The fuel you need for your homes and cars and the convoy you were told was an anti-social movement was ALL for your benefit.
Choke on your stupidity:
Canadians are becoming increasingly concerned about the issues of free speech and freedom, a new poll finds.
Conducted by Nanos Research, the poll found that of all national issues of concern, free speech and freedom came in second as the “most important” to Canadians at 8.3 percent, just behind the coronavirus at 13.1 percent, and of higher priority than the environment at 7.5 percent.
Only 8.3%, huh?
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A majority of Quebecers believe their province should be more self-sufficient when it comes to fossil fuels, according to a new poll.
More than half (52%) of Quebecers polled by Ipsos on behalf of the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) agreed that the province should develop its own oil and natural gas industries instead of importing the resources it consumes for transportation or heating.
This represents an increase of nine points compared to August 2021, but results from the two previous years have swung between 45 per cent and 50 per cent.
Meanwhile, 28 per cent of Quebecers think that the province should continue importing oil and gas, a decrease of three points since last year.
The remaining respondents (20%) said they do not know what is the best way for Quebec to meet its energy needs.
The poll comes as questions rise about Canada and the world’s dependence on foreign oil and gas, namely from Russia. It was based on a sample of 1,007 Quebec residents who were interviewed between February 25 and March 2, in the first few days when Russia invaded Ukraine.
A history of Quebec's refusal of pipelines and one mention of karma.
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Panicked credit union depositors withdrew millions after cabinet ordered a freeze on accounts of Freedom Convoy sympathizers, executives yesterday disclosed. “Many Canadians felt surprised the government had that authority,” said Martha Durdin, CEO of the Canadian Credit Union Association: “There was some degree of panic.”
(Sidebar: the government had the power to lie and people were fine with it.)
I'll bet there was.
Reaping what is sown:
Beaudoin’s remarks corroborate earlier claims by Canada’s national financial intelligence agency, the Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC).
“FINTRAC was before our committee,” said Conservative MP Philip Lawrence to Beaudoin. “They had some interesting testimony on the flow of the money into the crowdfunding and into the protests – that they did not see any evidence of terrorist activity. Did you see any evidence of terrorist activity in the funding of these illegal protests and blockades?”
“I have not,” said Beaudoin.
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In all, Ottawa is reportedly planning to spend $880 million over the next four years to build 65,000 charger stations at an average cost of $14,000. EV drivers are not paying that cost. Some estimate as many as four million charge stations will be needed. At current rates, that works out to $56 billion in subsidies above the price of electricity.
Governments also charge taxes on gasoline, revenue that is at least nominally collected to pay for roads and other infrastructure needed to support transport. Road spending will still be needed with EVs on the road. At current gas prices of $1.45 a litre, Ontario drivers currently pay 25 cents a litre in federal/provincial taxes (excluding carbon and sales taxes), which means that an EV driver should also be paying the equivalent amount to cover the same road cost. The tax-cost of filling up a gas engine at current prices, about $20, should be added to the price of an EV charge.
In future, the electricity grid and power supply will also have to be upgraded with uncountable billions in new spending needed to finance vast new speculative electricity production systems. These costs will have to be passed on to EV chargers or subsidized.
The party is over when taxpayers are no longer forced to subsidise these costs.
Get used to walking.
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Some advice - dandelions can used in salads and even as wine.
It's something that the North Koreans wrestled with when they had to start eating grass:
A new poll suggests Canadians are looking for ways to cut back on spending as their concerns about the cost of living rise alongside headline inflation rates.
Four-fifths of respondents to the Leger poll had started or planned to buy cheaper items at the grocery store to save on food bills, and cut back on how much food they throw out to stretch every dollar.
(Sidebar: so, you were wasting food?)
Some three-quarters of respondents told the firm they planned to cut spending on household items and eat from local restaurants less frequently.
About one in two were already using their vehicles less to save on gasoline as prices at the pumps get pushed ever higher and a further one in five respondents planned to do the same in the near future.
Almost one-third were looking at buying an electric vehicle.
(Sidebar: see above.)
Overall, four-fifths of respondents said inflation was having a serious impact on their households, and the financial squeeze may only worsen as inflation rates are expected to go even higher.
The poll of 1,515 Canadians was taken between March 11 and March 13, but cannot be assigned a margin of error because online panels are not considered truly random samples.
(Sidebar: then perhaps you should not conduct such polls.)
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