And still no word on any plans to ensure houses are bought by people who don't already own a whole bunch of investment properties.
Until we address that issue, building more will continue to make the rich richer. But this is to be expected of the politicians whose lobbyists consist of real estate investors.
By the time the "viable" option has a "track record" will be too late. We have to get off fossil fuels far sooner than that. But our Sask party government are the ones who aren't interested in pushing the timeline.
Then why not phrase it more like "SaskPower is currently performing an assessment on the suitability of the SMR, and will know more by xxxx"?
Though if they say No, what are we going to do? Continue to use our aging coal and natural gas infrastructure until the world burns? Oh wait... we're governed by the Sask party... That's exactly what will happen.
Ottawa is prepared to send us the money now but SaskPower won't even make a decision for 6 YEARS?! WTF SaskPower?! Why on Earth is it going to take you 6 years just to decide whether you want to or not? No wonder we can't be bothered to agree to Net Zero if it takes you 6 years for a yes or no question.
Ensuring they are affordable and not sold to someone who already owns property (likely turned into an AirBnB) is critical to getting them into the hands of people who NEED them.
During the next federal election this will be my “single issue” that will determine who I vote for.
This should read PROVINCIAL election. Housing policies are the jurisdiction of the provinces. If you think the Premiers are going to tolerate the Feds mucking around in something they perceive as THEIR jurisdiction, there will be a big fight over it. Take this to your Premier, it's their wheel-house.
Breaches like this need to have legally enforceable punishments. Things such as mandatory recompense for each and every affected user, plus a fine. Too many companies are lax on their IT security because they don't want to pay for the staff to maintain the systems required. Make it more expensive to have a breach than to pay the IT people to monitor for it...otherwise these breaches will continue.
We used to have them. They were called Crown Corporations and were in the hands of the provinces that they resided in. However, almost all of them have been sold to private companies instead of being maintained as publicly/government owned services. Saskatchewan still has a few left, but there is a push within the Sask Party to sell them out from under the province.
