When an authoritarian regime / dictator decides to invade a large democratic country and threatens to use nuclear arsenal, I guess it is acceptable to keep funding them through the purchase of their biggest export product? The oil and financial sanctions are a necessary evil, and what should be done is to manage and minimize the fallout from the sanctions. So far, I'm saying having the Feds, BoC, etc. to take on the lion share of the responsibility (to fight inflation) is not working well because their tools is only a partial match at best as the solution.
You are absolutely correct though that our Canadian gov is useless in pushing through necessary but unpopular policies. The US is probably in an even bigger mess given how polarized the country has become, and I'd say we also seem to be heading towards that downward spiral in Canadian politics.
Citing hydrogen vehicles as a sample direction to pursue is inappropriate though because it is inherently a non-viable solution in the foreseeable future. What is viable though is accelerated investment into EV charging infrastructure. Lots of people are still unable to charge at home for one reason or another, and having good public charging -- instead of leaving it up to private companies to set up -- can entice a lot of people to switch into EVs. (And then comes the resulting benefits of less dependence on fossil fuel and smaller carbon footprint.)
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Originally Posted by JDMDreams
^^ yes, us doesn't import much oil but oil price is also determined globally, so if you make imagery rules which artificially increased the price you also have to face the consequences. That's like saying you must only buy all your groceries at whole foods cuz Walmart is evil, let's see how much your grocery expense goes up by.  remember when they wanted to make America great again? American made iPhone? How many thousands will that shit cost.
And it's a lesson to not burn your bridges, look what OPEC did when oil prices started to drop below $80 they cut production. A big Fu to the US.
Ah good old resource management guess what? look we have oil next door in Alberta, yet why do we have the highest gas prices in North America. Don't get me started on this. Cuz you can't get shit done here, every time shit gets approved some Karen, election or tree hugger comes in and starts shit and it gets cancelled. Look at the keystone XL, the imaginary bridge we're supposed to have been Delta and Richmond, nah mate dey needs a museum bro.
Yea there's hydrogen cars look how well that's going. Literally no company will invest if there's so much flip flop and near impossible to get continuous support from the government.
You have to have a government that has a forward long term plan that's good for the country, not what's good to keep my job for 4 year plan. |