Rod

I can only speak for what I see around me, in my community, in Ontario, & I assume across the country - but given the desperation for (not kids, ADULTS) those under 30, the horrible job market, the out-of-reach rental/housing market, & the numerous other ways (yes, we did just a smidge of this during the pandemic) we've robbed people born after 1995 of opportunity, responsibility, accountability, joy, success, prosperity, & even being able to FIND OUT if they have a great work ethic.... They have every right to be angry, furious, confrontational, aggressive, & unforgiving. Our parents worked to fulfill a social contract to allow opportunity for our generation (70s/80s kids). We still had to put the time in, do the digging, accept the failure, accept starting on the bottom rung of the ladder (those were the only jobs I had from 1989 as a 17-year old busboy until moving to Toronto at age 36. You start as the new guy & work your way up. It's my entire goal in my career & my time away from my work now: FIX THIS. It's really us....against them. You either want a brighter future for this generation, or you do not. It is absolutely no coincidence Canada is where it is - & we've signed up for (at least) a 15 year contract with a federal government that has CLEARLY destroyed the economic fabric & social contract we all had agreed was in existence for decades. Do we want to help people under 30 or not? Do we want to ease their suffering or worsen it? Do we want better health care, better schools, & better opportunities or not? I absolutely am well aware how much trouble we're in the next 2 1/2-3 years with this tired, self-important, arrogant, & unpatriotic federal government. We have ONE more shot at this to save Canada, IF we have that. Get thinking about it now. Vote for municipal leaders who will challenge politicians at other levels of government when it appears they're not getting things right. It's a knife edge to save Canada. Many of us want to stay, want to remain, want to fight - but watching what we've done to our youth, our future, our cities, our towns - I know we owe an entire generation an apology for so, so much. They've tolerated our mistakes & malfeasance. The next time we vote - at EVERY level of government - it must be about them.

Avi Lewis: The [oil] industry has figured out how to make a barrel of oil in Canada with 45% less workers - the biggest enemy to oil & gas workers is automation and now AI. The question is whether government steps in with new industrial family-supporting unionized jobs.