We normally don’t worry about products we buy having hidden bombs ready to be triggered by a genocidal government the manufacturer is beholden to. Same for bricking. It is bad for business.
I would actually like to see any sort of over the air update systems be banned, it should only be possible when plugged in physically.
A government agency independent of our spy/political systems, could administer all updates. wired or air doesn’t matter much.
Hydrogen is absolutely key to a sustainable planet. It is only path to have 100% renewable power so that surpluses, can be monetized, on most days needed to have reliable power every day.
Unfortunately, prioritizing human/national sustainability seems impossible whenever a war or any other crisis needs attention.
In a primarily private sector “market” supply chain etc does basic income not just put downward pressure on wages in the form of a pseudo business subsidy ick.
The freedom to say no to job offers, or unfair working conditions, suggests a higher pressure on wages. Getting 5 recruiter calls per day would also raise your wages.
OTOH, people liking their society and wanting to give back might motivate them to work a few hours for beer money. The previous dynamic can mean eliminating minimum wage. You might be happy to work in a library for $3/hour if you feel it is helping educate society, and it doesn’t happen to be illegal, as an example.
Perhaps we could do something like saying UBI is paid out annually and only given the day before taxes are due to be paid in order to minimize the amount of time this money is floating out there
The usual “source income deductions” (from paychecks) works fine with UBI.
The key is to base eligibility
And that’s how you know this is the usual contempt and hatred for Canadians behind a proposal trying to use the philosophical clout of UBI in a despotic corrupt way.
Their scheme is to reduce old age spending by forcing their kids to support their parents.
UBI is inherently a zero cost program. Government gets no say in what to do with any tax revenue meant for it, and does not pay for administering “eligibility”. Its just another (refundable) tax credit that gets paid by higher taxes on others, but who also inherently qualify for UBI.
UBI becomes an easy cost savings program when other programs are eliminated. UBI that is higher than social programs and EI, means programs can be eliminated to the benefit of people both receiving them and not. Unconditionality means no poverty trap preventing them from seeking additional income. Eliminating crime and homelessness is such a massive quality of life increase to all, including tourism related businesses. Massive economic growth and wage (that multiplies economic growth even more) benefits of UBI, means that the rich get richer even after tax hikes.
It’s also categorically absurd to mass infrastructure spend on FF export potential to Europe from Alberta. Not only are they weaning off dead ender climate terrorist energy, but they have ample supply capacity from nearby abundant sources. Temporary geopolitical sympathies is no basis for Canada to fund stupidity. If Europe wants to help Alberta cofund something, I’m ok with Canada helping provinces along the way approve permits, but the inherent stupidity should not impact other Canadians.
Ontario and Quebec (and prairies) energy is cheaper with tariff free Chinese help. Solar in Ontario and Quebec would now be cheaper than in Arizona despite much less sun with lower financing costs and cheaper inputs. Chinese battery supplies and factories can both make Canadian EV production competitive, and enhance electricity resilience affordably. Canadian trade of oil for solar equipment helps both Alberta and Canadians achieve desired energy policy/benefits without any stupidity.
Big pipeline projects require a guaranteed climate terrorist future with world subjugated to dead ender energy for 40 years. Oil use, other than for war, is significantly down in last 2 years. EVs are making a big dent in China and Europe, and South. Desperation to steal public funds to subsidize oil industry was part of funding for Trump’s victory, as a last gasp for industry profit protection.
If Alberta wants to pay for a pipeline east, rest of Canada can be nice about it. Smartest move would be expanded railways through Ontario and Quebec that go a bit norther than existing routes so that more cargo volume can pass through Canada, and be remote enough that accidents don’t kill too many. In a greener future, population around those rail corridors can increase, even as oil use dies off completely, or sufficiently to not have large export markets, that makes oil only infrastructure a bad investment. But even if using existing railways/trucks causes more deaths from accidents, it’s still the smartest/least economic risky path.
Absolutely not under any circumstances, should Federal government submit to Alberta referendum extortion as a reason to invest 1 red cent into Alberta. I’d rather see export tariffs on Alberta oil, with 50% of the revenue set aside to repay Alberta after they set a path towards Canadian unity. I’d rather see very aggressive demands on secessionist movements to allow subregions to vote to either become independent city states or Canadian associated regions.
It would lose oil value by joining US. Only 1 customer becomes permanent. The pipeline to west coast would face higher transit fees.
We collectively would prefer if you did not support their economy.
This is politicized, but is more credibly claimed in construction and lower value manufacturing. Their EV advantage is based on robotics and battery tech.
This is just something we copy from US. There’s a need to befriend lesser enemies, though China has never threatened us.