What a braindead headline to just say that the GDP per capita did not meet a projection based on the 10y average
The report highlights that Canada’s real GDP grew 1.1 per cent in 2023, the slowest pace – excluding the COVID-19-related shock in 2020 – since 2016.
Which is not great but not devastating news anyway? Kind of expected for an economy that barely went by without a major recession and is still struggling with high inflation.
What incentive do people like me have to save, when inflation and cost of living are on the trajectory that they’re currently on? [...] And in 5 years, that saved money will be worth less than it is today.
Saving shouldn't mean hoarding money, it should mean investing. You should be able to find some cheap index funds out there that will help you beat inflation.
If we’re prioritizing these skills, it doesn’t seem to be reflected in the labour market.
How do you know, though? To say so shouldn't we compare that statistic before/after the addition of immigration programs for trades? Also, the more useful statistic should be the absolute numbers of workers, no? Otherwise you'll might obfuscate the fact that immigration program is working with other concurrent effects (like getting more Canadian trades-people workers as well via immigration from other provinces or investing in more trades-oriented education and career befits etc)
Decent social welfare sustained by a fair tax system is exactly the reason a few "brains" I know (high skilled tech immigrants) ended up picking Canada over the US. (also, guns)
Construction labour in Canada is near 100% utilization in Canada.
True but there are other ways to spend money that doesn't involve having more construction happening at once.
For example, buying land to be used for non-market housing. This one taken seriously would dry up the whole 73B already. Buy already built properties, give more financial incentives for multi-family housing, etc. There's a long list of things of expensive solutions waiting.
Send that money to provinces tied to strict usage rules towards transit oriented development and non-market housing. For example, Translink needs funding and expanding mass transit is one way to improve the housing crisis.
the more educated one is about our gun laws, the less likely they are to support bans
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The more respondents self reported as educated, the less likely they are to support bans. Meaning, respondents thinking they are educated in gun laws. Same would happen if you interviewed folks on vaccines and trusted them because "they're doing their own research". But are these people really educated on longitudinal studies about the effects of gun laws? Or are they educated in the sense of knowing what the Canadian laws are?
The moratorium already gave way to a ridiculously restrictive ruling but at least it's not outright block so while it's still sad, it's not entirely hopeless - which sums up Alberta politics as always.
The phaseout is now years ahead of schedule, in large part due to natural gas taking over much of the generation. Many coal plants were either replaced by gas plants or converted to burn natural gas instead. Electricity generated from natural gas puts out roughly half the amount of greenhouse gas emissions as compared with coal.
Ok, so fossil fuel is still the primary driver. But well, incremental improvements do matter. Zeroing out coal this year is a great milestone.
The share from renewables is growing too, even if a bit slowly.
I think the discussion is centered around shifting the time zone because it addresses the problem more effectively, with a single decision made by the appropriate body (the govt). But you can message your school board and your company departments asking them to take the matter to their own hands too. The more organizations doing this, the more likely we are to push this provincially
It's a fucked up system because students depend on having jobs in the first place...