MTschauner

Canadians are seriously getting SCREWED at the pumps. Over $2 a litre today where I’m at. Way cheaper in the United States, like most things 👀 I hope Canadians realize how badly they’re getting screwed financially 🇨🇦

A minimum wage of £15 would end my coffee shop, it would have to close, as would many other businesses. I’ll explain for the economically illiterate. Staff costs are currently half our costs, a £15 minimum wage is actually more than £15 an hour for the company, because you have to add: - 12.07% holiday - Sick pay - Maternity pay if and when required - National insurance - Pension contributions These costs would mean the shop loses money because remember, energy costs are up, rates are up, regulations are up. Now you can pass these costs onto the consumer - that would mean charging a lot more for coffee, people won’t pay it. The likes of Starbucks and Costa can, because they have economies of scale. The independent doesn’t. Now the little socialist will say well this is your fault, if you can’t run a business that can afford to pay its staff properly, but the little socialist has never run a business and does not understand the dynamics. Now I could pay some staff off and fill those hours myself or reduce us to one staff member during certain periods - but this proves the point that a minimum wage costs jobs. There was a time when these jobs were done by kids, perhaps on the weekend, paid a lower wage, no holiday and no silly employment rights. Perhaps they were even paid cash. The dynamic worked and small businesses like this could operate. It was also a great first job. Sadly now it isn’t worth employing entitlement youngsters at this level of pay. So alas, I don’t need the stress, the business would close, a number of jobs would be lost. Economics is about understanding these dynamics, no vibes. The cost of living is not solved through passing on inflation to the business, it is solved by ending high inflation and creating prosperity. This is what socialists don’t understand, they can’t create prosperity, they can only destroy it.

My opinion about the Canadian space program right now is that any growth is good as we are essentially starting from rock bottom. Is it small? Yes. Should it have happened years ago? Yes. But a foothold is important to get the industry started and growing.

🚨 After Doug Ford, now it’s new Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette who has ruled out returning U.S alcohol to shelves following U.S demands. “The short answer is No.” She said that Canada must not make concessions before trade talks begin. 🎥 John Mahoney 👇

Name (1) thing that is better in your life since Mark Carney became Prime Minister? Just one thing?