Erin Berney

2015-04-01 01:56:57 -0400

Great story Ezra. I’m sick to my stomach by Trudeau’s posturing, as if he could ever be considered middle-class. I’m in Edmonton and was deemed ineligible for a government student loan to attend law school because I had a pension through one of my two part-time jobs, RRSPs I started when I was 18, and owned property on which I was paying a mortgage. Instead, I had to keep working both jobs (40 hours a week) to support myself while going to school full-time, and be able to pay tuition to the tune of roughly $12K per year, plus books.

How can he not afford to have a place in Montreal? That is absolute bull. My good friend Joan lives in Montreal, works two (and sometimes three) jobs to support herself while teaching and pursuing her Masters Degree, and manages all right, and she doesn’t have either a trust fund or a $1,000,000 antique car at her disposal. And, she has way shinier hair.

But really, what an inane response to the question he was asked (how often does he frequent Montreal/Quebec these days?) Of course, he exploits every opportunity to try and portray himself as an everyday, working/middle-class Canadian. How stupid does he think we are? I suspect that there is simply no monetary/tax advantage to his owning property in Quebec. The real question is whether he owns properties in other provinces, or other properties in Ontario. Maybe TheRebel.media can find out?

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