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if-you-fan-a-fire · 10 months

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Great history of Bob Rae and the NDP in power in Ontario in the early 1990s. My parents still feel betrayed all these decades later. "Deficit mania In its first two years of power, the NDP had brought in important labour law changes, raised the minimum wage, raised welfare rates, invested in housing, and raised taxes on higher income earners.

At the same time, the government was laying the groundwork for severe austerity. In January 1992, Rae took to television to tell Ontarians there were unsustainable deficits ahead and action needed to be taken. The NDP’s main focus was to get the deficit under control.

Either the NDP was going to push forward real substantive changes to how the economy works and for whom, or it was going to appease the economic forces in power. Rather than take on the big business agenda head-on, the NDP in government was pulled into managing the economy. And, first and foremost, this meant placating business interests and creating a stable climate for investment and business.

It should be noted that much of the hew and cry about the deficit and impending debt wall was baseless. The government claimed that the deficit would be $18 billion by 1995, an over-the-top projection. The real figure was almost half of that. Ontario still had access to financial markets; there was little concern about its long run debt to GDP ratio.

The NDP was viciously attacked by the rightwing and under siege from the big business lobby but there is little to suggest that Ontario was facing an actual fiscal crisis. The net debt-to-GDP ratio under the Rae government was lower than any subsequent government in Ontario.

To get the deficit under control, the NDP opted to not go after the rich and powerful. Both a wealth tax and an inheritance tax were dismissed early on. The NDP was also not going to substantially raise corporate taxes. The government was more comfortable bailing out corporations, opening casinos, and doing big pharmaceutical companies favours, at the taxpayers’ expense.' - David Bush, "Rae Days: Lessons from the Social Contract 30 years later." Spring Magazine. July 7, 2023.

#ontario ndp #ndp #bob rae #ontario politics #ontario history #austerity politics #austerity measures #1990s canada #failure of social democracy #corporatism

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canadachronicles · 1 year

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There were moments of gold And there were flashes of light There were things I'd never do again But then they'd always seemed right There were nights of endless pleasure It was more than any laws allow

Baby, baby If I kiss you like this And if you whisper like that It was lost long ago But it's all coming back to me If you want me like this And if you need me like that It was dead long ago But it's all coming back to me It's so hard to resist And it's all coming back to me I can barely recall But it's all coming back to me now

When we parted over six years ago, and it was so hard to walk away from each other’s life, the most pain we felt was when we did not speak to one another at all... We’d hurt each other, in different ways, but not having her in my life anymore was the most cruel. It was difficult for her too, because after some long, lonely months, we started chatting again. We became friends, actually. And it felt good, so good. I cannot stop loving her, and she cannot stop loving me. We have been friends for some years, until we met again. And fell in love again. As madly and deeply as the first time. And she “[forgave] me all this” and I “[forgave her] all that” and we’re happy. So happy. Even when we’re far, far away from each other; like we are right now.

But when she rings me and plays It’s All Coming Back To Me Now on the phone, and I can’t help the tears because I love her, because that song, because Céline’s voice..., I remember how wonderful my girl is, how fucking happy she makes me, and it is all worth it...

#It’s All Coming Back To Me Now #Céline #Céline Dion #If hers is not the MOST STUNNING VOICE we've all ever been graced with; then I don't know what fucking is!!!#(and it's not only the voice; it's the performances; the character the generosity....)#Celine Dion #Falling Into You #Canadian Singer #French-Canadian Singer #Canadian Song #Canadian Music #1990s #1996 #1990s Music #1990s Canada #Favorite Quebecer #Favorite Canadian #Favorite Human #Canada Chronicles

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yodaprod · 5 months

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Yonge St. Toronto

#toronto #canada #90's #90s #1990s

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vintagewildlife · 2 months

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Canada goose By: Unknown photographer From: Wildlife Fact-File 1990s

#canada goose #wild goose #goose #anseriform #bird #1990s #Wildlife Fact-File

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haveyouheardthisband · 13 days

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#Pop Rock #Singer-Songwriter #Alternative Rock #Acoustic Rock #Dance-Pop #New Jack Swing #1990s #2000s #Canada #USA #poll #Spotify

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dozydawn · 3 months

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Bride’s Magazine, 1999.

Model: Esther Cañadas.

#esther canadas #esther cañadas #bridal #wedding #1999 #1990s

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out-of-body-xperience · 3 months

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Betsy Johnson Spring/ Summer 1999

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fashiontimeless · 2 years

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Esther Canadas for Alexander McQueen Spring 1999

#fashion #supermodel #1990s #1990s fashion #90s fashion #90s supermodel #vintage fashion #90s #1990s style #90s style #fashion show #esther canadas #alexander mcqueen #fashion runway #runway fashion #runway

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haveyouseenthishorrormovie · 2 months

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SUMMARY: A game designer on the run from assassins must play her latest virtual reality creation with a marketing trainee to determine if the game has been damaged.

#eXistenZ (1999)#science fiction #technological horror #1990s #canada #north american movie #horror #movies #poll

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rrrauschen · 3 months

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Andriy Donchyk, {1992} Кисневий голод (Oxygen Starvation)

#film #gif #andriy donchyk #Кисневий голод #oxygen starvation #1992 #landscapes #people #men #military #churches #walking #1990s #feature length #male filmmakers #colour #ukraine #canada #soldiers

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retroness-is-fabulous · 1 month

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#1996 #1990s #Montreal #montréal #nostalgia #90s #postcard #vtg #vintage #90s aesthetic #vaporwave #Quebec #canada #rare #old school #old postcard

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oldshowbiz · 23 days

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When I began my stand-up career in the late 1990s, most of my gigs were in the sordid dive bars of Parkdale in Toronto.

Today the neighborhood is completely gentrified, but back then Parkdale was an area you were supposed to stay clear of.

This is what the atmosphere looked like back then, when I'd take the streetcar from Kipling to Gladstone, to do shows at The Tennessee, Club OV's, and the Gladstone Hotel.

#parkdale #toronto #ontario #1990s #canada

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ilromagnollo84 · 11 months

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