Trevor B said "didn't have social policies, we won't have many things we take for granted today. You know when your out and somehow break your arm, you don't have to worry about hospital bill. Public fire and police services, public school, Old Age Security, Child Benefit payments and the list goes on.
I've always wondered when conservatives cry about a more socialized country, what exactly do they want instead? To me it seems they want more of a survival of the fittest type of system. If you can't survive in their system, too bad. "
There are certain programs that exist like the ones you mentioned that are generally universally accepted regardless of which side we land on politically.
The biggest problem that worries me is when a social leaning government starts creating programs for everything and everyone without worrying about who will pay for it all, the tax base can only take so much before it either breaks or rebels.
I also like the idea of a smaller government, the conservatives don't always abide by this, but I feel like it usually tends to be the liberals who add ministers of this and that and swell their ranks.
The constant back and forth politics in our country is getting frustrating though the older I get.
It seems like generally the liberals/ndp get voted in and create a bunch of programs and positions then people get disillusioned and vote in the conservatives and they generally make the cuts to programs and positions and eat the criticism but people eventually want programs again so we change up, its literally like a see saw,except these politicians get their golden pensions and payouts and we the taxpayer get the shaft.
If we were smart, we'd all become politicians :p