residents prepare to vote in an upcoming transit referendum, members of the Diocese of New Westminster Eco-Justice Unit are hoping to promote discussion on wider issues of social and ecological justice.
Starting on March 16 and running through May 29, Elections B.C. will administer a plebiscite through a mail-in ballot in which voters will be asked to approve a 0.5 per cent increase to the Provincial Sales Tax in order to fund new transit projects.
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“Metro Vancouver Alliance is committed to a Yes [vote],” Marquardt said. “But let’s talk about it. Let’s think about it. Let’s engage people. Let’s think about what our role is as Anglicans in terms of reflecting ecologically, theologically and [on] the well-being [of] those who really struggle financially…being able to get where they need to go.”
So there you have it: Anglicans are still helping people get where they need to go. The only difference is that the destination used to be heaven, now it is a stop on the Millennium Line Skytrain.
I will be voting no, no matter what the DoNW thinks. The biggest problem with Translink is its management. Seeing executives cutting services to give themselves pay rises leaves a nasty taste in the mouth. Translink threw me a curveball last week by replacing its CEO, forcing a re-evaluation, but having seen the new CEO dodge every question he was asked by the CBC tonight, my re-evaluation has been short lived.
Who can be opposed to “justice”? It’s what used to be called a “motherhood issue”. So attaching the word justice to ecology is a no brainer for the socialist propagandists.
And Gordon touches on a pertinent fact. That being that government run organizations are habitually badly managed. They become “pigs troughs” for the political hacks who lacked the skills and integrity to be successful in the private sector.
…and, unlike in the private sector, such slackers can’t be fired.
I really enjoy your posts David
At least one other sane person out there ….