• Delta_V@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    “Ten per cent is fine on a magazine subscription, but 10 per cent on a billion-dollar project is not,” he said.

    “Taxing poor people is OK, taxing rich people isn’t.”

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      2 days ago

      But this is for government funded projects so it’s everyone’s funding in general? I get the sentiment fully but Eby seems like he’d rather tax rich people over poor people (from an Ontarian perspective)

      • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.works
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        He does sound like that sometimes but other times not.

        BC’s NDP is a much different creature than either the federal or provincial NDP elsewhere in Canada.