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@j5dyer @TrueNorthStr0ng @sarobertsonca 3-4% I looked it up, after they pay the staff, rent, insurance, utilities etc they only have 3-4% left over. This is a terrible net margin, the government is not going to run a better buisnes and definately not going to get the costs down. This will just be millions wasted.

@robertincalgary @TrueNorthStr0ng @sarobertsonca Bud you're conflating terms and it signals to me you don't know what you're talking about. Rest of world grocery margin across [all] products is roughly 2-3% (it's not inherent in the grocery business model to be profitable, nor should it be). Canada's grocers sit at 5-7% margin.

Doug Ford on city-run grocery stores: "This is the craziest idea I've ever heard... the Costcos, the Walmarts, the Loblaws, they make 2-3%... it's crazy. That's socialism."

@junonewscom Never worried about the food bank line ups or the 12 hour ER waits. Just focused on the stupid crap.

A member of Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party caucus has introduced legislation to ban flavoured vaping products in the province. junonews.com/p/mla-petrovic…

@j5dyer @TrueNorthStr0ng @sarobertsonca Yes but that is not the profit. The profit is 3-4% and that would be all the government store would be able to discount unless they subsidize it with tax revenue (which they do not have a surplus of) and only if they run it as efficiently which they will not.

@robertincalgary @TrueNorthStr0ng @sarobertsonca I'm talking margin across product.

@JonFlynnREstats Air BnB special

I stopped watching the new construction space around 2016-2017 when it became a full blown speculative clusterfuck. I just got an email about a 367 sq.ft. pre-con condo in Niagara for $299k targeting investors. There’s still a lot of shit in the pipes. Don’t get fooled.

@miket136 All the vehicles in the ditch today were trucks and awd vehicles. They don't notice how slick it is till it is to late.

If the road conditions, your vehicle, your driving experience or skill level require you to drive at half the posted speed limit in order to feel safe, you shouldn’t be operating the vehicle. You’re the hazard; get off the road.

@egolesslife @BrianMason23847 Today in 10 mins of driving I saw more than a dozen vehicles in the ditch or in accidents. The problem is we give away licenses to people who should not drive.

@BrianMason23847 That same Kenney removed the cap off insurance rate increases. Get your lips off the conservatives asses. Albertans are much worse off because of them. We are paying more than double for insurance because of them.

What happens when the province cuts the gas tax? The oil companies raise prices and pocket the difference. In April 2022, Jason Kenney eliminated the provincial gas tax of 13c/l. It cost the province $130m and drove up the deficit. Gas prices fell initially. But….

@Anon12111999 @fightthewcb @sarobertsonca @dmrider Canada is socialist and feudalist we have no capitalism.

@fightthewcb @sarobertsonca @dmrider You’re a retard. Capitalism is working it’s because you morons keep voting for people destroying our economy 😂🤣

@j5dyer @TrueNorthStr0ng @sarobertsonca Loblaws Net earning was just under 4% last year you are looking at gross earnings. Which is before they pay staff, rent, insurance, ETC. The government could drop GST and PST and save you 3-4 times what the government grocery would if it could manage to be decent.

@TrueNorthStr0ng @sarobertsonca This. The 2-3% ref is rest of world - in Canada, the lowest margin maker is Costco at ~5% while ALL OTHERS are higher so literally 3x what he refs. City run grocery would REVEAL the margin CAN BE 2-3% which would bottom anchor the Canadian sector and fuck his lobby friends.

@Contrepoids @legallymsjuno Same people who cause all of the problems, government and the mega corps that lobby them.

@legallymsjuno @robertincalgary Good! Now guess who's responsible for the «too much regulation» part.

