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Trudeau’s record may be spotty, but his biggest accomplishment was a national child-care program (theconversation.com)

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Naomi Lightman: Associate Professor of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University
Ernie Lightman: Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, University of Toronto

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[-] 0li0li@lemmy.world 48 points 3 months ago

And his COVID response was solid.

[-] shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com 34 points 3 months ago

And his Trump handling is world class

[-] moistclump@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

And legalizing weed.

[-] AlolanVulpix@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago

I wish it was electoral reform: !fairvote@lemmy.ca.

[-] infinitevalence@discuss.online 19 points 3 months ago

And election reform right? That was a huge part of his initial platform.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 20 points 3 months ago

... and that was his biggest failure for which I'll never forgive him.

You know how smöl PP might be our next PM? (Polling is shifting towards LPC but it's still quite possible)... had he actually gotten serious about MMP or PR the CPC's extremist views wouldn't stand a chance.

[-] Grimpen@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 months ago

yeah and that...

The irony will take the sting out if a Liberal-NDP split lets the Conservatives skate up the middle.

[-] infinitevalence@discuss.online 2 points 3 months ago

Could be worse you could live in the States or North Korea... It's getting hard to tell the difference other that that the current firing squads are restricted to convinced criminals...

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 months ago

Their fall doesn't excuse our shortcomings. We can do better.

[-] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 17 points 3 months ago

In purely fiscal terms, study after study shows that a dollar invested in child care yields a greater financial return over a lifetime than any other expenditure of public funds.

Much of the world (notably South Korea, Japan, et al) need to take a close look at this