Navigating the Storm: Canadian Politics and the Working Class Dilemma

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@skillsgaptrainer @bruce5895 “If memory serves correctly, in the United States, an estimated 100 million individuals or more are marked as “Not Participating in the Labour Force.” If it’s different, let us know. Notably, a significant subset of these may be professionals, in work such as trades, science, engineering, technology, farming, mining, energy, transportation, particularly occupations often performed by men, who feel disconnected and possibly marginalized by the current system. Many might perceive a breach of the “social contract,” which traditionally emphasizes long-term societal benefit and ensures that each generation experiences similar, if not better, purchasing power than the generation before. Such feelings of disillusionment can lead to resistance against existing policies, causing many to disengage, particularly in Canada, where many are disciplined, tough negotiators, and have been trained for decades by colleges and universities to negotiate extremely well and on favourable terms. The erosion of mutual trust between the society and its skilled labour force is palpable.

Canada’s current trajectory is concerning. Instead of implementing beneficial strategies, the leadership appears to amplify existing issues. Decision-making at the top seems to be impeding the growth of vital sectors like energy, minerals, agriculture, machinery, transportation, podcasting, digital media, e-commerce, military, and border security and so on. Any sector that is usually some kind of export sector that would make the purchasing power higher, or the country stronger. This may be a ‘de-growth’ strategy, but we do not agree to this magical, supernatural, and backwards idea. One cannot build the 21st century with de-growth, only the 8th century.

From a macro perspective, these industries, especially apt for individuals in their 20s to 50s, encounter a labyrinth of restrictive policies. These include overt censorship, burdensome taxation, and constricting regulations. Prolonged permit and approval processes, prevention of approvals of development, or a block to all development, along with rampant gate-keeping, further hamper progress. We think this might be referred to as Western Alienation, last we heard. For instance, HR departments’ potential biases might exclude many based on identity, or the new west coast/English movement of “Woke”. While local homeowners and political zoning decisions might thwart housing developments and limit public land access, especially like crown land that young people want, or four-plexes or townhouses that young people want. Such policies not only curb industry growth but also dissuade potential entrepreneurs and employees from entering these fields.

On the micro level, these policies potentially alienate workers, fostering feelings of exclusion. If they believe the social contract isn’t in their favour, they may withdraw their labour, and this is probably a bigger issue than reported. As custodians of the social contract, leaders must strike a harmonious balance that appeals to the broader populace, or the challenge of a high non-participation rate will persist.

For those who opt out, while their voices are crucial, true change lies in the hands of leadership. Here are some proposed directions for reform:

Amend the Social Contract: Prioritize the adjustment of the social contract to ensure that purchasing power keeps pace with the escalation in real asset values, especially housing.

Address Gatekeeping: Streamline processes and eliminate biases that hinder entry and growth in various industries, by removing all of the special surveys when people submit resumes, that are used for discrimination, and even to remove the name, as they can detect gender. The government should also seek to remove also irrelevant and non professionally relevant data collection in terms of research grant proposals, as it influences the grant committees to do an unprofessional assessment.

Optimize Land Use: With vast stretches of land lying unused in Canada, worth dozens of trillions of dollars, these should be made available at reasonable prices, below market, as that would adhere to the social contract agreement, thereby unlocking tremendous value in the trillions (indexed to inflation)

Facilitate Business Operations: Revise policies across all sectors that obstruct smooth functioning and growth. Shift towards a growth-oriented economic model, moving away from the restrictive ‘de-growth’ model under the current administration. It’s imperative to understand that a nation’s economy isn’t analogous to a family’s finances. A government, unlike a family, possesses vast land assets appreciating with inflation, today can be worth 10 trillion, tomorrow can be worth 100 trillion. Consequently, a government can propel unparalleled wealth and growth if it desires to do so, and if foreign governments have not convinced the national government to adopt a de-growth policy.

(PS): If the government fixes the social contract and purchasing power issues, adopts a growth policy, and adopts a more open negotiation policy with the labour market, we suspect more labour will be immediately become available and the will to work will rise to meet the significant will we have, and that we know the elderly population had throughout their entire life, as demonstrated that many are volunteering to work or working past retirement to help the healthcare system. Thank You for the endless work retirees. If you are a retiree, and want to help, research “growth” economic models and mail the MP to adopt that. In our estimation, we saw that at this point in time the Conservative Party has a growth based economic policy of economic tolerance to business.”

@skillsgaptrainer “@bruce5895 Oh we forgot, instill the passion to teach in the department of Education. It seems they do not have qualified STEM teachers anymore, and that they do not wish to teach the current and next generation the knowledge and skills that humanity has developed. The books are simple, not 1000 pages, but 10. The great libraries of the world are not printed here in the local schools, and the great teachers from the senior population that were qualified in STEM are gone. So whoever is left, seems to be defaulting to teach the kids the only thing they learned, from life experience, relationships and experimental relationship ideas from the dark recesses of the internet.”

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“Okay.”