[westopher]

Saw an interesting stat today that I'm wondering why it isn't something people are angry about.
For perspective, people seem to talk about money given to Ukraine most often when talking about money "wasted" by our government. Here's a list of aid by country

US: 75 billion
Germany: 42 billion
France: 19 billion
UK: 17 billion
Netherlands: 15
Italy: 14
Spain: 13
Denmark: 11
Poland: 9
Norway: 8
Japan: 8
Sweden: 7
Canada: 6

Money worth of tax subsidies given to the oil and gas industry in 2023 by Canada
18.6 billion

Now tell me. Why the FUCK is this not being mentioned in financial waste by this government.
Why are the cons not campaigning on this being the biggest throwaway of taxpayer dollars in this country?
What are the chances that 6 billion that went to Ukraine would turn into 25 billion in subsidies in a year that the cons are running the show? Is that why its not being talked about? Why aren't people who want tax dollars going to making canada better upset about this as a priority?
Another perfect example of parties using the anger flavour of the week to get people wound up about things to push identity politics.
We, as a population have a serious problem eating this shit up, and we ALL need to smarten the fuck up (me included, you included) to hold these people accountable and focus on what actually matters, without consideration of party lines.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, if Trudeau upheld his promise of proportional representation we wouldn't be in this mess. He could have been the hero, but instead has become the villain because politics is basically just a really boring hockey game now.