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John Ivison, my colleague has been uneasy about his disagreement with the Liberal party’s plans to fund camping trips for families and educational programs for children. I have yet to be convinced that the Liberals include a whole section of their platform devoted entirely to camping. I cannot believe this has prompted John to draw comparisons between Trudeau to Idi-Amin, however, I have double-checked my memory, and it’s proven to be true. The Liberals propose an enormous expansion of Parks Canada’s «Learn to Camp» program. This program will consist of camping workshops that provide basic education , such as how to set up a tent, run camp stoves, fight away a grizzly that is obnoxious, and whatnot — held in cities to help people who aren’t experienced. A lot of them are immigrants seeking to develop the skills required to travel in Canada’s wilderness. It is possible that they were told to get these skills. Sorry, the video is not loading. The program is currently teaching a few thousand people each year. Ah, you claim that I have the ability, but I don’t have the bread. That’s fine. The Liberals are also planning to purchase the cost of outdoor excursions for web treasure Hunter 75,000 low-income families, who will spend «up up to four days in one of Canada’s National or Provincial Parks every year. This will include camping facilities and a bursary that could be as high as $2,000 … I realize I’ve said I was going to try my best at fairness but it’s quite disconcerting to see a program of a political party to read so much like something Johnny Olson would have intoned on The Price Is Right. The document does not say whether there will be any sort of sadistic lottery or giant game of Plinko if more than 75,000 families are eligible for the holiday. Perhaps they’re assuming that it will not be nearly 75,000. The price of these goodies will be $150 million in the fiscal year 2023-24, but as with everything else that the Liberals have «announced» to date, economic details are TBA. As Ivison noted, a few folks moaned about how Conservatives cannot possibly be able to critique the Liberal natural-cults’ cornucopia since they, in power, had engaged in analogous social engineering themselves — largely by way of a variety of «boutique» tax credits. Ivison’s argument is that the Conservative subsidies were just as stupid as Liberals ones. Many economists agree regardless of their dislike for complex tax policies and a narrowing of the tax base. What I notice, in trying to comprehend the Liberals’ Camping Nation theatrics and the way they portrayed themselves, is that the majority of the Conservatives tax breaks that were boutique were connected to some clear public-good or welfare-related reason. The Tories provided tax breaks for volunteer firefighters and search-and-rescue personnel. Although «sports» was a discredited tax credit for children, it was actually a tax credit for any activity that involved fitness. The public transit tax credit is an example. The Liberals had promised a tax credit for membership to service clubs such as Rotary, the Elks as well as Rotary in 2015. The announcement was met with a torrent of protests from citizens who didn’t get the meaning of the «service» part. The Liberals have created an outdoor utopia that takes a completely different shape unlike the previous Conservative boutique. There’s no tax-free deduction on DEET and beer coolers: it’s more like «Literally every American child will be snatching a jackrabbit by his 14th birthday due to the fear of Druidic sacrifice. Colby Cosh: The U.K. Supreme Court has shot down Boris Johnson on Brexit. What could that have to mean for Canada? Colby Cosh: It was difficult to fall in love with Three Mile Island, but will it be difficult to live with? From the perspective of a tax reformer’s in the broader view, such a system could be more effective than offering subtle incentives through tax-related expenditures. Do you want to see people camp? Get them there while they’re still young enough to be ordered around, or give them a huge cheque. Revenue Canada should be left out of this. This might be true as in the sense that it is however it doesn’t consider the nature of the programs. What is the objective of mass outdoor education and what social benefits can be gained from it? Are these activities in any way similar to soliciting people to join the fire department, or a charitable group? Camping is very nice for those who enjoy camping. Camping can be a great method to boost their spirits and lives. In this way, it’s simply a token of appreciation to some people. It’s similar to (hugely) subsidizing knitting or stamp collecting. However, it is unwise in terms of wilderness health and integrity perspective. Adding an additional number of campers is the most insanity thing to do. There isn’t any public good aspect here that I can discern, other than a vague idea, savouring of the Lake Poets and the German Burschenschaften which suggests that camping is a Canadian-centric thing to do — a thing that, being done, will help make urban Canadians more Canadian. The experience of the Learn to Camp program shows that the new Canadian program is a welcome addition. We’d never do anything stupid such as integrating them into romanticist traditions north Europeans, but. Ascribe such a motive to a socially conscious group run by Justin Trudeau would be plain crazy.