Re:Canada Invests in Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Network
by fanatic2pope on Sunday February 16, 2020 @03:17PM
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Having lived through the years of federal Conservative fiscal mismanagement under Harper and now (what feels like 100 years) under utterly incompetent and blatantly corrupt provincial Conservative leadership here in Ontario I know I am not alone in hoping for a much bigger change in the next election.
Re:Canada Invests in Ontario’s Electric Vehicle Network
by chantelles on Monday February 17, 2020 @06:11PM
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Yes. And yes. I am Canadian and complacent is what we are. I spent last year in Russia and France and no one there is complacent. I feel that complacent is the best way to describe our comportment.
Canadians, especially those in densely populated cities with poor public transit like Toronto and Vancouver, already struggle to live day-to-day. Where are they going to get the money for an electric vehicle when:
- the average income in Ontario is $50-$60k (CAD), less than $4k per month net
- the rent on a one bed apartment is now averaging $2300
- despite zero service improvements, the cost of transit continues to be put up
- groceries are now extremely expensive compared to US and EU
- Internet, cellphones, etc. plans are more expensive than anywhere else
As a result, vast amounts of even "well paid" white collar workers can't live in the cities and instead move hours away and are forced to drive essentially everywhere, including into the cities for work.
30 years of stagnant incomes, increased taxes, soaring costs of living and unapproachable costs of housing and the government makes a song and dance of $8 million on EV chargers? Trudeau spent $600m keeping the fed-friendly media afloat [0], has committed $1.4bn to foreign "women's health" [1] and more.
The friendliness of Canadians is echoed in their sheer complacency with regards to their own governing. Whether it's a strength or a weakness is up to the individual to decide.
[0]https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ottawa-bolsters-struggling-m...
[1]https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-trudeau-ann...