OMG, how does Pierre Poilievre still not get economics in Canada? 😂 He's railing about housing, groceries & cost of living like it's all one big mystery. Meanwhile corporations jack up prices and pad record profit margins while Canadians quietly pay up every day, no pushback, just complacency. Our whistleblower laws are so weak they basically punish the people trying to call it out. Mark Carney? Told y'all 18 months ago, the guy's charisma is next-level. He's built for this. Hilarious how smooth he responds. Hard not to like him. 🇨🇦

@ash_incanada @Wanita1 @sarobertsonca @fordnation Need to properly fine them. Should be a fine 2-3 times bigger than the amount of money they make. They got a tiny slap on the wrist

@Wanita1 @sarobertsonca @fordnation jesus should have made people pay for the bread because that’s what god would have wanted. how dare he have shared his food with the fucking disgusting peasants. that’s why the weston’s are holy for fixing the price of bread! did i get it right capitalist “jesus” lovers?

@ronmortgageguy Great for an air bnb and was most likely the intention for most.

Was A Dog Crate Condo A Bad Dwelling For Real People? It Sure As Shit Was And looks like Developers have finally figured it out too But this reveals an insane idea: no one really thought a Dog Crate Condo was a home It was a financial instrument Not a place to live 2/

@TimothyEllenbr1 @Martyupnorth If you have the right friends the sign buisness can be very profitable

@Martyupnorth That's easy to fix, just raise their taxes.They do it in cochran , ten percent every year for 5 years , that's fifty percent , and they haven't stopped cause they want to buy signs that say Cochrane for two hundred and eighty five thousand dollars

A small Alberta town is goin bankrupt.

@DevinDVote Spending more money and adding more regulations. Address the real problem and stop handing out licenses to people who can not drive. Cars, trucks, semis if you can not drive take a cab or a bus.

“Alberta is taking matters into its own hands after incurring millions in damages from semi-trucks and other large vehicles hitting bridges.” nationalpost.com/news/canada/al…

@albertaNDP Great way to burn the surplus cash we have.

Alberta’s New Democrats have been calling to remove the provincial fuel tax for weeks now. We couldn’t agree more, Rick. It’s time to give Albertans real relief at the pumps. calgaryherald.com/opinion/column…

@CanadianModera1 The Canadian dollar has no purchasing power left, just go to any grocery store. No trade deal with the USA which is 86% of Albertas trade and the provinces block Alberta industries. There is no Value for Alberta to stay in Canada anymore.

AB’s "independence" means losing trade deals, a stable dollar, and federal backing. Expect a mass exodus as corporations & professionals flee the chaos—and yes, the Oilers & Flames will quickly follow the money out.

@rivercityghost @MelissaLMRogers You get health insurance from the company you work for. You also make an average of 30-40% more and a lot less in taxes.

@MelissaLMRogers You forgot the $USD to $CAD conversion. For example, $300K USD = $415K CAD. Also forgot the added cost of health insurance which begins around $1,300 CAD per month for family coverage. The overall cost is much higher when you decide to tell the whole story.

Imagine buying a house like this is Texas, with NO state income tax, less federal tax, less sales tax and likely a much HIGHER Income 🇺🇸 Canadians are getting BIG TIME screwed

@monkeyteacher79 @rufflife222 @RightFocused @MelissaLMRogers @gsmukowich Sounds like Calgary

@rufflife222 @RightFocused @MelissaLMRogers @gsmukowich I have no interest in living in America. Or even going there. Last time I went to America, I lost a tire and rim on their pot hole filled highway and my friend was robbed in the line of McDonald’s.

@monkeyteacher79 @rufflife222 @MelissaLMRogers @gsmukowich Good plan, get the wealthy people to leave.

@rufflife222 @MelissaLMRogers @gsmukowich Just move then.

@DorisVonhe33242 @MelissaLMRogers My property taxes on a house half the size of these is $4,700 in Calgary and we do not even have a working water system. The pipes blow every couple months.

@MelissaLMRogers Careful.. Property taxes can eat you up in TX. Don't get high on those no taxes. A lot of them are still collected, just under a different name.