Mastodawn

So I got a call from someone doing outreach for the Ontario PC party this afternoon. I assume they were going to ask for money, but it didn't get that far.
The guy said it was good to actually hear a friendly voice. I explained that, as he was calling from the OPCs, it wasn't actually all that friendly.
He asked if he could do his pitch, and I said sure. I figured I could be polite, even if I likely wasn't going to be convinced...

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Dave Cooper 🩻Jul 19, 2024

The caller from the OPC started to tell me about how the federal carbon tax was making life more expensive for everyone, and that the PCs had a plan to fight the carbon tax.

Now, I don't know what I was expecting, probably something about how unions were bad and getting a vodka tonic from an Esso was great, but nope, it was like we hadn't already been through a Supreme Court challenge and stickers that couldn't stick years ago...

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Dave Cooper 🩻Jul 19, 2024

"I have to stop you there," I told the guy. "You know that's not true, right. It's not making things more expensive, it's paying me. If they take $100 and a couple months later I get $120 that's like an investment."

To which he replied, "Have a good day."

Which, to be fair, meant I wasn't wasting time anymore, but also meant I didn't get to talk about the cost of pointless legal challenges, private spas, agency nurses, giving the province to developers and Loblaws, etc...