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Chuckcar OTT
Anon
2012-May-15 11:06 am
Canada is the only G-7 country without some sort of PlanCanada is the only G-7 country without some sort of broadband plan. Gee swell. » www.marketwatch.com/stor ··· est_news |
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MaynardKrebsWe did it. We heaved Steve. Yipee. Premium Member join:2009-06-17 |
Why should this issue have a plan, when it goes along with all the other no plans we have on F-35's, the environment, prisons, mental health, safe drug injection, etc....? |
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El QuintronCancel Culture Ambassador Premium Member join:2008-04-28 Tronna |
said by MaynardKrebs:Why should this issue have a plan, when it goes along with all the other no plans we have on F-35's, the environment, prisons, mental health, safe drug injection, etc....? Canada is a reactive country... we let the courts or circumstances deem what's acceptable and then the gov't fights back if it don't like it. Wasn't healthcare the last proactive thing we did? |
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Interesting article, especially considering that Canada DOES have "some sort of broadband plan": » actionplan.gc.ca/initiat ··· iveID=96 |
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GuspazGuspaz MVM join:2001-11-05 Montreal, QC |
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Canada is also the only G-7 country without highspeed rail. An electric high-speed train (300+ KM/h, similar to the Shinkansen) between Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto would only cost $11 billion, less than the cost of buying and maintaining the F-35 airplanes.
What do you think would have a more positive benefit to Canada: a new rail route that lets consumers cheaply travel between Canada's two largest cities by land in under 2 hours, or a bunch of fighter jets of questionable military value? |
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El QuintronCancel Culture Ambassador Premium Member join:2008-04-28 Tronna |
said by Guspaz:What do you think would have a more positive benefit to Canada: a new rail route that lets consumers cheaply travel between Canada's two largest cities by land in under 2 hours, or a bunch of fighter jets of questionable military value? That's brilliant! now quick, get your ass into hiding before Dear Leader ships you off the Guantanamo or something else even more sinister |
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said by Guspaz:What do you think would have a more positive benefit to Canada: a new rail route that lets consumers cheaply travel between Canada's two largest cities by land in under 2 hours, or a bunch of fighter jets of questionable military value? That depends. Will the train still be operated by Via Rail? |
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Even people in the US thinks that the F35 is late and way over budget. » www.wired.com/dangerroom ··· isaster/» www.pogo.org/resources/n ··· 129.html (also see page for the actual report) >The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program faces a bevy of serious issues that have the potential to further drive up costs and to significantly add to delays to the program, according to the findings of a high-level Pentagon review completed in November 2011. So whatever figures we have in the news might need to be further adjusted. It is not like we are in the cold war any more. Who is the next enemy we are going to fight that requires stealth anyways? We are better off looking for the current rev. of so called "Legacy" fighters and/or look into drones. |
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Quake110 Premium Member join:2003-12-20 Ottawa, ON |
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said by Guspaz:Canada is also the only G-7 country without highspeed rail. An electric high-speed train (300+ KM/h, similar to the Shinkansen) between Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto would only cost $11 billion, less than the cost of buying and maintaining the F-35 airplanes. That's what I've been saying for years. The Québec - Windsor corridor is is the most densely-populated and heavily-industrialized region of Canada with a population of 18 million people. So having a high speed train service in that area will be beneficial economically. It's doable, but our leaders lack the passion and vision, they only think about themselves. |
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anakin1138 to IamGimli
Anon
2012-May-16 6:27 am
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What a joke. 225 million over a period of 3 years to encourage the development of rural broadband infrastructure. And it's already ended weeks ago in march). Might as well admit it's not a plan at all. Besides, there are actually NO DIGITAL PLANS today underway or for the near future. Thanks Conservatives! (I'm so proud I've never voted for them, nor do i ever will) |
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EUSKill cancer Premium Member join:2002-09-10 canada |
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Personally, I don't care about a digital plan, in fact the Gov't has a digital plan, but it involves getting rid of cash and going to virtual money. I would rather see the 5, 10, 15, 20 year unicorns_shitting_rainbows plans for healthcare, and exactly what type of level of services we can expect, and whether people need to start putting their own money away or not. |
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MaynardKrebsWe did it. We heaved Steve. Yipee. Premium Member join:2009-06-17 |
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Canada's digital "Seinfeld" plan» secure.marketwatch.com/s ··· teid=rssIs its nonexistent comprehensive e-commerce strategy the Canadian government equivalent of George Costanzas famed Penske file? A sharp-eyed Canadian expert thinks so, and a new government report seems to bear him out. Seinfeld fans may remember the Penske file from an episode called The Barber, in which the ever-duplicitous George Costanza is supposedly working on in a job he may or may not have a Penske file. Unsure as to whether he actually has a paying job, he only acts like hes working on the file. (Yes, yes of course. The Penske file. Ho ho, cant wait to sink my teeth into that. Wow that Penske. Well, well straighten him out.) So referring to a Penske File means being given a task, not knowing what to do with it, but going along as if you do. Doing nothing while giving the appearance youre working hard. Michael Geist, the Canada Research Chair in Internet and e-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, calls Canadas nonexistent digital strategy its Penske file its nonexistent work project. Canada is the only G-7 country without some sort of broadband plan, |
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