<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br></div>Hi Allan, Greg, David, et. al.<div><br></div><div>Fabulously good article by David Olive. It's the kind of thing we need tons more of to reveal the cracks and ultimately dislodge the neoliberal agenda/ideology/economic theory our governments have embraced. We need more regulation, more non-profits and, if needed, higher taxes to take care of all Canadians with policies that diminish the neoliberal hold of neoliberalism.</div><div><br></div><div>We remain hopeful,</div><div><br></div><div>Remo</div><div><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On May 22, 2022, at 2:54 PM, Allan Baker via craic <craic@lists.integralshift.ca> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">Hi Greg;<div class="">I agree with your comments - particularly about how the myth of neoliberalism has infiltrated our government structures.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">At the present time I’m re-reading a book by Parker Palmer: “Healing The Heart of Democracy”.</div><div class="">Palmer isn’t usually outspoken politically, so I was surprised to read (p.93) “Congress and large corporations are akin to private clubs where memberships and access to the facilities cost big money. If you are an outsider who cannot afford the membership fee, your ability to get members of the club to listen to your needs is severely limited.”</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Stay hopeful;</div><div class="">Allan<br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On May 22, 2022, at 8:17 AM, Greg Gillis via craic <<a href="mailto:craic@lists.integralshift.ca" class="">craic@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">The article is right on David. As stated, housing was built to accommodate both veterans and immigrants up to the 1990s. Now it is a free for all and real estate agents talk about a lack of product on the market. Everything is profit driven and the government seems to have little desire to regulate the market whether real estate. The shift to full on neoliberalism has allowed the corporate model free reign. Thank you for keeping us informed.<div class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><font size="2" class="">Greg</font></div></div><br class=""></div></div><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, May 21, 2022 at 10:42 PM David Walsh via craic <<a href="mailto:craic@lists.integralshift.ca" class="">craic@lists.integralshift.ca</a>> wrote:<br class=""></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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