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My friend John Ivison has already given an unpleasant ride to the Liberal party’s plans to offer subsidies to camping trips for families and camp education programs. I’m still unable to believe that the Liberals include a whole section of their platform dedicated to camping. I’m not certain what the reason is John has compared Trudeau to Idi Amin. But, I double-checked my memory and it was reliable. The Liberals are proposing a massive expansion of Parks Canada’s «Learn to Camp» program. This program gives workshops to teach camping basics like how to set up a tent, how to use a camp stove and deal with the grizzly’s rage, and many other things. The program is offered in urban areas for those with no prior experience. A lot of them are immigrants seeking to acquire the necessary skills to explore Canada’s wilderness. They may have been told to obtain these skills. Sorry, but the video is not able to load. The program currently instructs about a handful of thousand people each year. Ah, you say, I have the skills; I just don’t possess the bread. It’s no problem. It’s not a problem. The Liberals are planning to buy outdoor trips for 75,000 lower income families. This will include camping accommodations as well as a travel grant of up to $2,000… It’s a shame. I know I said I would seek to be fair but it’s a bit disappointing for a party program to sound so much like something Johnny Olson would have said on The Price Is Right. If more than 75,000 families apply but the program doesn’t mention whether there will be an unsettling lottery or a huge game of Plinko. It’s possible that they are hoping that it doesn’t exceed 75,000. The goodies are expected to cost around $150 million during fiscal 2023-24. As with every other announcement made by the Liberals to date, the specifics of economics are being discussed. As Ivison pointed out, some individuals bragged about how Conservatives couldn’t possibly critique the Liberal nature-cult bounty because they, when in power, had been engaged in similar social engineering — mostly through a wide array of «boutique» tax credits. Ivison’s reaction to this is that Conservative subsidies are just as dumb as Liberals. Many economists agree that, despite their aversion to complicated taxation and the narrowing of the tax base. What I’ve noticed in trying to understand the Liberals’ Camping Nation theatrics, webtreasure hunter is that most of the Conservatives»tiny tax credits» were tied to a clear public-good or welfare rationale. Tories offered tax breaks to search and rescue personnel and volunteer firefighters. The derided children’s «sports» tax break was actually to be used for anything that was fitness-related. The public transit tax credit is an example. The party had promised an income tax credit for membership to clubs that serve the community, such as the Elks as well as Rotary in 2015. The announcement was met with a flood of protests from citizens who could not comprehend the significance of the «service» part. The Liberals’ outdoor utopia obviously is a different style from the old Conservative boutique. This isn’t about a tax-free deduction for DEET as well as beer coolers. we’re talking about something more like «Literally every kid in America is going to snare a jackrabbit by his 14th birthday, despite the pain of Druidic sacrifice. Colby Cosh — The U.K. Supreme Court has rejected Boris Johnson’s Brexit plan. What do this mean for Canada? Colby Cosh — It was difficult to fall in love with Three Mile Island. But is it harder to do without it? This plan is more effective than subtle incentives via tax-related expenditures, as per a tax reformer. Are you looking to get people to camp? You can either force them to camp while they are still old enough to be able to obey commands or you can write them a massive cheque. Leave Revenue Canada out of it. While this may seem right in some ways, it does not reflect what is actually in the programs. What’s the wider reason or benefit that can be gained from mass outdoor education? Are these activities in any way similar to encouraging people to join a fire department or join a charity? Camping is extremely enjoyable for those who enjoy camping. Camping can be a great opportunity to boost their spirits and their lives. But in this regard it is a mere gift to certain individuals. It’s not that different from (hugely) subsidizing knitting or stamp collecting. Except that from the standpoint of the integrity and health of the wilderness, generating more campers is about the most ridiculous idea that could be imagined. There is no public-good element here that I see, beyond a vague idea, savouring of the Lake Poets and the German Burschenschaften and the idea that camping is an extremely Canadian way to spend time and when done will create hopelessly urban Canadians more Canadian. The story of the Learn to Camp program shows that the new Canadian is a welcomed addition. We wouldn’t do anything crude like assimilating them into romanticist traditions north Europeans, however. It’s absurd to attribute such a reason to Justin Trudeau’s sociably conscious party.